Dragon Quest III: HD-2D Remake

Played docked 20 %, handheld 80 % of the time.
49 hours of playtime
29 Mini Medals collected
30 monsters collected
Most of the map explored

Side content completed includes Faerie Lake.

Game is fully playable offline.
The biggest issues with the game are minor and random stutters and minor frame rate drops. Some of these may not even be noticed, or bother all players.
No crashes were experienced.
A few graphical glitches during cutscenes.
Very solid and quality build on cart.


General Notes:

- Load times average 2-4 seconds when entering buildings/areas and teleporting. Can go up to 8 seconds.

- Surround sound is supported when docked.

- No touchscreen

Accessibility:

- 3 difficulty options

- You can now save at any time rather than needing to go to a church. However, you'll have to exit the game.

- Game auto saves when entering/exiting areas and after random battles. After teleporting too.

- Auto battle is available. Battle speed can also be adjusted.

- Recall function allows you to save important bits of text

- Cutscenes can be skipped

Non-Performance Issues:

- There was a texture glitch in the "guiding light" NPC that speaks to you during some cutscenes

- Lighting effects glitched and flickered during the cutscene in Manoza in front of the castle

Performance Issues:

- Minor pop-in upon loading from save sometimes

- Frame rate reduces when passing large obstacles or in areas with a lot of large objects (Khoryv village is a great example of this and is noticeable)

- Stuttering when the first time visit city cinematic in Khoryv and Faerie Village plays

- Very occasionally stutters on the overworld map. This happened less than 5 times, and moreso occured in the early game.

- Night time seems to run at a slightly lower frame rate sometimes.

- Some spells (Kaswoosh) can cause brief frame rate drops.