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Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King

Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi

ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君

Developer

Level 5 / Armor Project

Genre

Role-Playing

Other Versions

3DS

Release Dates

11/15/05 Square Enix
11/27/04 Square Enix
04/13/06 Square Enix

Community Stats

Owners: 524
Favorite: 47
Tracked: 2
Wishlist: 5
Now Playing: 6
 
8.6

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Summary

Since times long forgotten, a forbidden scepter had lain sealed away in Trodain castle. Until one day, a mysterious jester called Dhoulmagus disturbed its rest and freed the scepter from its ancient bonds.

Using the scepter's power, Dhoulmagus placed a spiteful curse upon the whole kingdom. In the space of a moment, the people were transformed into thorns and the land was frozen in time. To add insult to injury, the King and the Princess were turned into hideous beasts!

However, the curse left one person untouched...a young guardsman...You! Now you must embark on an epic journey to save your king and country and lift the shadow of the evil jester's curse!

Features:

  • A traditional turn-based battle system with jaw-dropping graphics merges the old with the new.
  • Cut-scenes feature voice-overs bursting with wit and charm- added excusively for the North American version!
  • A totally revamped graphical user interface makes the classic Dragon Quest gameplay even more accessible- another feature exclusive to the North American version.
  • Individual party members' behavior can be customized for optimal battle performance.
  • Party members deploy awesome attacks and spectacular spells in stunning 3D.
  • Enhanced music and sound effects stay true to the Dragon Quest series while providing a fresh listening experience.
  • Characters designed by Akira Toriyama are brought to life by an amazing cel-shading graphics engine, bringing gamers of all ages into a world straight out of Japanese animation.
  • Finely tuned game balance makes this title easy to pick up, but challenging to master.

Source: Square Enix.

 

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Game Information Updated ioi 27th Jul 2009
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Game Banner Added to Database Cactus 29th Jun 2009

Shipping Total

4,900,000 Units
As of: December 31st, 2017

Opinion (45)

AshKetchum1992 posted 25/08/2013, 08:49
This game is so awesome!!
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A203D posted 28/04/2013, 06:19
@DieApplyDie. Even when the game came out the turn based gameplay was outdated and stale. But everything else was amazing. If it wasn't for the gameplay this would be better than FF10 and FF12 in my opinion.
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DieAppleDie posted 02/04/2013, 01:39
I must admit i didnt like this game much... it was ok
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Iveyboi posted 28/04/2011, 03:00
Whoa 5 million.
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Galvanizer posted 11/04/2011, 04:58
The size of the world in this game was fucking amazing for PS2!
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Immortal posted 12/01/2011, 09:22
Very hillarious that this game somehow manages to crawl to 5m after DQIX. Great for the series though. Let's go for 10m with DQX!
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