The Dragon Quest V "review" | Jason Graves | EVERY SNES RPG #7

[@jeffross8365]

I’m glad you bared your soul. Keep the content coming and don’t ever be afraid to add personal experience.

[@Esirre]

12:32 I'm glad you included this part. This is sound advice for young people not take their parent's presence for granted.

[@TheCubicleReview2]

Thanks for talking about your dad man, sorry to hear, my dad passed away on christmas day 2022. Thanks for your channel.

[@stride_gaming]

7:09 Correction: the reason why your child ends up being the hero is not only because your wife is Zenithian, but you're also a descendant of the people who sealed the gates to Zenithia and Nadiria.

[@billydetterman5842]

I really enjoyed your video. I just started playing the Dragon Quest series at number 11 and that was early this year (2020). I loved it so much I bought a 3DS and purchased 4-9. I just finished 5 a week prior to watching your video. I'm 51 and have always loved JRPG'S, but Dragon 8 has become my favorite. Loved the video

[@igotkings]

This is a really good video. Thank you. Sorry about your dad.

[@americananalyst6723]

My dad died when i was like 20 too. Sucks bro ❤ 😢. Thanks for doing what you do tho, even tho i got spoiled, i would have prob never got around to this game with everything out in my backlog. Now its up next. Thanks again i love your content been binging every night to sleep. Hang in there it gets easier with time.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Yeah my dad died a couple months after I turned 24. I physically SAW his EKG flatline too. Had nightmares about it for close to five years straight.

[@RoninCatholic]

I think both potential wives are members of the heroic bloodline, like distant cousins. All three, when the remakes gave you a redhead option. That's why no matter which one you pick, it's the right choice; you're merging two heroic bloodlines together no matter what choice you make, and whoever the other girl(s) marry is just an ordinary joe so no heroic children.

[@chadmolitor6691]

I just really got into the Dragon Quest series about 4 years back. I always thought thet looked generic and dull, but boy was I wrong. Although each game feels familiar featuring the same style, overall gameplay elements, and enemy characters, they all have something very different unique to each game. There's no way I can choose a favorite as they're all different enough and bring something awesome to the table.

[@rockmanfan5104]

6 or 2 are my favorites which tend to be the black sheep of the series with 9 and 5 a very close second. There's almost no way to choose a game. It really depends on the day. (Shout-out to 11 for the 16-bit mode. I played the whole game in 2d and it was glorious)

[@danthruni]

Phenomenal video! Looking forward to play this one for the first time on this beautiful original japanese cartridge 😊

[@crism8868]

YT kept recommending this video and I'm glad I finally watched it. Your style reminds me of a young Tim Rogers but more down to earth lol, I think you'll make it far

[@FallicIdol]

I am sorry to hear about your father. I have a similar loss I don't feel comfortable going into further details with. I'm glad you included this in your video for your sake. I think you it's part of the process, if that make sense.

[@Datenshi-Beats]

I love DQ5 as well man, but also FF4 and I think it deserves a lot of praise too. Incredible review.

[@NYHeeb]

I loved the first 4 dragon Warrior 1 was my first RPG ever and I loved it. 5 wasn't available in the US for long time and never played it. I will on soon

[@exidy-yt]

I like the comment about 'Victory Laps', I think the first CRPG I remember doing this was Questron on the C64 (which also pioneered skill games for stat-ups and casino games to gain gold. Of course if you won too much you'd be kicked out and the town guard try to murder you for your money but I digress.) where when you won the game you would be treated to multiple sequences praising you, recounting your deeds, making you a Baron of the realm (rank did matter in the game, you start a peasant) you get a special animated sequence of the Royal Musical Corps playing you the anthem (all this was pretty impressive on the Commodore 64!) as well as special magic from the court wizard Mesron, then you are free to keep playing if you want, hunting for the best gear. it really stuck with me how winning really ment something in the game world if you kept playing. If I remember the later Dragon Quest games really did the same. Great stuff.

[@rchassereau2]

Well I didn't know about the secret boss - and it's the boss from IV! Guess I gotta play it again. Good video!

[@jordanrhea1504]

Just wanted to say I was hear at 411 subs :D It'll be much higher soon--always fun to find these high quality channels before they explode in popularity.

[@Jamie-nx2cg]

Thats was some real shit. This is the second time I attempt this video. My dad died in 2017 and it was his anniversary when I tried last (oct 18th). I am happy i got through it to the part where you opened up. My condolences for your loss. I couldnt agree more about living in the moment. It can all be gone tomorrow.

[@aronntheory7239]

Idk...this was the first game, I saw for NES, when I was about 4 or 5, and it blew my mind. It was also one of the first games I ever beat, by myself, back in the 80s. Games like Dragon Warrior 1 and Final Fantasy 1 always appealed to me, even as a 5 year old. I blame Dungeons and Dragons.

[@FuriousACTIONGamer]

Standing in a jungle wearing a Tempest shirt and pink pants with the worst bluetooth headset you could find really caught me off guard with that story. I don't know if I can give you credit in assuming it was all on purpose but it worked. I got a little emotional.

[@JasonGravesPoser]

10$ at Walmart goes a long way

[@RonManGaming]

Great video! Very good quality. Now I want to play this immediately. Sorry about your dad, man. I liked that you shared that.

[@JasonGravesPoser]

Hey I watch your channel! Keep it up

[@RonManGaming]

@@JasonGravesPoser That's awesome - thanks man! You too; I love your content.

[@bobslobbins2864]

You're mini review on your SNES 100 list sold me on this game enough to go out of my way to get a copy of the DS game. Had a great time with it.

[@nathanieljamal3836]

One of the best reviews I've seen in awhile, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the the DS remake if you've played it. Overall good stuff, definitely subbing

[@naenre21]

I'm glad you shared about your father. I had a similar experience 3 years ago with my father. It's hard to share. They're gone but I haven't forgotten.

[@privatelyattack]

Really glad I found another longform DQ review. Keep up the good work!

[@thecollector6746]

Your mother IS A GAMING DIETY. Praise her for bestowing this gift upon you.

[@Grind24hours]

Now, let's hit 20Ks, Jason! Dragon Quest 5 is a great rpg, in fact I am playing the game right now on my tab.

[@williammcguire130]

This review is the first one where Jason went into Hyper Chinese Mode and delivered a big time video game retrospective. A true turning point.

[@nhlvan]

Didn't realize how much of a graphical upgrade that the DS is for DQ5. Also I thought both Nera/Flora and Bianca were descendants of Zenithia, but they needed the main character, who was from Gotha's royal bloodline to make the hero.

[@JasonGravesPoser]

That's another valid read, they could both be descendants.

[@real-horse]

No, not because of the gothan blood line the hero is in, but because of the lofty peaks bloodline he inherited from his mother. That's where being able to recruit monsters comes from too

[@nhlvan]

@@real-horse That's what it was, I played DQ5 a while ago and couldn't remember if it was his dad or his mother's bloodline. Regardless, it's definitely more than just the wife like was said in the video.

[@ZerogunRivale]

There is nothing that implies it's more than the wife. The game hammers it in over and over again that it's the Hero's lineage that matters. Nera, Flora, and Bianca are all sisters who were some reason, orphaned. The end of DQ5 DS if you talk to whoever you didn't marry reveal that they all actually have similar origins, having been found in similar areas after having been left behind.

[@nhlvan]

@@ZerogunRivale I'm confused by this comment because you say it's not more than just the wife, but then you explain how it's more than just the wife. Clearly any of he wives all had the bloodline necessary to make the legendary hero, but they also needed he main character's bloodline to complete it all.

[@cragland94]

i appreciate the casino coverage in this video. gambling is the primary reason why i play dragon quest games

[@jackjansson2964]

New subscriber! Nice review, you get 5 extra points for sneaking ”Billie Jean” in there man 😅👌👌

[@attrition0]

I'm glad you included that part.

[@mikigirl18]

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my dad to lung cancer that turned into a brain tumor 5 years ago myself. It was extremely life changing. Don't feel bad about expressing your feelings and thank you for sharing them.

[@angrycharizard]

Just off the way you said "The Boat" I had a hunch you liked Tim Rogers lol. Good video!

[@Shishkebarbarian]

this is the best DQ5 breakdown on YT. great job.

[@DodderingOldMan]

90% of my experience with Dragon Quest comes from the spin offs, namely Dragon Quest Builders and Dragon Quest Heroes. Builders is a great game, Heroes is okay, but they definitely made me think of Dragon Quest as 'generic'. The other 10% of my Dragon Quest experience comes from playing the first couple of hours of DQXI, which, I have to say, also struck me as incredibly generic, albeit extremely well crafted. But after watching this, I figure I'll have to reappraise my perception. Clearly this game was a sophisticated JRPG in a way that FFIV wasn't. Great video, by the way.

[@JasonGravesPoser]

played through every main dq game... never touched a spinoff

[@yoill393]

@@JasonGravesPoser me too expect x and xi

[@chadmolitor6691]

I'd say you have to give every game a LOT of time for it to take off. It's an investment but each game is a slow burn.

[@eleven9286]

@@chadmolitor6691 damn good joints should be slow burners

[@bobslobbins2864]

@@JasonGravesPoser I think you with like DQM 2 Cobi's Journey

[@chriskoschik391]

About to head into the final dungeon at level 46! (SNES Version) What a great game. I think I’m about to get my ass kicked lol Funny favorite moment: going into the casino to monster battle, while the wife watches. I asked her to pick a winner and she dependably picked the first one to die, every time lol. Lots of laughs!

[@rockmanfan5104]

That was one hell of a slime race! Got me jumping up and down. Dragon Quest 6 is my favorite personally

[@ZacHawkins42]

Sorry to hear about your Pops. Lost mine back in March and I don't quite think it's fully sunk in yet.

[@LotusGramarye]

The best about DQV is the DS remake that just is like "classic beloved JRPG that crafts a story that drags you in to love its characters? hold my beer" and makes it twice as good by adding a script the size of the original *to* the game in the form of the extra party dialogue, where u can ask every character wot they think after just about literally everything and they'll have a unique response.

[@demolitionizer7686]

I love the Dragon Quest series. I was watching your video on James Rolfe, and a comment you made on it stuck out to me when watching this. That James is not a gamer, by that it reminded me that I myself am no longer a gamer. I grew up as an only child with video games being my only hobby. I'm 30 now and I avoid video games these days. The only video game series that I play with any regularity anymore is Dragon Quest. Something about this series speaks to me and I always find myself coming back. In fact I am about to do a third replay of my DS copy of Dragon Quest V.

[@felipenovais8364]

Great video, great channel. Keep up with the good work, bro.

[@trufreedom]

Damn that gut punch hurt... hold on, I’ll be back to finish the video, I’ve just got to make a quick call or two. This is my second fave video of yours after the Chrono Cross video. Don’t forget to never trust anyone who cuts their own hair...

[@seriouslypersona968]

Thinking about jumping back on Dragon Quest!I really appreciate your content!GOing to watch more!👽👍

[@JasonGravesPoser]

It's always a perfect time to jump onto dragon quest!

[@PriceAintRight]

o.o As good as Chrono Trigger is high praise. It's crazy that a Super Nintendo game is still bearing the gold standard... 30 years later. I'm almost 40 and certain games wish they could be as good, still.

[@Tarvok]

lol, if you think the casino music will drive you crazy, try the shop music in Daggerfall, particularly on older Soundblaster (or equivalent) hardware.

[@JasonGravesPoser]

That sounds legit, I'll bet 90s PC sound cards have a monopoly of annoying music with bad midi instruments

[@Tarvok]

@@JasonGravesPoser Actually, this was pre-MIDI. MIDI is what came afterward. MIDI was a newfangled superadvanced fancy thing, relative to what I'm talking about.

[@jordanresin9226]

Surprised to come back here and realize that I never actually left a comment, so here goes. Dragon Quest V became my entry point into the series a couple of years ago and, coming off of Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV and anticipating Final Fantasy VII's arrival on Switch, it was surprising to come across a much gentler storytelling approach. It's rare that those early Dragon Quest games will fling the player into overly dramatic setpieces or theatrical scenarios. Tension between party members is scarce, and earth-shattering twists are few. It was pretty jarring at first to be dropped into such an earnest kind of world, where the grand plot to defeat the big evil guy took a backseat to smaller, personal victories and NPC interactions. EarthBound was my only point of reference for such a game, mechanically and narratively, but I'd assumed it was done to facilitate its offbeat style. There was something oddly profound about finding it here, directly after Final Fantasy IV kept trying to blow me away by cranking up a set of increasingly absurd stakes. I shed a genuine tear when my son told me, without truly understanding the gravity of the moment, that he could wield the Zenithian Sword; the blade whose true owner my dad had spent his life searching for, a quest I had inherited and continued over the course of my life, and there was no flashback or bombastic cutscene reinforcing the magnitude of this discovery. It's not the sort of twist the player can't see coming either, it's the execution that sold it to me. A few lines and his ability to equip the sword were enough to recontextualize whole lifetimes in Dragon Quest V, and I was allowed to sit with the ramifications myself. You put it best, it's about how we live so that future generations can live better.

[@HPRshredder]

I was the 690th like. Rounding out the numbers. Appreciate the story about your dad.

[@Kaptinkaptink10]

this channel will rise

[@MAYOFORCE]

Damn I had no idea the DQ4 final boss was in this

[@vigo2669]

Played the DS version. Definitely the best of the first 6 DQ games.

[@thommccarthy1139]

Now I would like a turn based NBA Jam.

[@IamAWESOME3980]

characters in this commercial look hilarious

[@classicviolence]

That casino music is 🔥 my guy.

[@SoulFyr]

Another good video , I enjoy your content

[@JasonGravesPoser]

Thanks dude

[@Ike_of_pyke]

"watching" reviews as playing the ps2 version for this games 30th anniversary , thanks for this especially the heartfelt part about death and sharing your story about your father. I unfortunately don't think several people in my family deserve the respect you've asked for... yeah life is like that sometime... and I'm fine with the casino music after playing p3 for 200 hours so mine is "i never felt like.... dahdahdah-dah-dah, i never felt like dahdahdah-dah-dah *horns synced up*"

[@mickeymickey9914]

I like the multi generational family rpg angle

[@duseylicious]

I must be odd - I was 5 and I loved Dragon Warrior 😂 Couldn’t get very far though 😅

[@Tony_3XL]

❤

[@SirJoelsuf1]

22:45 He is NOT exaggerating. In fact, those hours are pretty fast, and it assumes you know where all the shards are and stuff. Not a fan of DQ7.

[@Smrt927]

I played it in the DS, so good

[@badazzboxer]

You're very underrated.

[@Ike_of_pyke]

37:00 bunny girl aging well may be because it's only about 18 years from beginning to ending so she may be 18 when you first meet her meaning she'd be only 36 when you last can talk to her which yeah deepening on the person they can keep their general body shape during that time, face may change tho

[@Reigam4]

This is my favourite of the 2D Dragon Quests.

[@creationzikaz4836]

Awesome video.

[@binipped]

For anyone else so you don't have to try and freeze it perfectly to read it yourself at :18: "Seriously I used to think it would be funny if I peed in some of the drinking fountains at school, then I fucking did, I'm a monster... Although I guess it did work, my friends DID think it was funny... They were fucking monsters too"

[@FallicIdol]

I will admit that when I was a statue, watching the young couple raising a family only to have their son taken from them from them by a demon, and the subsequent years where that ruined the couple's lives, brought me to tears. Had there not been a way to rescue that child in the game, it would have been unforgivable to me.

[@toryficarola]

36:22 OMG!! Honey, come quick. They're playing Splash Woman"s theme from Mega Man 9 here.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

During one session of gambling in dq3, I won more gold than I could actually hold (least 100k). It was a series of really long shots.

[@alexchrist1020]

Sad to hear about your father but yeah that's a good advice. Call the ppl you feel are important, they are.

[@The24thWight]

Yeah. I may prefer chrono trigger gameplay wise. But dragon warrior 5 takes my story cake. Good game. Good review. Make more. (3 years after the post)

[@shirrenthewanderer414]

33:05 The Gold Saucer would like a word with you.

[@anthonyjackson9654]

Maybe I should stop making excuses, that ill tell the boy when hes older why i lived the way i did. Before I know it, i wont be there. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

[@soapdood2085]

You’re not fooling anyone, we all hear that 8-bit Billie Jean

[@DebugOctopus]

Underrated channel

[@z.s.7992]

not weird dude. I barely talk to my family. I really should

[@MarkSiefert]

Being a lifelong book nerd, the thought of “reading” a video game didn’t bother me at all.

[@valiantparagonvideos2383]

Never trust someone who needs a haircut? More like never trust someone who doesn't pick Bianca. In all seriouness, I always feel a little left out when people talk about DQ5, because while I do like it and think it's a great game, I actually like 4 more (both DQ and FF) and can't really get behind its reputation. I do think its gimmick of following one guy from childhood to adulthood through fatherhood is a good one and super unique and memorable and have no problem placing this game high on any list of amamzing RPGs. But when we're drawing comparisons to Chrono Trigger you're in rarified air and its there that I just can't make it to.

[@peosea]

So after watching your vid for the 5th time, I decided to try DQ5. Not finished it yet, but it is a very solid RPG, despite the fact that item management is horrendous. That being said, I think you're a bit harsh about Papas' death. It's not really your fault. In fact, it's quite the opposite. When you get in the cave, your dad is impresse and tells you how proud he is of you. He trust you to protext Henry as you escape. You make it to the end only to be beaten by someone beyond your abilities, even Papas. Would you blame a 10yo for losing a boxing match against prime Mike Tyson?

[@StewNWT]

you cray cray

[@JMrealgamer]

Dragon Quest Pioneered so much. That’s crazy about the monster taming/catching mechanic. It all started on DQV.

[@mewimi]

Yeah... I was getting sick of that song too lol.

[@marbles8641]

I'm playing through the DS version, personally, I really hate the old English and accents they write into the text. I'm curious as to which version is the best SNES, PS2 or DS. The only issue I have with DQ (and I loved 4 and 11) is that it sticks to tradition too much, the sound effects, the life spell only works 50% of the time, and the bad name puns.

[@adeptmechanism5180]

Bologna sandwiches are the worst. Turkey us the superior luncheon meat.

[@super_robot_punch]

I like plenty more games over Crono Trigger🤷🏽‍♂️

[@adamdravian]

What's the origin of the O-Y moniker?

[@JasonGravesPoser]

that used to be the channel name

[@adamdravian]

@@JasonGravesPoser I've been binging your content from the start for the past few days and now I feel incredibly dumb for not having realized that

[@JasonGravesPoser]

@@adamdravian haha no problem, I shed that past long ago

[@TheNintendhoe]

Why is your name in games 'O Y?' Is that supposed to be 'oh why?'

[@seankalifut9948]

After playing this game I could not get over how much crap the main character had to put up with.

[@GTSN38]

DQ5 is better than chrono trigger. Chrono isn't that good, it's better than average but doesn't come close to being the top rpg

[@DrBananananananananananananana]

I stopped watching at exactly 12:29

[@DdeGerma]

This video make no sense to me with this victory lap idea

[@StarDragonJP]

Saying that Pokemon takes from Dragon Quest 5 just because it came out before is pretty disingenuous, it's not even the first game where you get monsters & fight with them as Megami Tensei was long before it.

[@nikolaikolev8252]

The game isnt bad, but isnt anything that good. Not even close to Chrono. Kinda overrated by nostalgia.

[@joaonitro5149]

I'm playing it right now, and yes, it is as good as Chrono Trigger.

[@megamike15]

nostalgia for a game most did not get to play officially until 2009. sure.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

lmao. I wasn't even alive when DQ5 came out for the SFC, I didn't know what a dragon quest was until the 2010s and only recently played this game to completion after getting 11 and completing it. it isn't nostalgia, its just that good. even the flaws it has were fixed in the DS remake. DQ5 and Chrono Trigger are both good for vastly different reasons, as well as the fact that Dragon Quest's A-Team worked on Chrono Trigger instead of DQ6 which ended up being developed by a team that only made the SFC remake of DQIII iirc.

[@marbles8641]

6:40 You may have that backward, it's your genes that matter... not hers. You're the descendant of the legendary hero, the hero blood runs through your veins, just like it does your mothers. You're just not the hero, your children are. That's why the hero equipment reacts to you, but you cannot fully wield or wear it, and why you get so many spells known by the the true hero.

[@cookieskoon]

There are only two reasons I disagree with DQ5 being considered "as good" as CT. Although I will admit it is RIGHT up against the giant. Reason 1: You will level grind, whereas CT is near perfectly balanced. Reason 2: Soundtrack. DQ5 cannot even TOUCH Chrono Trigger's music. The only game I have ever played that truly rubs shoulders with Chrono Trigger, in my opinion, is Suikoden II. Even then CT still edges over it slightly because of that soundtrack.