What We Learned From 45 Minutes of NEW Dragon Quest 3 HD2D Remake Gameplay!

[@dukey03]

What’s your favorite change they’ve made thus far?

[@Berthier90]

The Option to Speed up! When i want to mindlessly Grind.

[@dukey03]

@@Berthier90 Yeah that’s going to be handy for sure!

[@veghesther3204]

So is AUTO battle mode since normally you can't SET the HERO to a AI tactic but Auto Battle mode kind of FIXES that.

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

@dukey03 Zoom/Chimera wings beings useable indoors is a treat in case your party is nearly defeated and need a quick escape to safety. Also, you mentioned Zoom now includes caves and dungeons? That's a great quality of life feature

[@dukey03]

@@ahmedfalahy9337 yeah I like that you can Zoom to caves and dungeons. That’s something I never would’ve even THOUGHT to add to it’s abilities. But I still don’t like Zooming indoors. That’s what Evac was for, and now there’s no more bonks 😔

[@robsiclesla1993]

I’m relatively new to the Dragon Quest series. The only one I’ve played is 11. I was curious after the hero was released on Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. I couldn’t believe I never knew about this series. I can’t wait to play this! It looks so good!!! I'm playing through 8 right now for the first time.

[@dukey03]

@@robsiclesla1993 Welcome to the fanbase! 💪

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

@@robsiclesla1993 another dragon warrior joins us

[@whitewolf3051]

Not sure how many games in the series allowed the boomerang equipped to the hero, but DQXI *kind of* missed the mark by *not* letting the hero equip the boomerang. That’s what I like about DQIII and DQVIII, the hero can use the boomerang.

[@dukey03]

@@whitewolf3051 I’m kind of glad the Hero couldn’t use Boomerangs in DQXI because it made me actually try Swords and Greatswords for the first time since like DQ 4 hahaha

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

@whitewolf3051 Boomerangs are nice for the early game but they fall off pretty fast. That and boomerangs cannot crit

[@aershipinteractive7025]

Awesome breakdown without any useless fluff. 10/10 video. Thank you for this.

[@dukey03]

@@aershipinteractive7025 Thanks dude!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dadgamingonline]

Thanks for the run down! This game looks SO GOOD. Can't wait to play all 3 games in this format

[@whitewolf3051]

I like the boomerang as a weapon along with the boom spells, mainly because you can target all enemies, not one or a few at a time. Useful if you don’t want deal with enemies that can call for backups, especially if you’re low on HP, or they can do a bit of damage before your next turn. Sure, enemies that can call for backups can be useful for exp grinding, but there are times you just want get to the next town or whatever quickly as possible.

[@dukey03]

@@whitewolf3051 Yeah absolutely! I always love using Boomerangs in Dragon Quest games!

[@johnrambo4018]

the dash feature will be nice and zooming to dungeons!

[@dukey03]

Yeah Absolutely!!

[@rrudeljr]

Heck just being able to Zoom to all the cities will be a nice improvement.

[@dukey03]

@@rrudeljr yeah definitely!

[@jacoblucas7414]

I do like how the enemies have their own sfx whenever they attack such as stark ravens cawing out or slimes wiggling around. I’m sure the camera’s panned out that much for so many enemies at once. Perhaps it’ll zoom closer on smaller enemy groups or boss characters like that boss troll. I’m still not sure if the symphonic tracks we’ve heard from this demo are from a new score but I wish there was a new tune for when fighting bosses like they did with remakes of IV. I saw some crates blocking the upper floors of Patty’s place. It’s where you can make your teammates from scratch. I’m sure that was only blocked off for the demo. My only slight nitpick is that the monsters defeat animations be just a bit longer, like how we’ve seen from the first trailer years ago. Maybe boss characters will have that like once we take down Baramos.

[@rrudeljr]

The Boomerang was sold in the village of Reeve in the Switch version.

[@dukey03]

@@rrudeljr Ooo good to know! Thanks!

[@Berthier90]

Content Machine Dukey Strikes again like a Ninja out of the Shadow!

[@dukey03]

@@Berthier90 🤣

[@davegb555]

Awesome video Dukey! I too will miss the head bonks on the ceiling of an interior with the Zoom spell... We will be missing so much charm! But even though I have some little nitpicks of my own, including that one, I have to say this is definitely looking like the DEFINITIVE version of Dragon Quest III and a love letter to the original game, and the whole franchise as well.

[@dukey03]

@@davegb555 Yeah absolutely! Thanks for watching dude, glad you enjoyed it!

[@drmedicechsrick8702]

you know what i kinda like? something small, that are those class icons

[@dukey03]

@@drmedicechsrick8702 Yeah same!

[@sdtrawick]

9:47 I love the indication of super effective damage. That's something that I found very annoying in Dragon Quest XI, not knowing what enemies resisted or were weak to.

[@ShinSennju]

"Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince" is the one where the elemental weaknesses are the most transparent. When you're about to attack, beneath the monster's HP bar it displays weak/strong, depending on the element of your chosen skill. Which is welcome since unlike Pokemon, there's no way to easily remember the weaknesses/resistances of the many monsters.

[@dukey03]

You should’ve seen the classic DQ games. Offensive spells were a dice roll as to whether they even did any damage at all or not hahaha

[@veghesther3204]

About that in the previous versions of DQ3 the very LAST 2 to 3 attack spells ALL fire based loads of the final dungeon/baramos castle highly resisted the spell (no damage/miss completely) in DQ7 however I believe the Boom spells are non elemental so only the Metal Slime types are immune to it.

[@ScytheJackal]

I’d like to see a dark Dragon Quest 11 manga. Similar to the Twilight Princess manga

[@dukey03]

@@ScytheJackal That would be cool!

[@ShinSennju]

I wish they had kept the way the elemental weak/resistances are made clear in "Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince". When you're about to attack, beneath the monster's HP bar it displays weak/strong, depending on the element of your chosen skill. Which is welcome since unlike Pokemon, there's no way to easily remember the weaknesses/resistances of the many monsters.

[@dukey03]

@@ShinSennju yeah that definitely helps even more!

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Hopefully an enemy bestiary is added with weakness/resistances

[@joerexhausen8897]

I kind of get the zooming from inside places cause if you are low on magic and can't use Evac then you are able to just Zoom and escape. Been in plenty of high encounter fights early in the game myself so that doesn't feel very new to me and having a feature quickly running from battles, though i very rarely do so, is really nice. Too bad i can't have my memory wiped so i can play this version fresh as w/ as many times as i have played, i know nearly everything i want to know but if there is enough extra stuff added that will be wonderful to discover for the first time. Actually, the boomerang could be found outside of Pachisi in the GBC version but never this early so i am hoping this was just for demo purposes.

[@jacoblucas7414]

Oh yeah, and that treasure chest at Patty’s supposed to hold any digital packs obtained. It should at least contain the pre-order bonus and the accessory pack if you get the collector’s edition.

[@OmegaChase1002]

Oh good. They fixed one of my only two gripes about the game.

[@Mike-jf8py]

I know it wasn’t introduced until 4 and we got the pachisi boards in 3 but. I really hope they added a casino which has become a staple of the franchise. I was disappointed 9 didn’t have one. I know there’s the zoom in feature but the sprites look really small in the environments as do the monsters in battle.

[@We_Trusty_Few]

We'll probably still be able to save at the king, bc there are some nuns that you can save at in towns in the original on Switch. Also that amount of monsters is normal in the original lol.

[@dukey03]

@@We_Trusty_Few I’m playing the original right now and the normal amount of monsters; especially at the start is 3, and the most I’ve been encountering is rare occurrences is 5.

[@We_Trusty_Few]

@@dukey03 I've been encountering large groups sometimes it's 2-4, for me its been 6.

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

I too am worried about the Pachisi minigame not returning to the remake. Maybe thats why in the demo the devs avoided the mini medal king in Aliahan. The last medal reward is the gold pass.

[@dukey03]

@@ahmedfalahy9337 too many little things hinting that it might not be there 😔

[@johnrambo4018]

i really hope we get it

[@dukey03]

@@johnrambo4018 Same here dude!

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

@dukey03 I want to be an optimist and say some of the Treasures of the pachisi minigame have been replaced. Getting the boomerang this early is very useful and a helpful change by the devs. But I guess we'll see in the full release.

[@dukey03]

@@ahmedfalahy9337 yeah, at this point we just have to wait. And by wait I mean WAIT FOR DAT 45 MINUTE TRAILER DEDICATED SOLELY TO PACHISI AND HOW MANY NEW SEXY PACHISI BOARDS WE GON GET IN THIS GAME!! 💪 🙏

[@kenfromtheboonies]

3 things I'm curious if they're gonna add in the remake. 1. Have high encounters when equipping the Golden Claws anywhere outside for level grinding. 2. Able to change your Heroes names at the Abbey. 3. Choose to play as a female Hero.

[@dukey03]

@@kenfromtheboonies I’d imagine they have all 3. The female or Type B Hero is 💯 in the game. As for the Golden Claws; they reference it in Dragon Quest 10 even, so I doubt they would change that. As for renaming your character; it’s a simple thing to include, so it’ll likely be in there.

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

@aspliceofpie 1. I think I heard somewhere that Golden Claw would NOT increase encounter rate. If you really want enemies to swarm, there is a specific item that brings in monsters to fight but its a bit of late game thing. 2. I do recall an NPC in Alltrades Abbey that allows name changing in the existing versions of DQ3. 3. Female Hero (Type B) has always existed in DQ3 and some veterans call it "easy mode" due to the best personality available from the start and that being female allows exclusive gear like the magic bikini or divine bustier.

[@sleepykitty4472]

I was wondering if the Pachisi mini game was in,thanks!

[@dukey03]

@@sleepykitty4472 I’m still nervous that it may not be in here as so far I don’t think we’ve seen anything showing or referencing it..

[@joross8]

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I hate that they let you zoom from dungeons. The whole point of OG RPGs like Dragon Quest is that you can run out of items or resources and get wiped out in a dungeon and lose your progress. That feeling of risk is the best part. Accessibility features are fine, but I would hope they at least keep the original design and intent in the harder difficulties.

[@jonathanalbanese5665]

I tend to agree with you about zoom, makes it too easy now.

[@rrudeljr]

Is it Zoom from inside Dungeons, or from inside towns? We've been able to Zoom from towns, but had to Evac first from Dungeons.

[@chadhartsees]

Did we see any footage of a level up? Did they restore HP/MP at level up? That was one of the huge 'difficulty nerfs' that broke a lot of the mechanics/challenge in DQ XI. I hope that's not a permanent change in the series.

[@dukey03]

@@chadhartsees Damn, that’s a good question! I didn’t notice honestly. I believe there was a level up but I didn’t check if it restored HP and MP

[@stem.2934]

Didn't they tell the game has voice acting? Even in battle. I expected to hear the characters shout the names of spells in battle (Mera, Gira, Hoimi, etc) but I watched some gameplay videos and I didn't hear voice acting either in battle or in the field.

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Perhaps not in the demo Let's wait for the full release

[@stem.2934]

@@ahmedfalahy9337 Yes I still hope for the final release, this demo might be not totally complete.

[@24hourcoffee]

Lazy hero, 3x toughguy is the goat personality setup

[@liquidmetalslime9]

I think the monster perspective in battle is a just a tad too zoomed out. Wish the perspective was closer up so we could see the monster details more

[@dukey03]

@@liquidmetalslime9 Good call. I agree!

[@liquidmetalslime9]

@@dukey03 still looking forward to thia, but just a very minor gripe

[@dukey03]

@@liquidmetalslime9 Oh absolutely!

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! Love Retro Dragon Warrior !

[@dukey03]

@@almeidachannel7121 Thanks dude! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ood3874]

yes

[@troysean9377]

Can you see your characters attack or it's just a first person view ehen attacking

[@dukey03]

@@troysean9377 First person view when attacking like most DQ games

[@troysean9377]

@@dukey03 that sucks especially for a game in 2024

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

@@troysean9377lol guess you never played the old games

[@kamchikamchi2737]

Well…. Considering they change the gender to appeal to dei…… what will happen to the sexy personality name? Will it be censored bad that will be hard to tell like the hd translation version? I had hard time understanding the languages that was completely different from the gameboy version. And the valiant personality name as well…. I only hope that they didn’t butcher it too much…..

[@mathis9948]

nice video, idk if im getting the game tho, because im not sure about the overworld travelling it seems a bit soulless. also i probably wont like the random encounters so idk

[@shirrenthewanderer414]

Can we choose to play a female protagonist?

[@dukey03]

@@shirrenthewanderer414 Yup!

[@FreeFlow__]

cant stand first person combat