The long-awaited remake of Dragon Quest 3 finally released last week to largely positive reviews, with the bulk of the praise going to the beautifully redrawn pixel art that Square Enix popularized with Octopath Traveler and which is now the studio's go-to style when making sprite-based games.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the latest in a string of HD-2D RPGs that bring a modern, high-resolution twist to nostalgic pixel-art graphics. Fans have long thought Final Fantasy VI, the last game in the venerated series before it switched to polygons,

Generally speaking, a lot of new players are quickly discovering that Dragon Quest 3 has some nasty difficulty spikes — and many of them are still present in the remake. The Dragon Quest Reddit is flush with posts about being obliterated in tougher battles, having eased through the adventure up until then.