![]() ![]() Dragon Quest 8 goes the other way and I love it. The first two hours of Dragon Quest 7 felt like a chore to me. I can’t believe that porting or remaking a SNES game is harder than a PS2 one. ![]() There hasn’t been a new Final Fantasy 6 port since the Game Boy Advance. Why, oh why doesn’t Nintendo release other classic RPGs for it. I guess the developers really went all out once they got their hands on the PS2.Īs a personal side-note, this game clearly shows that the 3DS can run PS2 games. From what I can tell, almost every story conversation in the game is voiced over, even with characters you might only see once or twice. The art style really helps to differentiate the characters and give them personality but it’s the voice acting that really brings it all together. The other characters aren’t as Dragon Ball-esque, although King Trode clearly looks like a shriveled-up Namek. He’s got this orange vest over a blue undershirt and his face is just classic Dragon Ball style.ĭQ8 Hero vs Goku (Square Enix / Viz Media) When I first saw the main character, I said to myself “is that Goku with a bandana?”. Funny detail by the way, the character design was done by Akira Toriyama, the dude who drew Dragon Ball. It’s not the case with DQ8, as it came out on the PS2. When it came to the 3DS, it had to be bumped up a bit graphically. No need to spruce this one upĭragon Quest 7 was a remaster, as it had originally come out on the PS1, and it showed. ![]() That really helped make the combat, which is still pretty classic, feel exciting. The whole system had me looking forward to the next level up so that I could unlock something new. Had the game been more clear on what unlocking the abilities entailed, I might not have furiously scoured the internet for reassurance. I really liked this degree of customization, even if I fretted at the beginning that I had made bad choices. If your hero character takes up swords, he’ll be good at group attacks but with a spear, he can really lay down the hurt on a single character. No character is pigeon-holed into a role. The good thing is that there are multiple combinations for achieving this balance. Attacks that hit multiple enemies are important but you also need to take into account boss battles that usually only feature one enemy.ĭragon Quest VIII Party (Square Enix / Nintendo) You have to be careful though, as you still need to specialize your party so that they work well together. As you put points into a skill, the character gains new abilities and becomes stronger with that particular weapon. You can really customize your party this way. These skills are usually 4 different weapon types and a 5th “utility” skill. Each party member has 5 skills on which said points can be spent on, with each one getting his or her own choice of skills. In this one, your characters get skill points when they level up. You might remember that one of my gripes with 7 was that there was a class system but it appeared pretty late in the story (I did end up unlocking it and it was nothing special). But right off the bat, I liked this game more than the previous. You get a party of adventurers, battles are turn based, you go into dungeons and fight monsters until you meet the boss. Re-Kicking it old-schoolĭragon Quest 8 is, like 7, very much a classic RPG game in the Nintendo tradition. ![]() This is a similar story as it’s a re-release for the 3DS of Dragon Quest 8, which originally came out in North America in 2005. You might have read my review of Dragon Quest 7. Hey, resident Dragon Quest reviewer here. ![]()
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