Dragon Warrior: A Princess's Love is the Finest GPS

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Michael Coorlim

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Published on November 5, 2023 5:00:49 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZwqYBIruL8

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Dragon Quest (1986)

Duration: 1:13:27

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This is an analytical playthrough of Dragon Warrior, the US localization of the seminal work in Japan's console RPG industry, providing an example of the genre in its most approachable form and introducing many of the tropes that would be associated with jrpgs through the late 80s and 90s.

Played with a 2x EXP and Gold Romhack:

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:52 Game Start
10:27 Stats
11:36 World Map
12:00 Brecconary
14:55 Dragon Quest Comparison
15:15 Combat
16:30 Grinding
17:21 Level 2 and gearing up
19:12 The Role of Magic
20:01 More Grinding
22:10 Erdrick's Cave
23:28 Computer vs Console RPG
25:08 To Garingham
25:33 Difficulty Scaling
27:26 Yet More Grinding
29:26 Kol
31:10 Grind grind grind
33:07 Fighter's Ring and Bugs
34:56 The Dragon in Darkness
35:45 Rimuldar
38:20 Grinding Goldmen
41:00 Howard & Nester
42:21 Backtracking with Keys
48:20 Guess what
49:05 Saving the Princess
52:39 Grave of Garin
54:10 Grinding Garin's Grave
55:55 To Cantlin (and Golem)
1:00:03 Erdrick's Armor
1:01:58 Grinding Metal Slimes
1:04:00 To the DragonLord
1:07:00 The DragonLord
1:09:20 Victory March
1:10:25 Conclusion

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