Game Reviews9/10
Dragon Warrior VII Asked Players to Spend a Hundred Hours Before the Story Began
Dragon Warrior VII hit PlayStation in 2000, the last game to use the Dragon Warrior name in North America and the first mainline entry in eight years.
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Tag: Enix
Game Reviews8.7/10
Valkyrie Profile: A Goddess Who Collects the Dead, and the RPG That Still Has No Imitators
Valkyrie Profile review: the 1999 PlayStation RPG about a goddess who gathers the dead still holds up, with 24 heroes and platformer dungeons. Score: 8.7 of 10.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Soul Blazer Review: Quintet’s 1992 Action RPG Still Teaches the Art of Rebuilding a World
A deep dive into Quintet's 1992 SNES action RPG Soul Blazer, where every monster lair you break frees a soul and rebuilds the world.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Dragon Warrior IV Review: Five Chapters, Four Strangers, One Hero
Dragon Warrior IV splits into five chapters before the Hero appears, and that structure is what makes Enix and Chunsoft's 1990 RPG worth replaying.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Dragon Warrior II Added a Party to a Solo Quest and Made Every Step Back to Town a Risk
Dragon Warrior II (1987) review: Chunsoft and Enix's sequel adds a three-person party, six-enemy battles, and a bigger world. Score: 8.7/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Dragon Warrior: Erdrick’s Heir and the Founding of a Genre
Dragon Warrior (1986) set the template for console RPGs: Erdrick's heir, three keepers, the Dragonlord, and a 7.3 Metacritic score built on patience and grind.