DRAGON QUEST VIII App Reviews

One of the best TurnBased RPGs shows up fashionably late to the party.. I can finally retire my Nintendo DS.. *MUCH LOVE*

This is an amazing port from one of my favourites its open its colourful its fun I just wish it had voice acting over all great port

Since Square Enix ignores its North American Dragon Quest fan base so often its nice to at least get this port. We dont have DQ7 or DQX or many others so its nice to get just this. Amazing game. 10/10

I had to buy this even though its from an iPod touch 5G. I hope all goes well. :)

I had missed out this title when it was originally released on the PS2 and when I saw this title on the App Store I did not hesitate to pick it up. At the $15 price tag, I would say it is worth every penny. Truth be told, I have been pretty disappointed with Square Enix in the last little while. Because the titles they had been releasing felt like a money grab with silly in app purchase. However I am glad they are returning to their roots and bring out these great classic titles from their companys libraries. DQVIII has fantasy storytelling and colourful and lovable cast of characters. Graphics is great for a port and the music is amazing. A long enjoyable title that allows save anywhere (except in towns) which is great for burst plays on the go. Definitely recommended title for any RPG fans.

Excellent graphics, love the controls, but it occasionally crashes.

Love the new quick save feature. Camera is decent, but can use improvement. Can crash unexpected and needs to be saved often. Overall, a great choice to port over from Ps2.

i wanted this game to come out for such along time waited almost two years !! i love it ! i play on a 4s and its fine not choppy and doesnt freeze or anything!!! LOVE IT!!!

Huge fan of this game!! So stoked! But it crashes often. If its fixed, I would give it five stars...

Never played a DQ game before but Im actually enjoying this game more than some FF games. Hope more DQ games get released in N/A. Update: 50 plus hours in the game still amazing and a lot of content.

I rarely bother to voice my opinion but this game just made me want to tell everyone how good it is! A must have for any RPG fan! (Plus the controls are great)

Please bring other dragon quest titles to iOS!!

Dragon Quest VIII is a true classic. However it must be noted that this is a port of the Japanese version of the game which means it lacks the voice overs and orchestrated music that was in the western release. Its still an amazing game and worth the purchase.

Brutal to not have option and most games like this are landscape at least which is what most iPad stands are. Weak.

I absolutely love this game and being able to play it on mobile is fantastic. The graphical elements are a delight. My only gripe is with the controls but not with how theyre arranged. I the the portrait style was a risky decision that paid off immensely. This orientation makes this game much easier to just pick up anytime and play. Landscape games make me feel more like I have to invest some serious game time in them every time I boot them up but not DQVII. I totally feel like I can just sneak in 5 or 10 minutes whenever. No, my gripe is with how the controls *look*. The rest of this game is beautiful and carefully assembled but the control overlay looks like a hideous afterthought. But the same kind of love into the control interfaces graphical elements to make this game perfect.

I never played Dragon Quest 8 when it was first on the PS2. I read about this port and bought it while I was on vacation. I ended up putting 65 hours into the game and beating it. Its a great game and a solid port. I would love to see this done with other titles

The game refuses to produce any sound at all for me on my iPad mini Retina. No sound effects, no music, nothing. iPads volume is up as are the in-app volume settings (changing these settings does nothing at all). Ive uninstalled and redownloaded 3 times now to no avail. Havent seen any other reports of this issue, so I must just be unlucky. Game looks good. Controls are not perfect but are competent. Id really like to play this game but it loses quite a bit of its punch when silenced.

This could be good if it got an update to optimize it for the iPad 4 and be able to have it go into landscape mode plus have a better frame rate as well... Lets not forget the voice work too, just cause I hear them in my head when I read the text would still be nice to hear the voices again. This needs to be done to get 5 stars from me

Good port, but I wish they fixed the annoying save issues this game was cursed with, please fix it! Whats the point of having a quick save , when it doesnt even work? I quick save, choose to quit the adventure so I can go have dinner, and when I pick up to play again it loads up in the church 5 levels behind from what I was , at my last hardsave. Please please please fix the save issue , I hate playing for an hour then losing all my progress.

Played this game years ago when it was first released on the PS2. It still holds up today. Looks and plays amazing on ISO! Now if only SE would do a port of Final Fantasy X.