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POSTED 28/1/17
DRAGON QUEST VIII: JOURNEY OF THE CURSED KING
Square Enix/Nintendo
I would search this world for you, even though you can't imagine...
After last year’s incredibly successful recycling of the
incredibly bulkily titled original PlayStation JRPG
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments
of the Forgotten Past, many hoped for it sequel, the PS2
classic Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King would
receive the same venerable treatment.
But it hasn’t. This
review is a fabrication. It’s all a cruel hoax. It doesn’t exist...
Yeah, you’re smarter than that. Sorry. Of course it exists –
and it’s quite the thing of greatness. Well, it is if you dig
genre-defining JRPG exploration and turn-based action with oodles of
beefy story.
This particular story, for those who haven’t
already lived it, involves one King Torde and the good Princess
Medea. Well we hope she’s good, it’s a bit hard to tell when evil
magician Dhoulmagus has gone all Wonder Twins activate on her and
made her take on form of horse. Not that good King Whatsisface has
fared any better, as he’s gone all Yoda-meets-Morbo trolly – and
before the internet was even a twinkle in a very clever geek’s eye!
The swordsman that is you joins this peculiar posse, along with a
Cockney warrior dude called Yangus. The object? Well, think about it
for a moment...
Your quest to re-royal the royals – and exact
revenge on a certain sinful sorcerer - is not for the faint of
heart. Much challenge equates to many hours, but it’s time spent in
one of the most gorgeous looking worlds to have yet graced the 3DS
(even if there’s little in the way of actual 3D). Plus there’s new
stuff like a distraction for snap-happy types.
Many mumble
and grumble about remastered games, but not everybody has access to
the original software or hardware. Anyway, games such as engaging as
DQVIII:JOTCK (damn, it’s cumbersome even when abbreviated)
deserve a certain immortality.
Don’t agree? You’re dragon me
down, yeah.
  
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