Dragon Warrior 3 III - NES Game (Retro Fam)

NES - Dragon Warrior IIIThree Stars - Fantastic RPG and very large"Dragon Warrior III", known in Japan as "Dragon Quest III", was hugely successful when first released. If you liked the first two titles you will love the third one.Although somewhat primitive by today's standards, "Dragon Warrior III" suffers from much of the same problems as other massively influential titles: innovative features first introduced here have become so commonplace in subsequent titles and also better handled that playing through the older titles now feels like going backwards.The sound and graphics are to be expected for an early title. Be aware though the graphic tileset is lifted from the original Dragon Warrior. The dungeons are rather drab, and to get your initial weapons require quite a bit of gold. Still, the experience of the game is very deep and entertaining.For example, Dragon Warrior III introduces us to the concept of the multi-party. Although Dragon Warrior II features two extra companions you can take, Dragon Warrior III takes that one step further, with three different party members you can select, each one customisable with seven different classes you can choose from. There was now a real element of stragety on who you selected, with fighters, healers, etc.All of this is very standard in today's RPGs, but back in the late 1980s this was revolutionary. The Dragon Warrior games really set the template (along with FINAL FANTASY and PHANTASY STAR) that RPGs have followed ever si.