December 21st, 2025

Bit more DQ1. Almost at the endgame now, though even then there's still gonna be a few dungeons before the end. I think I was underleveled going into the Weeping Island, but then I went and beat the Knight Aberrant boss early and it jumped me up like 4 levels. I don't think it got me that far off of the intended level though, but it certainly made it relatively easy (enemies were still an actual threat though). Honestly I think the game is a little bad at telling you where to go, and it's entirely a remake thing. The one part I remember is post-Weeping Island, after some plot stuff your objective becomes "check in on others" and if I didn't have objective markers on I would have literally never guessed that you were supposed to go to Kol, there are no major NPCs there. And I know it's a remake thing because that's how you get the ultimate key, a thing which does not exist in the original, and it also resolves a very minor plot thread that only exists in the remake.