But I don't want to play my JRPGs with other people, and also don't want to buy a little handheld console to play one.
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
27 points (93.5% liked)
World of JRPGs
1189 readers
25 users here now
World of JRPGs is a community for everything arround JRPGs.
We talk about news, discuss about diffrerent games or share different events.
We just have a few rules:
- Be nice to everyone here
- Credit Fanart or creative work
- Mark spoiler for any game, regardless of the age
If you are an artist and like to do icon or banner art, please reach out to me.
Recommended Communities:
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
I agree, and I think a lot of other people did too! (Although I did eventually play it via emulation and I thought it was decent.)
DQ 9 is the only one I played that just didn't click with me. I never got to play the MP, which might be part of it. I'm yet to meet another DQ fan in the flesh.
But even if I had, it felt like the game sacrificed it's story to implement it. Having these companions without any personality alone killed a big chunk of the charm these games usually have.
The criticism probably came from people not owning a DS already and not wanting to buy one just for this.
Totally fair! I'm against exclusives most of the time for the same reason, too.
I played all the DQ games on their original platform.
I owned a DS but for some reason, forgot all about DQ9. I remember reading about multiplayer, then learning DQ10 was multiplayer only. This was during the WoW era and even Final fantasy was going there. So I just stopped playing JRPGs.
I got PC Game Pass and decided to try DQ11. My god, it was awesome!
I really hope DQ9 gets a re-release. I can probably dust off the ol Nintendo DS. But I don't think I'm that into it.
I can't understand all the love for DQXI. I've tried to play it half a dozen times and got as far as just before the world tree or whatever they call it once but just couldn't keep going.
I couldn't either. The combat and progression felt decades behind. Compared to a series like Tales or Trails, it feels unplayable to me.
It's weird, my first JRPG was Phantasy Star on the Master System. I should love DQXI for being such a throwback, but it just seemed all cliches with easy combat and no surprises, but I fell in love with Clair Obscur even though I was awful at parrying.
The fact that it feels decades behind is the main attraction for me. It’s an new(ish) old school jrpg. And most importantly, it still feels like a dragon quest game. Unlike final fantasy for example, which to me hasn’t felt like final fantasy since 10.
Fair point. I get that. They have stayed true to their fans and have kept the game in mostly its original format, which I do respect.
I wonder if I'll ever get over the series being called Dragon Quest instead of the clearly superior Dragon Warrior.
It's been a long time since I played, but iirc, the online play totally broke the game if you played with someone higher level than you. I think I had beaten the game already when my brother joined. I posted online with him a few sessions and he was way overpowered after getting all the XP and weapons so the main quest was super boring for him.