robio said:

Dragon Quest 7 looked good. Seems like S-E is finally moving away from or evolving the 2DHD engine that they've been using for all of their remakes for the past several years.


However, it's one of the bottom games in the series. It's just too goddamn long for its own good. I'm going to guess they're using the 3DS version, which sped up the gameplay but I think it's still required about 100-hour investment.

Wasn’t Dragon Quest 7 already 3D and that’s why they went this route? I think they’ll still use the 2DHD style if they remake 4, 5, and 6.

robio said:

DQ7 was kind of 3-D. Character models were 2D, put into a polygon world - towns and dungeons, but not the overworld. Thing is, DQ 4 - 6 all got remade using that same engine. That's how the DS and mobile ports were made.


DQ7 did get the 3DS remake though, and I think that went a little more full 3D for the whole game. Not sure though, as I never played it. I got the impression though that they made it as similar to the 3DS version of Dragon Quest 8.


And at the end of the day, that's really the question we should be asking. Why the hell are they screwing around with 7? Just give us 8 already.

Ah, ok. Interesting.

Yeah, for sure. Absolutely loved 8, fantastic game. Definitely want a remake of that one.