I hate saying this cause I love the look and style and feel... but I have put about 4 hours into Dragon Quest 3 HD remake now and something is just not clicking with me. I think its more to do with feeling so weak and the grind feeling so hard still. Any tips or is this just the way the games dna? - ThreadSky

raddadredemption.bsky.social • 8 days ago

I hate saying this cause I love the look and style and feel... but I have put about 4 hours into Dragon Quest 3 HD remake now and something is just not clicking with me. I think its more to do with feeling so weak and the grind feeling so hard still. Any tips or is this just the way the games dna?

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snarkysunbro.bsky.social•8 days ago

Play on easy?

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hasn't helped. Already did that lol

snarkysunbro.bsky.social•8 days ago

Oh, haha.. 😅

I'm playing as well on my Deck on easy. Just make sure you're spending time grinding, and not going to areas you shouldn't be at yet.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah. I'll give it a bit more time and see. I like older style stuff. Enjoyed Octopath 1 a LOT. Bravely Default 2. So I'm not opposed to fighting and grinding but things have felt unfair so far here and like dreadful i guess would be a way to put it.

snarkysunbro.bsky.social•8 days ago

Totally makes sense! What party classes are you rolling with?

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

I believe it's the default classes.

syncoplay.bsky.social•8 days ago

I think the 8-bit games pretty much require nostalgia to enjoy at this point. I love DQ 1,2 AND 4 because I grew up with them... but I never played 3 as a kid, so even though I love the rest of them I can't get into 3 as an adult.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Fascinating to hear. But I can understand how that makes sense.

professormilan.bsky.social•8 days ago

I managed to finish it but it pissed me off that almost every enemy can cast BS debuff spells that really disrupted the rhythm of the game. If DQ1+2 remake is like this then I’m giving it a hard pass

brinkofgaming.bsky.social•8 days ago

I'm at the end myself. I've enjoyed the game, especially since I played the GBC version as a kid. They added a lot of new content and features to help streamline the experience. But at its core, it is still an old school, grindy RPG.

helexzura.bsky.social•8 days ago

I’ve realized SNES JRPGs minus Chrono Trigger and maybe FFVI are not for me. I just can’t do it.

cdub77.bsky.social•8 days ago

DQ3 was actually an NES rpg and the Dragon “Warrior” games were quite limited and very grindy.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

I can handle most SNES rpgs. I adore Mario RPG and Earthbound and stuff like that. Just this Dragon Quest has started off very brutal in its difficult and grind. Im trying though.

helexzura.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah SNES and older aren’t for me.

cdub77.bsky.social•8 days ago

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

chad2pt0.bsky.social•8 days ago

It’s definitely a step below the later DQ games

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah. It's one of those things I might need to play later after getting to some other games. Will see. I honestly had more fun playing Brothership at this point.

chad2pt0.bsky.social•8 days ago

I loved Brothership, so yeah much better than DQ3.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Did you finish DQ3?

chad2pt0.bsky.social•8 days ago

No I didn’t. About half way in.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

So this feeling has persisted for you then, even half way thru? Makes me think its best to put it down maybe

commodore128.bsky.social•8 days ago

Unfortunately, if you don't like a game then you don't like a game. Super grindy games like that are tough to sit through if you aren't actively interested in seeing what's coming up next. You gotta make a deliberate decision to force yourself through and continue, or just drop it.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah Im trying cause I am interested... that's why I was trying to figure this feeling out.

commodore128.bsky.social•8 days ago

If you're interested, then push on through! Put something on in the background while you grind, that's what I do.

There have definitely been games that I realized I didn't really care for, but I still wanted to see how they ended. It's pure willpower at that point.

parmparm.bsky.social•8 days ago

Exactly how I felt and I ended up dropping it, game just didn’t do it for me at all. The grind wasn’t worth it imo to deal how difficult it was

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

At least this seems to be a semi normal feeling. I feel like it's just bit resonating for whatever reason. Im gonna give it a few more hours and then make my stance on it.

codeczero.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah I dropped it too, I think it’s one of those games you need a VERY specific mood

hardcorejack63.bsky.social•8 days ago

I’m gonna be honest, I finished the game. Last year. And I got to say I felt nothing towards this game. It’s not for me. I don’t like that old school style. Not the biggest fan of it. And the story was just eh to me. So I understand

hardcorejack63.bsky.social•8 days ago

Also if you play the game on easy difficulty, and your characters get KO’D, they’ll automatically come back to life. Only on easy. So you’ll never die lol

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Wait really? This I didn't know. I could swear I've had to revive them in easy.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

And I dont expect the story to be amazing or anything. I want to get lost in its world. But I'm just irritated with how weak I feel and how long it's been going on for.

hardcorejack63.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ok so I apologize, you can’t die! Your HP can fall below to 1HP but no matter the Damage, you can’t die PERIOD.

I only played on easy cause game felt too hard for me as well. It felt hard for everyone. Everyone was talking about that.

raddadredemption.bsky.social•8 days ago

Well perfect really. I dont think I ever realized it even after putting it on easy cause I was healing constantly etc.

philneedsabreak.bsky.social•8 days ago

I've been struggling and dq3 is my favorite. I keep trying to spin the camera and I think that's an issue in my brain head. I'll play it through because I want to see if they had a different aha! Moment but it's hard to adapt back to the slow burn.

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