Hmm… interesting. It makes sense that they improved some stuff in the sequel, but everyone has different taste, and what one finds interesting, others can find boring.

I recently read that DQ-III remake will have quality of life improvements, like recall functionality from DQ-VI (just what I have read, haven’t played either of those games), so they probably modernized some other things too, and will probably do the same for DQ-I and II. Would just have to wait and see.