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After 50 hours, I've fallen in love with Dragon Quest 7 – not the JRPG's breezy new remake, but the 25-year-old PS1 original

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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Genres · adventure, rpg, tbs
Release · Feb 7, 2013
Developer · Heartbeat, ArtePiazza
16 articles 18 writers 4 reviews
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