Venturing forth from your small town on a quest to slay a demon king with a party composed of warriors, mages, and the like, in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake you're best off patrolling a circle for a bit to let the experience points flow. This is an old school RPG through and through, and while this is the latest in Square Enix's "HD-2D" remake trend – adding some real visual flair while retaining its retro-looking pixel art core – it still feels like it's from another age. No bad thing for those who can appreciate the classics, but it might be tough to win over new fans.
Wandering the overworld, time passes as you go, turning from day to night and back again. After a certain point, your party members can swap classes while retaining some of their skills and stats, a warrior becoming a buff sage, for instance. Different personality types can modify those stats as well, affected by books your party reads or accessories they wear. Par for the course now, but in 1988 when Dragon Quest 3 first released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, these were new concepts that really pushed the genre forward. For comparison, that's the same year Final Fantasy 2 released. Massively popular, Dragon Quest 3 helped to solidify many of the pillars that hold up the best games in the genre to this day.
