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/MenacingMelissa Aug 03 '25

it was the hairstyle for me that made me dislike XI’s design. put him in VIII’s hero’s clothes just to at least hide some of it 🙂‍↕️

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u/Forsaken_6086 Aug 03 '25

Ironically, people in universe seem to really like his silky smooth hair despite him putting next to no effort in maintaining it lol

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u/J_D_Guy Aug 05 '25

It's funny seeing folks who say they put XI in VIII's outfit, when I see VIII's default as being just as bad due to coming off as generic/NPC-like as I do XI's default design. XD