author=Avee
So I kept playing Easy mode after adding a few QOL mods of my own (lowering some of the sound files' volume in Audacity and adding a Save anywhere feature, which caused a game breaking error when loading in Mercado. That'll teach me to mess with other people's games :P).

I only ran into minor issues like typos and the Drakeema who seems to be missing the right part of its face. No performance issues, no problems with the menus or anything of the sort.

I defeated the Dragonlord and I'm about to start the extra post-game content. So far I think there's a great balance between familiar tasks and new content. The small changes to original areas and NPC dialogues kept the experience interesting. While the game is still DQ1 in essence and therefore not the most deep or exciting DQ adventure that exists, it feels like a freshened up and more enjoyable version of a nostalgic experience.

The end credits are nice too :)
Good job! I might share more of my thoughts after I finish the post-game stuff.

By the way, what kind of game do you want to work on next / what do you have in mind for future projects?

author=metalslimehunter
Definition of style over substance.
The game sort of looks the part, which you'd hope to be true since it's not difficult to go to The Spriter's Resource and gather up the necessary odds and ends to make a Dragon Quest clone game. But things like the full-screen filters get annoying after a while and don't actually look as good as you think they do.

So much time was spent chasing "the look" that while the game may seem and appear mostly authentic to DQ, it is evident that not a single shred of effort was put into dealing with the most basic RPG-Maker 2003 bugs that arise from custom menu and battle systems -- bugs that can largely be considered "solved" at this point in time.

There are too many issues with using the CMS to bypass events/transfers, softlocks induced by activating the custom systems simultaneously, plenty of simple ways to gain player movement while a menu is still open, ways to trick the game into thinking you're cycling through menu A when you're actually in menu B, ways to bring up the menu during times when you shouldn't be able to, and more.

These problems should have been among the first to find solutions during the game's lengthy and troubled development, but it's abundantly clear where the priorities were, and where they weren't.

That, and the insistence to use sketchy, outdated dynRPG plugins rather than taking advantage of the newer Maniacs Patch which boasts better features and superior performance. The fact that there now exists a 2D Dragon Quest/RPG Maker 2003 game that runs poorly on mighty machines is not something to be proud of.

There are a lot of things done "right" here, but they are all let down hard by the countless missteps. You chased the "definitive edition" label and the clout so hard that you failed to notice and take care of the many detailed issues along the way.

author=davidkeating86

Norton Screenshot B...

Howdy,
My antivirus picked this up immediately upon boot. What's up with that?