Square Enix uses its HD-2D technology to breathe new life into the most popular RPG franchise in Japan, but do the first two entries in the series stand the test of time?

For Japanese fans there is probably no game more important than 1986’s Dragon Quest. It was by no means the first Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) but it popularised the genre to such a degree that the entire franchise is now considered a national treasure, despite being little known in the West (the first entry to be released in Europe wasn’t until Dragon Quest 8 in 2006).

Those who played the first of Square Enix’s HD-2D Dragon Quest remakes – 2024’s reimagining of 1988’s Dragon Quest 3, a prequel which chronologically preceded the rest of the series – should have a fair idea of what to expect from Dragon Quest 1 & 2

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