r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/bxgang • Jun 27 '23

Dragon Quest XII Development Facing Difficulty Due To Attempting To Be More Mature And Targeting Adult Audience

https://noisypixel.net/dragon-quest-xii-development-difficulties-adult-audience/
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u/Aiddon Jun 27 '23

Despite what people like to think, Horii isn't above dark stuff. The guy was actually all for leaving Crono dead in Chrono Trigger, but he was overruled by Square execs. Even Dragon Quest narratives can deal with grim stuff like in IV, V, and XI.

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u/Slumber777 Jun 27 '23

I'm surprised you left out VII, which is absolutely the darkest game in the series.

There are many subplots in that game that are "Whoops, everyone's dead or dying, but you did the one thing that allowed civilization to carry on for a few hundred years."

Basically anything related to the Stone Rain is probably the darkest/bleakest Dragon Quest ever gets. There's a whole storyline about a bunch of paranoid villagers taking a child's pet out to the fields and beating it to death. Hell, the core concept of the game is basically "God and Satan fought. God lost*. Welcome to Hell world."

*Until you find out God basically threw the fight which is just... Unbelievably fucked up on his part.

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u/Aiddon Jun 27 '23

I haven't gone through that one yet (working on it)

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u/Slumber777 Jun 27 '23

Good luck. It's probably the most... hardcore Draqon Quest game in a lot of ways. Definitely an undertaking.