For gamers young and old, returning to games made decades ago poses a unique challenge: to appreciate dated graphics and archaic gameplay with modern eyes. Square Enix took up this challenge by resurrecting the classic role-playing game Dragon Quest II for today's gamers — though its preserved mechanics may turn off some players used to conventional RPGs.

I’m glad that Square Enix preserved the intense difficulty that defined the original NES RPG, whose eccentricities ... Exploration is enhanced by the HD-2D graphical style used here. A sprite-based game like Dragon Quest 3 really benefited from this ...

HD-2D is the loving treatment this classic deserves, but this remake will struggle to win new fans even as it delights retro-heads like me