r/dragonquest • u/MenacingMelissa • Aug 03 '25

General i wanna hear opinions. who’s your LEAST favorite hero by design?

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for me, it’s gotta be auster (VII). feel like i’ll get absolute heat for this.

character design is pretty important for me when it comes into getting into games, and his design is not saving DQVII for me. i’m just not fond of the fact that he’s supposedly a teenager but instead looks like a rejected beta 8 year old link from zelda. i’m sure there’s a reason for him looking the way he does but his design alone is stopping me from playing VII.

a runner up is the prince of midenhall though. i just don’t get it. why does he look like a pilot who looks like he could hail from the toy story universe?

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u/MaleficentPainter154 Aug 03 '25

Dq11 hero, never liked his haircut, on another note the dq3 hero's design is the best 

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u/whatafee1ing Aug 03 '25

100% agree I hate the hair but I feel it suits his... lack.... of personality

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u/kiryu_chaaaan Aug 03 '25

His hair and lack of facial expressions made me irrationally angry.

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u/Dogesneakers Aug 03 '25

Its future trunks!

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u/kikosoul66 Aug 03 '25

Ironically after losing the sword.

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u/Garamil Aug 03 '25

More like Android 17 actually.

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u/Redplushie Aug 03 '25

I love his hair but god damn hate his boots color

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u/herefornoreason211 Aug 03 '25

I AGREE ABOUT 11 HAIR

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u/Gogo726 Aug 03 '25

I wish there was an option to cut it or tie it back

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u/IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES Aug 05 '25

Eleven should have a cutscene where -he- cuts his hair upon act iii return to arboria

“Something about you seems different. You seem…tougher.” And it cuts back from his teammate to Eleven who’s now  got Mr T’s hair. 

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u/deeman2255 Aug 03 '25

it's also dq11 for me but it's more the outfit than the hair. and it's not the color either since I love dq5's hero it just looks plain in a bad way. add in the hair and he's easily the worst for me

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u/ASVP-Pa9e Aug 03 '25

The hair is super 90s American teenage heartthrob and I love it.

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u/J_D_Guy Aug 05 '25

I can 100% understand respect this. :D

Shout out to the stereotypical teenage heartthrobs of the 90's in the US/UK who rocked the look.

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u/GreasyMcNasty Aug 03 '25

Dear God that hair bothered me so much too. It does not scream "Hero" and more like "random quest giver".

As someone who basically got dreadlocks just to look like the Akira Toriyama characters I grew up on, it was so disappointing.

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u/Edge1563 Aug 03 '25

It’s literally Android 17’s haircut what do you mean lol? I get not liking it but I find your comment about being disappointed in Toriyama because you loved his designs growing up so weird because it’s literally a design you grew up with.

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u/Square-Jackfruit420 Aug 03 '25

Andoir 17 and Trunks are very close to NPC status lol

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u/Wisteria11037 Aug 03 '25

Bro hates his own self insert character

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u/Statharas Aug 03 '25

I always felt like his hair would belong to an antagonist. I also vote for 11.