Loving this game – DRAGON QUEST VIII Review

It’s kinda awesome. I bought it for iPhone when it first came out, but life happened and so I didn’t play it after a few hours. Recently I started playing it on my iPad, and now I’m hooked. I’m really enjoying the artwork, interface and story. I’m not really enjoying the movement controls, especially the camera, but it’s manageable. Also, landscape mode would be really nice to have. Since it’s stuck in portrait mode, it would be a treat to see this beautiful world in widescreen. My biggest gripe, and it’s major- I watched a YouTube video of the game because I was trying to figure out the location of an area, and the music that was recorded by an actual orchestra for the PS2 release is nothing short of brilliant... this version has it sequenced digitally instead. Which is a huge disservice to the dude who wrote the music because the soundtrack is exquisite... but lacks everything to be desired now that I’ve heard the orchestra version. I’m heartbroken by how bad this midi-hell digital rendition is in comparison (-_-,)
Review by busterfriendly on DRAGON QUEST VIII.