Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (PlayStation 2)

• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews
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• 9 stars

  Excellent and fun game

  by oncedead on December 2, 2005

  Pros: Good old dragonquest fun

  Cons: Art isn't that great

  Summary: The game is excellent. The graphics are really nice. The characters are cel shaded. I don't like the design of the human characters. Many of them are basically copies ...

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  Summary: The game is excellent. The graphics are really nice. The characters are cel shaded. I don't like the design of the human characters. Many of them are basically copies of the artist's other characters. Every other character is designed well. Amazingly, the voice acting doesn't suck and the dialogue isn't terrible like in FFX. The combat is similar to the previous DQ games. The combat is menu based. The various characters can use special attacks. My favorite being the sexy special attacks.I don't like the tension system and it feels like it's tacked onto the game. The combat never gets boring, and you cannot just keep on pressing attack over and over again. The plot isn't anything new but is told really well. Overall, the game is really fun.

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• 9 stars

  Dragon Quest returns to the NA in full force!

  by rpggamer79 on March 30, 2006

  Pros: Entrancing gameplay

  Cons: Game does not have any major faults

  Summary: Well first let me say, "Wow!".
  After 3+ hours into the game this is shaping up to be one of the most thrilling
  games I have played in a while.
  
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  Summary: Well first let me say, "Wow!".
  After 3+ hours into the game this is shaping up to be one of the most thrilling
  games I have played in a while. Where does one begin when reviewing a game of this magnitude? Let's start of with the controls! Also let me warn you that I am in no way a pro with writing reviews and I am just a hardcore RPG player and wanth to share my thoughts on the game with everyone! Having played DW games since the NES days I had a fair idea as to how the controls would handle. Being the game is the first fully 3-D game and with the addition of the Cel-shading I was wondering how this game would handle. The character movement is sharp and the response time for the commands is just right. I found that the controls have a fluid feel and the menu and such is well laid out. The Menu has been redefined and it takes some getting used to but after a half hour it was like second nature
  to me. Controls Rating = B+
  Next up Visuals. The game looks beautiful. This is some of the best cel-shading I have ever seen in a game. The look and feel of the world is breathtaking. One of the neat features is the ability to go into first person viewing and take a look at your surroundings. I highly recommend running around the lush environment and taking peeks at all there is to see. Visual Rating = A+
  Voice Acting. Superb from what I have seen so far. This is also the First Dragon Quest game to have voice acting and it is spot on. Pleasant voices seem to capture the emotion of the characters speaking. Voice Acting = A
  Interest value. This game has set the stage for a mystery or two. The opening intro leaves a lot of question to be answered
  and during the first mission to the waterfall cavern still much is left out in the open. After a couple hours the game still has not really explained the relationship to the other members in your party. I believe these relationships will be slowly introduced as time goes on though. Interest Value = B-
  Overall rating. So far this game is an exceptional addition to the Dragon Quest series. With the beautiful visuals, brilliant voice acting, and the growing interest value I think we have a game for the ages here. I am willing to bet this will be trumpeted as one of the best games in the series. Square-Enix has put together a exceptional game and it should attract fans young and old. I highly recommend picking this game up! Bravo Square-Enix! Overall Rating for Dragon Quest 8 = A-

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