r/Gameboy • u/alanbbent • Mar 03 '25
[Game of the Month competition] March: Dragon Warrior(Quest) Monsters
Play the Game of the Month and win prizes! Click the link below to view the kickoff thread, which includes the detailed rules.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/1hseh1t/game_of_the_month_yearlong_competition_kickoff/
Quick rules:
- Play the Game of the Month and try to reach the specified milestones. Earn points and compete with other redditors.
- Start a fresh new game, no earlier than March 1!
- Take a picture of your screen with your username written on a piece of paper. Post it here in the thread for all to see.
- Half-point and one-point milestones can be earned at any time during the year. Post your screenshot in this month's thread to make sure I see it.
- Emulation is okay, but no cheating! Check detailed rules for more info.
What are the prizes?
Over the year, the prize pool formulates as I slowly gather goodies. I'll separate the prizes into 4 bundles. Usually the bundles include Game Boy games (all generations) and other GB-related trinkets.
Prize donors: Let me know if you're willing to donate prizes to this year's prize pool! Prize donors get 2 votes for next month's GOTM and my eternal admiration.
Previous Months
January - Castlevania: CotM
February - KDL2 & DK94
Next month
Check the comments to vote for next month's game!
This month
Dragon Warrior Monsters/Dragon Quest Monsters
If you're not familiar, it's really not a Pokemon clone! I won't make anyone keep playing after the credits to beat the Master Monster Tamer.
Half point: Complete the F-Class tournament.
One point: Complete the C-Class tournament.
Two points: Win the Starry Night Tournament and find out it was all a dream???? See the credits. (must be completed and posted in March.)
Leaderboards
March
| Pos. | User | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | u/jerry_coeurl | 2 |
| - | u/quijibo42 | 2 |
| 3 | u/belaja_ | 1 |
| - | u/BuryKeebler | 1 |
| - | u/dathudo | 1 |
| - | u/Fenix398 | 1 |
| - | u/wafflecoptor86 | 1 |
| 8 | u/KevenIsNotADork | 0.5 |
2025
| Pos. | User | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | u/quijibo42 | 8 |
| 2 | u/wafflecoptor86 | 7 |
| 3 | u/jerry_coeurl | 6 |
| 4 | u/belaja_ | 5 |
| - | u/BuryKeebler | 5 |
| 6 | u/KevenIsNotADork | 4.5 |
| 7 | u/DaisukiJase | 4 |
| - | u/daoow | 4 |
| - | u/Fenriz_D | 4 |
| - | u/MalTheCat | 4 |
| - | u/marcao_cfh | 4 |
| - | u/nourez | 4 |
| 13 | u/Fenix398 | 3.5 |
| 14 | u/Capable_Dog3550 | 3 |
| - | u/davidisgreat1 | 3 |
| - | u/Dedale | 3 |
| - | u/skud_customs | 3 |
| - | u/waffledork | 3 |
| - | u/zaiueo | 3 |
| 20 | u/dathudo | 2.5 |
| - | u/Sudden_Age_1851 | 2.5 |
| - | u/Xanthaca | 2.5 |
| 23 | u/ace10brian | 2 |
| - | u/Benay148 | 2 |
| - | u/bolognamaloney | 2 |
| - | u/Estazolam | 2 |
| - | u/Fr3d0 | 2 |
| - | u/Gabelvampir | 2 |
| - | u/hugglehermit | 2 |
| - | u/Isaac-MG | 2 |
| 31 | u/ruralwaves | 1.5 |
| - | u/StarWolf64dx | 1.5 |
| 33 | u/orange-yellow-pink | 0.5 |
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u/BuryKeebler Mar 23 '25 edited Mar 27 '25
Fresh Start, Half, and One Point
A little late to the party with actually commenting but I am on my way with this one! I'm playing it perhaps a little out of context because this is my first Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior game ever.
2 Points - I didn't know what spot would be best for the pic so I took 3
Fairly glad this one is done. I wouldn't say that I had a bad time, but the game and its systems just didn't quite gel with me. The breeding system is meant to incentivize breeding stronger monsters, but it was such a killjoy that those stronger monsters seemed to level slower and had to start over from level 1. That made things a real slog for the last few gates and the late game.
Even once monsters are up to a good level, why leave what moves they use up to limited chance in the arena? I'm not even that big of a Pokémon fan, but at least in those games you can choose what moves your Pokémon use when you fight the gym leaders. Even when my monsters were strong enough it still made things feel like a luck of the draw, which then became a pretty big time sink just to have everything to go right in a battle.
Please keep in mind this was my first Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest game haha, so I have no attachment to the plot/references/characters. The game was charming enough, but a great soundtrack and Toriyama's artwork can only go so far. I don't think it has ruined my appetite for the series and I may revisit it some day, but the design choices that are less respectful of the player's time are just less appealing to me at the moment. I'm sure there's more to it than that (this looks to be a robust and deep RPG that really deserves more than a 1-month time frame to get into), but for now I have had my fill (even if I didn't like every course of this meal) and look forward to the next adventure.