Their goal is to track down Dhoulmagus and defeat him to retrieve the holy scepter he stole from Trodain Castle and to hopefully get Trode and Medea back to their human forms and revenge for Dhoulmagus destroying their castle and all of their servants apart from Hero. We join our intrepid hero along with the muscle of the group Yangus, a criminal gone good who has vowed to serve the guv' and protect him, King Trode, the ruler of Trodain who has been turned into a toad by the evil magician Dhoulmagus and a horse called Medea who is actually the Princess and another victim of Dhoulmagus' handywork.
Story - If you've ever played a Dragon Quest (or Dragon Warrior as it was known in the west until this installment) then you'll be in familiar territory, olden times mythology, castles, swords and sorcery, kingdoms and of course an un-named Hero, although this time he does go by the nickname "the guv'." This game is long and will require alot of investment to get the best out of it. What you'll find here is a challenging, classic RPG that is not for the casual, impatient gamer. Selling over 3 million copies on just its first weekend of release this should give you a sense of the high regard of which the Japanese hold this series which is very much warranted.Ī classic old school type RPG this is basically the anti-Final Fantasy game, whereas Square try and take their series in all sorts of new directions, none of them good, Enix realise what the old school RPG gamer wants and give them it in spades. If you thought Final Fantasy made the fanboys wet themselves with excitement whenever a game in that series is released, this is nothing compared to the amount of hype a Dragon Quest release generates in Japan, so much so they are only allowed to release these games on a Sunday to stop schoolchildren and adults skipping school or work to go and queue up and buy it.
Seeing as there's talk of reviews maybe coming back i figured i'd start the ball rolling with a review of Dragon Quest 8 i did.
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