The lead developers on turn-based RPG Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined are, unsurprisingly, fans of other turn-based RPGs. Producer Takeshi Ichikawa and director Masato Yagi shared some of the games and series they enjoy in a recent Reddit AMA, shouting out Persona and Final Fantasy alongside a 2009 JRPG whose appearance simultaneously is and is not surprising.
Asked about "some other turn-based RPGs that you like to play," Ichikawa said, "I really love the Persona series – especially Persona 3."
Yagi, meanwhile, said: "For me, it’s probably the Final Fantasy series. And I still really like The Last Remnant, which I worked on." The irony that recent Final Fantasy entries have trended away from turn-based combat is not lost on me, either.
You can tell a lot about a person from their pick among Persona 3, 4, and 5 – the entries most modern Persona fans have played, and the only ones Atlus seems interested in re-releasing – and the less poppy tone of Persona 3 certainly fits right in with some of Ichikawa's answers elsewhere.
On "the essence" of Dragon Quest, Ichikawa points to "the scenario—grand in scale, yet somehow still feeling close and relatable." On Dragon Quest 7 specifically, he reckons, "The story of confronting the world’s absurdities and growing beyond them is one of Dragon Quest VII’s greatest appeals, so in this title as well, we have rebuilt the experience in a way that preserves that very charm."
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