The “My History With…” series are my thoughts back when I was a kid to young adult, about when I got games of a series, my initial thoughts about them, and other thoughts about the games. I stick to games I have or had, not one I played for the first time when i discovered emulation or modern system remakes. 

I think the Dragon Quest/Warrior series was my first dip into playing RPGs as a kid and what got me hooked. I always enjoyed the longform story of having a main objective (or objectives) and your heroes solve problems in other locations along the way, figuring out how to utilize gear, and more. Even as a kid I didn’t mind grinding that much (though now with emulators you got that magic fast forward button). Sure the DQ/W series progressed slower than the FF series, but I loved it all the same. I started playing the games a bit out of order, but the stories being told in each games still fascinated me seeing how even as a kid I was into sci-fi and fantasy genres. I had a wide range of emotions playing all of these: joy, anger and sadness at plot points. I should really start replaying some of the remakes of these and rediscover my childhood joy.

I’m sticking with 1-4 and 8 since those are the ones I own or have owned. I have played the original and remakes of 5-7 but never owned them now or growing up.

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