But fortunately, they are adequate most of the time. Once you reach the main part of the game, you are forced to rely on AI-controlled allies more than you normally feel comfortable. Gameplay-wise, the game is split into chapters (the recent DS remake even carries the subtitle “Chapters of the Chosen”). The main story, as a whole, is still rather generic, but at least the various characters and the villain’s roles in it put it a step above the first three games. Territories: Japan, North America (as Dragon Warrior IV)ĭragon Quest IV is the first in the series that tries harder to establish a few memorable characters, and even the villain is rather interesting.

And, at the end, I’ve got to say there were certainly some things it did better, but I also sorely missed others. So I expected the fourth one to be at least on the level of its really fun predecessor. The first game is indeed quite important to the industry as a whole, but just not a very good game – I thought the second and especially the third one were nice improvements. But the fourth game just had to be played, I had to at least finish the NES entries, though I do not know when, if ever, I’ll go on with the SNES ones. In 2011, I had started a legendary RPG series in Dragon Quest, and I played the first three in succession before a year-long break. While playing through the Uncharted series and trying to finally reach level 60 in Diablo III, I still do some retro gaming on the side, mostly on my PSP.

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