Underplayed Gems

Dragon Warrior VII (2000)

Dragon Warrior VII cover
Developer
Heartbeat, ArtePiazza, Bird Studio, Armor Project
Publisher
Enix Corporation
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 20 player ratings
Main story
about 100 hours
Completionist
about 150 hours

How it feels

A sprawling, unhurried journey through fragmented histories that rewards patience with a deep sense of discovery and old-school RPG comfort.

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About

Dragon Quest VII is the seventh installment of the popular Dragon Quest series of role playing games and the first in the series to not be a part of a larger trilogy. It was the first main series Dragon Quest title to be released outside of Japan since the release of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen in North America in 1992, and the last DQ title to be released in North America with the Dragon Warrior name.

What players say

An enormous, slow-burning JRPG of episodic short stories whose class system unlocks dozens of hours in and demands heavy grinding; deeply heartfelt and rewarding for the patient, but widely seen as bloated and padded.

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