I have previously reviewed the HD-2D remakes of Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest I. Naturally, the final act is the "Dragon ...

Dragon Quest began an RPG empire for Enix in Japan in 1986, which was followed up by a 1989 release in North America. Its sequel, Dragon Quest 2: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, launched only a year ...

Remaking a piece of gaming history is always a delicate task, especially when those games played a significant role in establishing what their genre could become. Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD-2D Remake is ...

While Final Fantasy has been popular in the US since the first game hit the original Nintendo Entertainment System decades ago, another franchise that equally shaped the roleplaying game genre, Dragon ...

A professor once told me that one of the defining moments of becoming your own person is when you find music that isn’t what your parents listened to and make it your own. I’ve always felt the same ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The upcoming Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake still continues to ...

The original Dragon Quest VII was a game built around discovery and emotional storytelling. Its structure of exploring isolated islands, each with its own unique narrative arc, allowed for some of the ...

Around this time last year, I was thinking a lot about remakes and their value, especially in the context of Dragon Quest. With the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3, I was happy to revisit a classic, ...

With last year’s Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Square Enix managed to successfully tow the line between recreating that authentic, old-school RPG experience while still offering plenty of modern ...

One of the oldest lessons I learned when I started my career as a game reviewer was knowing how to separate intention from expectation. Analyzing a game for what it sets out to do is harder than it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following the release of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, which was ...