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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure

by LEVEL-5

Score

Ratings

Published

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8.7

116

2004

PS2

IGDB critic rating

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Information

Consoles:

PlayStation 2

How Long to Beat

Rushed53h
Main story73h
Completionist102h

Developer

LEVEL-5

Publisher:

Square Enix

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date:

Nov 27, 2004

Age Rating

ESRB TPEGI 12

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How Long to Beat

53h

Rushed

73h

Main story

102h

Completionist

Synopsis:

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 consisting of four characters, each belonging to a clearly defined class. Unlike its predecessors in the series and most Japanese RPGs in general, the game features a continuous world with fairly vast landscapes and integrated towns and dungeons, as opposed to world map traveling and locations represented by icons. The game features full camera rotation and optional first-person view. Like in the previous Dragon Quest games, many objects can be interacted with; for example, barrels can be physically lifted, carried, and broken, to reveal items hidden within.

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