- November 27, 2004
- Square Enix Product Development Division 9
- 50h median play time
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dragon Quest VIII maintains its status as one of the finest JRPGs in this fine 3DS edition.
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a single player role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 9 and was released on November 27, 2004. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is the eighth installment in the Dragon Quest series, developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was also later released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2015. It is a traditional Japanese-style role-playing game with random enemy encounters, simple turn-based combat mechanics, and management of a party consi…
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Dragon Quest VIII is a massive world with well over 50 hours of gameplay. It stands out thanks to stellar voice acting and a huge, quirky set of monsters to battle. While there's plenty to do, both the plot and the majority of the characters are flat and uninteresting. The quicksave feature and the ability to increase battle speed are significant quality of life improvements over the original, making this a solid title sure to entertain JRPG fans, but the dated and grind-heavy mechanics can make it a bit of a slog.
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Whether you’re returning, or you’ve always wanted to play a Dragon Quest game, this is the perfect place to start.
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is pure classic role-playing with some great Nintendo 3DS features that make this title very enjoyable!
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a role playing game with fantasy theme.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is available on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation.
The main story can be completed in around 62 hours, while the entire game is estimated to take about 120 hours to finish. On average players spend around 50 hours playing Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King was released on November 27, 2004.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King was developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 9.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a single player game.
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