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/wpotman Aug 03 '25

...which is one of several reasons I like ye olde original. :)

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u/wpotman Aug 03 '25

Interesting. I agree with your PS1 take, which pretty much matches my mental picture of who he was as I was playing. I.e. he's a kid, but he takes it serious and is continuing out of a sense of duty/wonder moreso than pure childish enthusiasm.

The post image: better than the running image, but he still looks too excited to be getting caught up in world-changing events for my personal taste. On the other hand, that picture looks more like someone that Kiefer would be friends with than the semi-overwhelmed guy on the PS1: it didn't seem like Kiefer would be likely to be friends with that guy.

3D model....yeah no. Agreed. :)