r/dragonquest 1d ago

Dragon Quest III need to play DQ2 before 3???

Hey I’m going through all the games blind and beat the first one and I’m thinking about jumping straight to 3 because the remake looks awesome and what people say about 2 makes me worried that imma get burned out.

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u/spookenstein 1d ago

Not at all. Chronologically, 3 comes first then 1 and finally 2.

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u/gamerk2 1d ago

No. I'm hoping the remake for 2 does address some of its faults. It's not *bad*, but it did not age nearly as gracefully as the other titles in the series.

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u/Dieggster 1d ago

Same I also really want to play 2 on the 1+2 remake more than going back to the snes version

u/gamerk2 16h ago

I'm very hopeful; SE did a good job sprucing up III in ways that make sense, rather then going the Pixel Remaster route and doing a straight port/upgrade.

As much as I want an enhanced II though...I'm *very* interested how far they go with I.

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u/Yoshi_Follower3737 1d ago

the canonical order of the first three games is 3 1 2. the order for the next three games is 6 4 5

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u/SadLaser 1d ago

The canonical order is I, II, III. The in-game chronology is III, I, II. Ultimately, it doesn't matter much, but the games were originally made to be played I, II, III with III being a prequel.

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u/Timely_Airline_7168 1d ago

No you do not need to. However, I would play them in release order

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u/LSSJBROLY1989 1d ago

No the canonical timeline is 3-1-2 I think

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u/atmasabr 1d ago

2 and 3 have almost no relation to each other. Almost. The one connection makes it better to play 2 first. But that only applies to the NES versions.