The pinnacle of classic Dragon Quest and a very obvious homage to the series as a whole. If you want a modern version of classic turn-based RPG battling, this is it - it does not innovate on the formula whatsoever, but tunes everything to a fine point. The base mode is a little too easy, but the game does include options to make gameplay harder, so I don't fault it for that. The two things that do hold it back are the length and the OST - first of all, the game is too long, especially if you play all of Act 3, the game really overstays its welcome. I recognize it's partially my fault for wanting to 100% the game, but I eventually reached a point where I was just looking forward to the game being done. As for the OST, there are a lot of good songs that are woefully underused - you'll basically hear the same 3-4 songs everywhere, which get a little tiring. I appreciate that they switch up the world map music in Act 3, which doubles as another homage to earlier games, but you eventually get quite sick of the standard battle music.