Shumagaki
11-18-2007, 07:20 AM
I just finished this massively long game Dragon Quest VIII (65 hours play time and most of that was spent progressing the game.)
Before buying it, I had been a little reserved about it being too much of a children's game because of the graphics and the few story elements I knew of, but that became a non-issue as the game progressed.
I have to say i'm pretty impressed with it. It does not have as thorough of a story and plot as most of the Final Fantasy games, but it does just about everything right in every aspect. It doesn't grab ahold of your emotions like an FF game, but it's still very enjoyable. It was also nice to have some nostalgic elements from the old dragon quest games. The only other games in the series I had played were Dragon Warrior I and II and some of III. It was surprising how many throwback elements they could incorporate into the game to still make it feel familiar to someone like me even after so many episodes of it have since been released. (ie: Slimes, the old wyvern wings sound, the familiar screen text, adventure logs, etc)
One loose end that didn't seem to be completely tied up after the ending of the game, though, was Marcello. The last I had heard of him was during the scene at Neos where he was saved by Angelo. Does anyone know if there were additional parts in the story involving him that I missed, or did they just drop his involvement in the story at that point?
Before buying it, I had been a little reserved about it being too much of a children's game because of the graphics and the few story elements I knew of, but that became a non-issue as the game progressed.
I have to say i'm pretty impressed with it. It does not have as thorough of a story and plot as most of the Final Fantasy games, but it does just about everything right in every aspect. It doesn't grab ahold of your emotions like an FF game, but it's still very enjoyable. It was also nice to have some nostalgic elements from the old dragon quest games. The only other games in the series I had played were Dragon Warrior I and II and some of III. It was surprising how many throwback elements they could incorporate into the game to still make it feel familiar to someone like me even after so many episodes of it have since been released. (ie: Slimes, the old wyvern wings sound, the familiar screen text, adventure logs, etc)
One loose end that didn't seem to be completely tied up after the ending of the game, though, was Marcello. The last I had heard of him was during the scene at Neos where he was saved by Angelo. Does anyone know if there were additional parts in the story involving him that I missed, or did they just drop his involvement in the story at that point?