Wow – DRAGON QUEST V Review

Update: quick save works great. You just can't use it in a town (where there's a church)/certain dungeons. On the field, and in most dungeons, however, it's a fantastic way to save your game. (I just used it the second after I recruited a metal slime on the third floor of Whealbrook Adit.) The best part about DQ5's quick save is that it doesn't delete itself when you load it (like some games) and it transfers to the cloud when you sync it. I actually use it as my primary save because sometimes it's faster to walk out of town then to walk all the way to the church. It's also a great way to have two saves for one play through if you intend to use the 3 given game save slots for marrying each bride. I am so excited to have Dragon Quest V on iOS. It has been one of my favorite games since playing it on the DS. (So nice to be able to disguise my game playing with a phone/iPad. At 28 I feel a little silly carrying a DS in public—that alone is worth the price.) This has one of the best stories of any game I've ever played and I love collecting monsters (even though I rarely use them). Seems to be running great so far (text was a little blurry on iPad Air but I got used to it after a few minutes. Probably better, graphics-wise to play on iPhone as the sprites appear almost too pixilated on iPad). DQV follows the same "portrait mode only" as other Dragon Quest games and even when the controls are set to "small" size, the D-pad is a bit oversized on the screen (especially considering you can move without it). I'm also glad they included iCloud, as a couple of the last DQ games they released did not include that feature. Overall, completely worth the price.
Review by SSAJCM on DRAGON QUEST V.