DRAGON QUEST VIII Game Reviews

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Recent update. The controllers took some getting used to... I bought this app when it first came out and beat it... Last week I decided to dust it off and do another play through, the app updated and it no longer allowed me to save to the cloud. On the ipad I didn't update, it still allows it without the error message. Other than that it is AWESOME!

I like the minor changes. 3DS Soon.. I played the original PS2 version, and I really like the small changes made to the game. The "Auto-walk" is great so you're only moving the camera rather than constantly keeping the joystick forward with your finger. "Benediction" is removed, and EXP Needed is added into the "attributes" menu. Hero no longer turns Super Saiyan when in "Super High Tension"; kind of a bummer but it's alright, we still get the Magic Bikini. The new Menu UI is great, easy, and the directional joystick is adjustable to the Left/Center/Right positions, and in size. On iPad, I recommend joystick on the sides, and in Small; Center position for iPhone/Touch. **SPOILER**For those who played the original, "Alchemy" is now instantaneous rather than walking endlessly. These are just a few great changes. That being said, Nintendo 3DS has released the Japanese Remake, and soon for NA. New story scenes, maybe missions, and PLAYABLE CHARACTERS. As of now, I only know of 2 characters, maybe they've added more. I'm on my 3rd Run now, and despite the guides made for beating the game, how the characters ends up becoming is UP TO YOU. Choose your role!

Best throw back ever!. Thank yoy Square for putting this on here. I cant get this game ever becAuse its so expensive to get so much of a throw back. Even though i cant get voice acting. I still get Dragon Quest 8 running on my Iphone SE (2020). Quality is just like i remember from the PS2 Days “Might Even Load and Run Faster Now Actually”. Im so grateful. From the bottom of my heart as a child. Been a fan since the Nes Days. So im good with any kind of graphics i can get a hold of.

Best RPG Ever. This is the HD remake of the Japanese version of DQVIII translated into local languages. The music is not orchestral and there is no voice acting. But this is my favorite game ever and the iOS version is the first time I’ve ever played it. I highly recommend it for the music, story, and open world adventure in your pocket. The controls work well, even for just using one hand. And the graphics of this game have never looked better. I highly recommend this game, even in this mobile version. It’s my favorite game of all time. Try it out, fall in love with it, and then pick up the PS2 or 3DS versions to hear voices just like I did. And then keep playing it on iOS because it’s always there!

Wish I could give it a 3.5. The game is not as bad as people say it is. Yes, the frame rate is pretty bad but, after awhile of play, it’s easy to get used to. The absence of voice, from what I’ve heard from the original DQ8, doesn’t take away from experience, (if anything it adds to it...). And for the controls, they’re pretty good in my opinion. I’m not a big DQ fan but I can still see why this is considered to be one of the best JRPGs of all time by just playing this port. I’m having lots of fun playing this and don’t regret my purchase. -The Verdict- DQ8 on mobile is not bad, but it certainly isn’t great. The polish it had is gone but the core game die hard fans know and love is still there.

Cloud save sluggish. Handoff between cloud save and devices is frustratingly inconsistent and slow. I like being able to switch from my iPhone 8 to my iPad Pro (1st gen) when I have time. I do enjoy this game though and it runs otherwise really smoothly. I’ve played 16ish hours so far and love it. Just got to King Trodain’s castle. 🥺

Janky Controls. This game is a classic but man the controls are terrible to the point where I can’t even play it. I got stuck/glitched in the church at the beginning because of how awful the navigation is. Had to restart my entire save file. This definitely needs some bug fixes and an alternative control system. At that very least allow me to play in landscape view.

Major Issues With Clarity Regarding Cloud Saves. This has been an absolute joke, I’ve played all weekend and try to synchronize save data which should just simply swap out whatever is the most recent save files between your device you’ve been playing on, and the cloud. However, this is not the case, and they make it very unclear as to what you’re supposed to do in order to not lose a weekend worth of save games! Does it make sense to deal with a system that doesn’t show you what kind of replacement file from the cloud you’re about about to get in exchange for your weekend worth of play? NO! I’ll be happy to give the fifth star back if square fixes this in an update, and that goes for all the other DQ titles with this problem. Some things are plain ruined by mobile.

Continuing My Quest. I’ve been playing this series sequentially since the original Dragon Warrior came to the US. It was time for VIII and I was glad I could play this on modern hardware. The camera can be rough, and some of the older textures / cut scenes look a bit rough stretched out on an iPad Pro. Despite that, the game was great to play on this platform and a fun play all around.

One of the best mobile games. I ended this game a few years ago longest hardest game I played on a phone a average person couldn’t beat this game take a lot of patient & decision making to play & end thus game they need more dragon quest games like this only game close to this monster hunter

Amazing update for iPhone X!!!. I’ve had this game for awhile and always have the bad luck of never being able to finish it. But since I got a newer iPhone I decided to start it up again, to my surprise a few days later there was a massive update taking full capabilities of the iPhone X models screen and processing power. Full screen support, amazing resolution, and even upping the FPS!!! If you’ve ever had a doubt on buying the game before on one of the X models you won’t be disappointed it looks and feels great! P.S. they also fixed the problem with the cloud saves. Thanks Square this was an awesome update long in the waiting, I hope you get a chance to do these kind of updates for most of your other games, people will definitely be glad to buy.😁👍

Fantastic!. It's more or less the same game as the original, with a few changes here and there. It's quite advanced for an app, with 3D graphics and an actual full ledge game, over 50 hours of you just try to speed run! Be warned though, you need a good amount of space (about a GB of space) and an iPhone 5 AT LEAST. The people who experience crashes probably have either no space, or under an IPhone 5, so you should be good eitherwise

Low Quality. Sadly, this game is but a shadow of it’s PlayStation 2 counterpart. The first thing I noticed from the title onward was how slow it looked. The game also lacks it’s magnificent musical score. The music dropped like a stone in its quality compared to the original PlayStation 2 version. This version of the game also isn’t even voice acted. I was expecting the same experience as I did back in the day, but it seems, like so many other ports of this game, that the only suitable way to enjoy this great game is on the PlayStation 2. I wish someone could finally port this game right. If you aren’t hung up on everything I just mentioned, by all means buy this game, but if you can’t get over everything this version is missing, save your money.

Just wish It would rotate to landscape. This game is amazing, which is par for any dragon quest game, however I have a hard time enjoying any game in portrait mode it just feels unnatural, I know there must be a reason for this choice but it is still unfortunate and any effort it takes to fix this would be worth it.

I wanted voice acting. I was looking forward to this game but was soon disappointed by the lack of voice acting compared to the PS2. I don’t know why they haven’t updated it and added that in, especially when they updated it for the IPhone X.

Brilliant as ever, portrait mode a massive pain. DQ8 is easily the most visually gorgeous game in the franchise: vast open world, lovely attention to detail, cutscenes that ooze personality, and Toriyama’s iconic art style. This app continues the series tradition of extremely high-quality mobile ports—I’ve had no crashes, no lag, just smooth sailing all the way. My only complaint is that the fixed portrait mode, a longtime quirk of the mobile versions, becomes wildly annoying in ways it hasn’t been in the past. Previous games have all been top-down, so while the aspect ratio has always been a little restrictive it has never truly gotten in the way; however in this eighth installment even the ability to toggle the camera can’t make visibility any less like looking through a crack in a door and it makes navigating frustrating. I don’t know how big a job it would be to offer a landscape orientation, but it would be deeply appreciated.

iCloud save not working. I will change to 5 stars when the iCloud save feature is fixed because the game is worth 5 stars. Also, please add in controller support like you guys had for Final Fantasy 9. You have to stop making these games available on any App Store and completely ignoring the updates required to make them work correctly and or better. That is the fastest way for your company to lose its infamy. Speaking of, stop making terrible games and start making games that could match this one, Final Fantasy 7, 9, and 10. 12’s only good thing was it’s battle system. 13 was trash, 14 and 15 aren’t far behind it. Give us some good games with good stories that have a good balance please. No more garbage

Cannot progress. I played this game for years on the PS2 and loved it. It truly is one of the best dragon quest games. But this port is terrible. It’s very buggy and the control system is trash. No voice acting ruins the flow. But by far the worst part is I literally can’t beat the game. I’m stuck in the royal hunting grounds because I can’t throw the pumpkin onto the log. It glitches every time and throws it onto the grass which doesn’t wake the dragon. It is truly sad to see this beautiful game in such an atrocious state. FIX YOUR GAME!!!!!

iCloud doesn’t work. I have been playing this game very casually for about 3 yrs now. Great game but now that I have a new iPhone X since my other one took a beating and does not fully work anymore. I cannot retrieve my old game save on the iCloud. Send tickets and nothing new really from what I have been reading from others with same problem. SE blames Apple and Apple blames SE. iCloud function used to work great for this game before and I noticed it stopped working roughly a year ago. I did not pay any real mind to it since I was not planning on a new phone then. Please fix this. A good amount of us paid full price for this when it can out such as myself which I believe was around $30. I also have every other dragon quest and final fantasy game you guys produced and all of their iCloud functions work perfectly fine. This is the only game where it doesn’t work from all of your titles I own. I’ve been a loyal customer when you were square soft and Enix apart since the late 80’s. Please fix. Thank you.

This was a treat. ;). I was very hesitant to to pay this much for a “mobile” game. I am glad I did my homework to find out that this App was not only a sufficient way to play the game… but a fantastic experience. I am not a fan of lengthy JRPG time with a handheld. An iPad is so much more versatile over a 3DS. I have young kids and we do a lot of retro gaming. The kids just loved looking over my shoulder to follow along on the story. We had a lot of fun talking about slimes, puff puff and plenty of crafting. I thought I would have a massive issue with touch controls. I was very wrong there. My only issue was not having the landscape mode work with the Apple Keyboard. Easy to get past… Hardware:2020 IPad Pro

Amazing controls, great game, needs iCloud fix. Please fix iCloud functionality!! First off this is the best control scheme I've ever experienced in iOS. It's perfect to play in short bursts as well as long sessions. It utilizes the screen perfectly as you don't have to hands blocking it. I love the portrait mode as I feel having the phone in landscape mode is awkward and unbalanced. The game is also very fun, deep and beautiful. Can be A bit grindy at times but that's all part of Dragon Quest games. Please convert more games to this control scheme!!

One of the Best. I've never been that interested in DQ but now that I've played this I'm starting to build my Fandom for DQ I downloaded this because I heard shell shade graphics and I was thinking Zelda Wind Waker which is one of my Favorite RPGs/ Game ever. I don't get how this has an average of 3 stars. I see a lot of 5 star or 4 star I'd say it has an average of 4-4.5 stars. It's a good game either way especially on your iPhone for a lot less than the 3DS version I'm hoping for ports of 7 and 9 I can understand if you have not updated or you have a very old device but I have a 6S Plus and when getting past intro credits into game it works well.

Good but no cloud save.. Looks really good on my iPhone X! I wish cloud save was working so I could continue to play on my iPad 😟 the only other thing is I really wish there was an option to download the voice acting. I do really miss that from the old PS days. Other than that the graphics and the smoothness really make for a wonderful game!

New Update. I don’t know what all they did on this update (the first in two years) besides update the game to correspond with the iPhone X screen size, but they changed other stuff. The game runs so incredibly smoothly on my X now, it’s at least 30 FPS if not 60 constantly. If you have an iPhone X or newer I would greatly recommend this game. It’s always been a fantastic game, but with this newest update, they made it a fantastic port.

Awesome game. I love this game, it's just like the PS2 Version, brings back so many memories, I'm so happy I can play the full game on my iPhone, there are a few differences that I wish was kept from the original, there is no voice acting in a Cut scene, just text and reading, 2nd I read that Hero no longer goes super saiyan when he is fully psyched up, that bit disappointed, I love that look special being a big DBZ fan, and a few other small changes here and there, other then that, I love the game and will continue to play it 😊 Maybe if there are any updates coming can make Hero go super saiyan again, that would be awesome, thank you 🙂

Awesome Experience!. This game has a wonderful storyline, and well developed characters. It’s simplistic enough to for anyone to start playing, and yet complex enough to entertain even hard core gamers. The one let down that I have is that on the mobile app version of the game, the characters Voice’s have been removed, and everything is in text only. This is personally a huge disappointment for me, and I would really like to see the audio files added back to the game. It really helps players bond better with the characters and the storyline. Having said that, this is a game that you could play around the clock for weeks even months at a time, and it’s well worth every penny!

What happened to the music?. Both the ps2 and 3ds versions have an amazing musical score. On mobile, though, everything sounds so bad. I played iv-vi on mobile, and the music sounds so much better on there. What happened Square? Even with this complaint, the game is still enjoyable. Voice acting would be cool though ;)

Excellent game!. I just bought this gem and I haven’t really invested time in it for 5 years so revisiting this masterpiece is a great feeling. It looks great and runs smoothly for me (I’m using a iPhone XR) only downside is there is no voice acting which the PS2 port had but everything else is so amazing you pretty much forget about that. Everything is very easy to navigate once you get used to it and I’m so happy to have this game in my pocket or at home when I feel like playing a great RPG. I was pretty surprised to see this epic game on the App Store so it was a must have when I seen it. Definitely the best RPG I’ve ever played and would highly recommend for anyone who’s interested in the RPG genre.

Can't even play because.... The frame rate is just so bad it makes me want to barf. Causes laggy controls and just makes it feel awful to use no matter how long I try to make it work. Even with the new iPad and iPhone it just runs miserably. Absolute waste of money for me. No voice acting download option and no landscape mode makes also hurts the potential of what this should be. Absolutely shameful port, an actual downgrade to such an old game should be embarrassing for Squareenix. Yet another mark of respect lost for this company.

Cloud save doesn’t work. Cloud saving does not work whatsoever. I was 16 hours in and it reverted to my 10 hour save. I figured it might have been my fault. Then, I played it again, made it 27 hours in, and made sure to save, and to continuously cloud save and sync it to make sure it was working correctly. THEN, when I cloud saved it today, it reverted back to that SAME 10 hour save. I KNOW that it isn’t my fault now. I am so angry. That’s a combined additional 23 hours I put into the game just for it to mess up again. Save yourself 20 bucks. Do not get this game!

Gov,! Fantastic!!. This great! DQ8 is my favorite in the series, it’s amazing that I can now play it when ever I have a chance since it’s always on my phone. I played this back on the ps2 days. Picked up the 3DS version when it came out, still play it when I have my 3DS on me (amazing port as well) but since I can’t be taking my 3DS with me around anymore like before so this is a awesome way to still have a way to play it. My only small complaint is that the voice acting is gone and that I can’t play in landscape mode but other then that it’s still a great port! 😎😁👍🙌. 5 stars ⭐️

Hot garbage of a former great game. How are they charging 20$ for this? It literally runs at 15 frames per second. This is the laziest port I’ve ever seen. This is worth no more than a buck or two to get the nastalgia fix for a few minutes. Pros: *the original game was great Cons: *portrait mode only. *Runs at 15 fps or less on a 2017 iPad Pro. *Replaced original beautiful soundtrack with a crappier midi Doppleganger. *20$ wasted. *unresponsive controls. Unfortunately there’s no chance they will ever come back and fix this, yet I guess they feel justified somehow to still take 20 dollars per person, who every single person will open the game up, I swear this, and say this is unplayable. Conclusion: This is a cash grab like selling paintings you accidentally spilled paint on and calling it a Jackson pollack.

Please update. Please update with the 3ds added content and full orchestral soundtrack. Also some other quAlity of life additions would be helpful and really appreciated! A speed up feature and perhaps even being able to start the game from a point well into the game for veteran players could be a fun way to get interest up. We love Dragon Quest here in the US! Please support international markets and bring more DQ here!!!

Just keep waiting. I've just started this game and so far I've had to wait a few minutes on two occasions for the game to unfreeze. The first was right before the first fight, and the second was during a save. I have an iPhone 6s and iOS 10 and I should NOT have these issues with a game that cost 20 dollars and only 1.8 gigs. If this problem persist as I play I'll have to lower the rating even further. I'd hate to have say I wasted 20 dollars on such a great game. Do better.

Classic ps2 RPG. Came to review the iOS/mobile version. The game itself is a classic and not much else needs to be said on that note. Regarding the mobile port and borrowing from other reviewer’s common complaints, I am happy to report that I think the game runs fine on iPhone and the control system is absolutely OK. It is locked to portrait mode, but can at least set the thumb stick to center/right/left depending on personal prefs. Also updating to note that I love the old school soundtrack and don’t mind no voice acting at all. Playing on a 12 pro Max.

Please fix. The controls are beyond horrible. Please give an option in settings to have the control on the right or left instead of only in the middle of the screen. It's a very awkward place for the control to be on an iPad. Also please make it so when you turn the iPad or phone sideways the game rotates. This game isn't even worth playing unless these things are fixed. I would love it if I could get my money back because I doubt you'll do anything to fix these issues so I basically wasted my money. To those of you reading this review, don't waste your time or money.

PLEASE FIX CLOUD SAVE!. I am so worried about breaking/losing my device and having to start all over because the cloud save doesn’t work. This game would have been 5 star if it wasn’t for this. I did end up losing my save and having to start over. I wish i never bought this Update: THANK YOU!

Great game that would be more popular if updated. I never got around to playing the DQ series on NES or PS2, though the iOS version has definitely shown me what I’ve missed out on. Every bit as good as Zelda IMHO. The one major drawback, and something that could be so easy to fix — it’s a very clunky control system to play on iPads (especially iPad Pro) — at the very least, of you could make it where the directional pad is off to the left or right , it would turn this into a hand cramp magnet , into something that’s quite a pleasure to use. It would be just a minor update, taking less than an hour I imagine, yet could improve the experience drastically for gamers. I don’t mind that the orientation is stuck in vertical as much as some, but if you could fix that one gripe, I would be much more willing to invest in the other DQ games. DQ deserves every bit as much attention as the final fantasy series, and would benefit even more if you could eventually add MFI controller support, but at the very least, please adjust the position of directional controls .. maybe even add a dual joystick that appears where player puts thumbs, one for direction, the other, for camera. Thanks!

Best DQ game ever - Great iOS - iCloud needs fixing. Love the game. The port to iOS is really good. Love the portrait mode. The controls are fine. I recommend this game to anyone who likes JRPG games. The earlier DQ games are also good on iOS. One glitch is iCloud save does not work for me in this game, so I can't upload / download saves between my iPad and iPhone- bummer; I see this problem was reported before. Gave it 5 stars anyway as it is a great game.

Overrated and repetitive. I purchased this game because it was highly recommended, but I was very disappointed. I am 19 hours in, at the town of Baccarat, and all I’ve managed to gather about the story is: the characters are chasing this guy, and once they catch him, he runs, and they have to track him down again. In between these dull events, is a million meaningless enemy encounters. It takes forever to do anything, and the soundtrack is also mediocre. There is nothing to like about this game. I tried to make myself like it, but it really is one repetitive, overrated game. Being that nearly all the Dragon Quest players agree that DQVIII is the best one, I do not see myself playing another Dragon Quest game ever again.

Great game. This game runs smoothly and has a good story. I thought I was approaching the end of the game multiple times but it just kept on going :) I finally beat it and the only issue I had was that sometimes when you throw a pot or barrel it messes with your camera angle. Other than that everything was great!

For the Love of Humanity, PLEASE. PLEASE add controller support for this game. The touch controls are so poorly executed I could only play for maybe ten minutes before my hand cramped up and I decided it was no longer worth the attempt. I would love to have this on my iPad, where I have ports of most other classic games I like. Square-Enix was able to do this with others, why not this series!? The game itself is great. I would easily give it five stars. This app got one and that’s only because I had to rate it at least one. If you want to pick this game up, check out another console. The 3DS version is great!

Dragon Quest on iOS. Beautiful world Awesome graphics, but the fact you can’t invert and change screen to side to play hinders the game greatly. I don’t want cramp hands playing this game for hours. Thier for I’m not too caring about buying others for the same reason. It’s really bad that I can’t play this with controller. Maybe blue tooth controller. But I don’t like using blue tooth.

Great Port One Big Bug. Seems to be great so far. The graphics are beautiful and the game play is smooth. Loading times are fast so overall great so far. One thing, the game crashes every time I try to check attributes. Nothing can be selected then my character can’t move and nothing works again until I close the game. If I just ignore that it’s overall solid but it would be great to get that fixed. 5 stars once that is fixed.

Bad port of a great game. Aside from the missing voice overs, the game would’ve been playable had we not been stuck using portrait view. It makes the iPad screen so cramped that you get tunnel vision throughout what is supposed to be a visually expansive world. It completely ruins the game experience. Often times, you are awkwardly moving the camera angle to see where the hero is going. Swiping the camera angle so often also means you accidentally swipe to another app with the current iPad features. This makes the game annoying to play. For such an expensive game to purchase, you’d think they would want a better user experience. A landscape oriented screen would’ve made playing this port a much better experience on a tablet.

One of the best games of all time. I understand this game can be a total grind fest, but to me that has never taken away the fun and creativity of this game. I have probably played it 5-6 times all the way through between the ps2 version and mobile and I still love it. The story, the missions, and the combat is just amazing. 100% recommend if you even remotely like turned based combat!

Sound issue. This is a great game. I loved it on ps2, and I love it on here. My only issue, is that I like to listen to music while I play, and as soon as I open the game, it shuts my Pandora off, even though I have the sound turned off in the game... It wouldn't take much to fix this issue...Please fix this as soon as possible!!!

Cloud saves don’t work, devs abandoned this app. Cloud saves would make a world of difference and they used to work until the last update. The feature has not worked since. Port is decent although there are no voices and the controls can get frustrating as well as the inability to play landscape. Buy a better port on a different console/device, this is not worth the money since they don’t support the app any longer and won’t resolve the bugs they introduced with their last update. Pretty disappointing.

Don’t spend the money. A fantastic game to play in its original form, but this is not. Voice acting has been removed, choppy frame rate on cutscenes(with some scenes removed entirely), and a soundtrack that sounds great but is not well balanced for other sound effects, and restarts from the beginning after every battle(instead of pausing and restarting in the original). Overall feels like this game was forced out to fill a deadline, and never finished.. I hope someday square decides to fix it, but for now it remains an extreme disappointment.

Glitched on the post game. This game is amazing and the most amazing part to me was the post game but instead of getting to play I got sent to Argonia after the credits and I couldn’t zoom or fly anymore .... so I thought ok let’s do it by foot and by boat and go kill rapthotne again and I do that and then got taken to the title screen to goto the saves to see it saved to after the battle and I got stuck in an endless loop of credits load repeat. And the worst part is I loaded an older game and lost alllllll the work I put in 55:67 . I paid a lot for this game and would of loved to play the post game through the end and I’m very disappointed in these bugs it needs to be fixed .

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Camera. For a port it is great. All I have is that i think the camera turning for when you swipe at the bottom should be a bit bigger. It turns too slow for me. Wonderful nonetheless.

Desperately needs horizontal option. And framerate should not be this low on new hardware.

IPad Air review. I haven't played for very long, pretty ashamed that there is no dubs *hoping for at least a Japanese one like chaos rings* I wish it filled the whole screen , no clue why SE chose to cut the sides off, it looks half done. The analog controls is kind of annoying cause u have to move your character from the middle of the screen, so I'd have to play this while sitting at a desk. I played the ps2 one and hoping it will fix these issues :)

iCloud Failure. Since the latest update, iCloud no longer works. Unacceptable in such a high priced app. Needs to be fixed ASAP.

Akira Toriyama. Voices are cut off because it would be too heavy otherwise, so it's fine. A shame you can only play vertical, which is a little weird for the iPad, but a part from that its a wonderful game. I love the design of the characters and how they evolve in the story, the design of all the minsters (you can review them by family, region, and you will even have a little story about each one of them). It is a master piece from the creator of Dragon Ball Z what can Insayy. The. Firts app I've bough and is worth it.

crashes. what is the developer email address so i can email them about it crashing on me?

Cmon square time for an update. No cloud save is a joke on such a huge game and needs to be fixed.

Superb game. Glad I bought it. Initially I was a little hesitant to buy it because of the bad reviews. But having played through the game (80+ hours) now on my iPhone 6S +, I had zero performance issue. There’s no terrible frame rate (it does get a little low when flying but not bad at all). In the 80+ hours of playing, the game crashed perhaps once. It works perfectly. I don’t even mind the finicky control. It’s amazing to be able to play such a big game on my phone

Poor control system.. As the title says, the control system is terrible. Makes the areas of the game tedious to move around. If I had known of this prior to purchase I wouldn’t of bought it. I loved the original game but I can’t enjoy this port. Too tedious.

Feel perfect!. Best RPG game ever!!!

Awful frame rate. Classic game. Awful port. The control scheme is nice but the frame rate is noticeably low even in the opening menu and the load times are very long. Even on my 5s If you're craving playing this again use pcsx2. This port is awful.

A great game, with a few annoying features. Dragon quest has always been one of my favourite games but this app is kinda annoying. Firstly, you cant customise characters the only thing you get to choose is your name, this may not bother you but it bothers me. Secondly, you cant choose who's in your party, you have to stick with the people you get in the storyline. I prefer when you can see monsters roaming on maps like in dragon quest 9 but in this app they just surprise you and you never know when you will be attacked. However, it was quite a fun game. I found the controls a tad bothersome but it does have great graphics and a captivating story line. I would recommend it if you aren't bothered about these things like me.

Awesome ps2 port. Well worth the price considering I paid $99 for the ps2 version. They added touch controls and has an ease one touch controls. Takes some time to get used to but works well. Only negative is that the voices are cut and it's not orchestral but this is needed as the file size would have been ridiculous and doesn't necessary make much difference to me music wise to be honest. It sounds fantastic! Also using an iPhone 5 and experiencing no frame rate issues at all in or out of battle. Using that emulator psx2 suggested from another reviewer doesn't work unless you use the correct settings and have a decent graphics card.

Why the iCloud saving is no longer available??. Same to the title.

Must play JRPG. Amazing game, although the vertical only view is rather poor form on iPad. I've played it before, but because of silly view lock managed to get only 48min in so far before downloading some old Final Fantasy titles. Can the devs please update and change this?! If not I'd like a refund.

Cloud save doesn't work. I got a new iPhone 7 plus and I wanted to download my save game on the cloud but it keep saying cloud save authentication failed or something like that please fix for 5 stars because when I played it before it was so much fun and I got like 8 hours into the game and when I got my new iPhone i wanted to play that save but I don't want to start all over again please fix asap

Amazing. PlayStation 2. Nuff said.

Expensive. As good as this game is, it just costs way too much. Like, WAY too much. Also, we need an option to speed up combat. It drags on for too long.

Absolute brilliant. Loving this game, brings back good memories Even though there are a few issues only towards the start I love it Great RPG aswell

Frame rate. Love the game but frame rate seems a bit low? Not sure if because port or not. Playing on the iPhone X.

A brilliant game. Dragon quest 8 is a brilliant and beautiful game, being a remake of a playstation 2 video game. It works perfectly on the iOS, and cannot recommend it enough

Another bugged over priced Square game. Broken iCloud option in latest update. Buyer beware.

Must have. Best rpg on the App Store. Cloud saving allows you to play on the go on your phone and at home on your iPad. Must have for any rpg fans.

Needs Korean Keyboard Support. This game is really good. But possibly the biggest flaw is the lack of other language options when typing in the character name. This breaks all Emersion when playing this gorgeous looking game in Korean and your English name pops up during conversation. This may be the easiest thing to add. Please add additional keyboard languages corresponding to the supported language by the game. And also maybe add support for changing language in the game instead of relying on the phone’s system language.

Fantastic!. Must buy for any rpg fans

儿时的记忆. 希望可以玩到dqm

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My favourite game on the App Store!. I rarely bother to voice my opinion but this game just made me want to tell everyone how good it is! A must have for any RPG fan! (Plus the controls are great)

Crashing On My iPhone 6. One of my favorite RPGs and PS2 ports but please fix the crashing. It's frustrating to battle a boss more than once or to be interrupted when exploring larger dungeons or when searching for treasure in larger towns.

Awsome but needs the voice acting. The game is good but it would be 1000000% better with the vocals

Thanks for X support. Looks great and runs much smoother

Please give us Dragon Quest VII!. Honestly, we had to wait forever for FF8 to come, where is DQ7?!? Also bring us Dragon Quest IX please!!! If FF3 3D and FF4 3D can appear why can’t a DS game like DQ9 appear? Seriously!

Fantastic game. I remember playing this when I was 15 loved it then and now 11 years later still fantastic great addition to the dragon quest series would recommend this to first time and fans of the series, only down fall no voice acting but still a great storyline.

Bad. Two reasons because no arrows pointing towards the main story and why can you just let me flee the battle or else good 😌 game

[Glitch] No sound at all. The game refuses to produce any sound at all for me on my iPad mini Retina. No sound effects, no music, nothing. iPad's volume is up as are the in-app volume settings (changing these settings does nothing at all). I've uninstalled and redownloaded 3 times now to no avail. Haven't seen any other reports of this issue, so I must just be unlucky. Game looks good. Controls are not perfect but are competent. I'd really like to play this game but it loses quite a bit of its punch when silenced.

Highly recommend. It’s pretty gud.

A near perfect port. If the original game was a 9/10, I give this version a 7.5/10. It loses that 1.5 for three reasons. Firstly, you can only play the game in portrait mode. Secondly, touch controls aren't perfect. Finally, the biggest disappointment for me was the lack of voice acting. The voices in the original version really helped sell me on the characters and learn to like them.

Amazing so far. Been playing the game for about 27 hours (thanks to the smash hero reveal) and I am having a ton of fun. Definitely recommend if you are an RPG fan.

Thank you for fixing the port. I can finally give this port a 5/5 it runs buttery smooth even on my iPhone 6s after the update. Only took 4 years but better late than never!

Frame rate!. I would love to play this game more, but it needs an update to the frame rate. I’m playing on an iPad Pro and it has trouble keeping the frame are up! Please fix!

Finally..... Since Square Enix ignores its North American Dragon Quest fan base so often it's nice to at least get this port. We don't have DQ7 or DQX or many others so it's nice to get just this. Amazing game. 10/10

Cloud save is broken. I played this last year, saved my game to the cloud, and today I reinstalled the game and trying to open up the cloud saves gives an error. So warning to those playing it - don't uninstall this game or you'll lose all your data. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, but for me, who's halfway through the game, it's now unplayable.

My favorite childhood game. Very well imported from PS2 to mobile device. Controls are fluid, combat is just as I remember it from 10-11 years ago. The only concern I have is that the voice acting wasn't imported from PS2, but it isn't so bad. All in all, this game is absolutely amazing. I'd recommend it to anyone who is searching for an adventure game filled with depth and an open world to explore. My personnal favorite PS2 game, and my favorite from the Dragonquest series.

Very good try at a classic. I took 1 star out because it's missing the voice of the characters which made this game wonderful. Also lost another star for not being able to be played in landscape mode. Iphone 6+ and landscape would have been perfect.

Dragon Quest IIIV. I love, love this game.

It’s pretty close. To start, to me this game is one of the best rpgs ever made, it stands right next to FF7 as one of the grand champs of games. Everything just came together in the right way with this game , that being said this is the phone version. And with the phone version, we miss out on the excellent voice acting, and some of the graphics are scaled right back, the music sounds compressed as well, as with the PS2 version you can really here the orchestra but in the phone it does not translate well. All that aside the entire DQ8 experience is here, it is formatted in such a way on your phone that you can actually move allot quicker through the menus then with a controller, which is nice later on when you want to grind for long periods of time saving seconds here and there helps with the process and your patience of leveling your characters. To be clear this is the PS2 version with no voice acting and scaled back graphics and music, but the core game is so good it overcomes any deficiencies so easily that I still give it 5 outta 5. ( Ran the game on IPhone 11 and had only one crash through the entire playthrough , when I entered the dark world following the birds shadow, lots of times interrupted by phone calls or just switching out of the game to my browsers or videos and never once did it crash the game )

More Dragon Quest. Please bring other dragon quest titles to iOS!!

Crashes every 10 minutes.... Making it unplayable.. So, I see they've added a warning now that the game may crash during "extended periods of play". Where was the warning when I shelled out over $20 for the game? Also "extended" on my ipad mini first gen, seems to mean about 10 min. I save after every battle and even then, it still crashes after big battles meaning the game is pretty much unplayable now. Thanks square enix.

Awesome port!. I loved this game on PS2, wasn't to sure about the locked portrait mode and new controls but after about an hour or so I was used to them and find it rather intuitive, mostly. I'm playing on a 6 Plus and it runs pretty well :)

Fun but.... Great game. Lots of fun but left wanting more at the end. 5 stars if they ported the 3DS memory lane part.

It's dragon quest. Played it a while ago so I'm not sure on the state of occasional crashes. But it's a great game. For those who say it has no story and all you fight is blobs idk what your playing. For 20$ I would say it is worth it unless you want to get the 3ds remake for more.

Slow, poor story, enemies every 2 steps. I find this game obnoxious! You can't walk a foot without fighting stupid blobs, waste of time waste of money zero story

Love me some DQ!!!. No not Dairy Queen Dragon Quest !!!!

Very good!!! Actually impressed. The port on iOS is great, the controls are nice and well thought. Graphics are as good as ps2. A bit expensive but it's a great rpg to own! If you can wait get it in discount for 20$ if not don't be afraid to pay the full price you won't regret it. Using a iphone se and no trouble at all so far and no abusive encounter with monster when you walk.

Love the game. Excellent graphics, love the controls, but it occasionally crashes.

Near perfection. This is an amazing port from one of my favourites it's open it's colourful it's fun I just wish it had voice acting over all great port

Superb. The controls take a bit of getting used to but the lovable world and sheer amount of content are all still there.

Great game. I played this game during a short weekly break. Its like a dream after walking through.

A great classic game.. Love the new quick save feature. Camera is decent, but can use improvement. Can crash unexpected and needs to be saved often. Overall, a great choice to port over from Ps2.

Finally!!. i wanted this game to come out for such along time waited almost two years !! i love it ! i play on a 4s and its fine not choppy and doesnt freeze or anything!!! LOVE IT!!!

Needs voice audio. I would seriously prance around in my underwear if you guys ported over the audio !! That is the one thing that made this game stand out during its time !!!

I used to love this game way back. But the framerate in this version is appalling. I played this when it was on PlayStation and iOS 10 and newer iPhones are arguably more powerful than the old PlayStation. There's no reason for this game running at 10-15fps. Otherwise it's good for nostalgia but I do hope for an FPS update but that's very doubtful from SquareEnix.

Great Game. Never played a DQ game before but I'm actually enjoying this game more than some FF games. Hope more DQ games get released in N/A. Update: 50 plus hours in the game still amazing and a lot of content.

Mmmm maybe. This could be good if it got an update to optimize it for the iPad 4 and be able to have it go into landscape mode plus have a better frame rate as well... Let's not forget the voice work too, just cause I hear them in my head when I read the text would still be nice to hear the voices again. This needs to be done to get 5 stars from me

Excellent. The game doesn’t use a poorly coded emulator like FF8 uses. It’s developed unsung the unity engine for smooth and high performance gameplay. It doesn’t cook your phone or lag. Very well done. Please remake FF8 in the same way so we can enjoy that title also. Very very well done.

My favourite game. I have spent 100’s of hours playing this on mobile alone but I wish they had the remastered added content

First time player. I never played Dragon Quest 8 when it was first on the PS2. I read about this port and bought it while I was on vacation. I ended up putting 65 hours into the game and beating it. It's a great game and a solid port. I would love to see this done with other titles

Truly wonderful and faithful port + 1 minor gripe. I absolutely love this game and being able to play it on mobile is fantastic. The graphical elements are a delight. My only gripe is with the controls but not with how they're arranged. I the the portrait style was a risky decision that paid off immensely. This orientation makes this game much easier to just pick up anytime and play. Landscape games make me feel more like I have to invest some serious game time in them every time I boot them up but not DQVII. I totally feel like I can just sneak in 5 or 10 minutes whenever. No, my gripe is with how the controls *look*. The rest of this game is beautiful and carefully assembled but the control overlay looks like a hideous afterthought. But the same kind of love into the control interface's graphical elements to make this game perfect.

Masterpiece Reborn. I had missed out this title when it was originally released on the PS2 and when I saw this title on the App Store I did not hesitate to pick it up. At the $15 price tag, I would say it is worth every penny. Truth be told, I have been pretty disappointed with Square Enix in the last little while. Because the titles they had been releasing felt like a money grab with silly in app purchase. However I am glad they are returning to their roots and bring out these great classic titles from their company's libraries. DQVIII has fantasy storytelling and colourful and lovable cast of characters. Graphics is great for a port and the music is amazing. A long enjoyable title that allows save anywhere (except in towns) which is great for burst plays on the go. Definitely recommended title for any RPG fans.

Please optimize for iOS9. Great port of a great game. Runs crappy on iPhone 6 tho. The game was released a few years ago now and doesn't feel as smooth as it could on newer hardware.

Dragon Quest VIII. Played this game years ago when it was first released on the PS2. It still holds up today. Looks and plays amazing on ISO! Now if only SE would do a port of Final Fantasy X.

Runs in portrait only?. Brutal to not have option and most games like this are landscape at least which is what most iPad stands are. Weak.

Awesome. Huge fan of this game!! So stoked! But it crashes often. If it's fixed, I would give it five stars...

Awesome. One of the best jrpg i played. If you played ni no kuni it s really similar but honestly square enix put a lower price please it s a ps2 game...

Great game.. Dragon Quest VIII is a true classic. However it must be noted that this is a port of the Japanese version of the game which means it lacks the voice overs and orchestrated music that was in the western release. It's still an amazing game and worth the purchase.

No voice acting?!!. Adding the voice acting would make this much better...come on now guys ...five stars when you finally port over the vocals

Great but.... Good port, but I wish they fixed the annoying save issues this game was cursed with, please fix it! What's the point of having a quick save , when it doesn't even work? I quick save, choose to quit the adventure so I can go have dinner, and when I pick up to play again it loads up in the church 5 levels behind from what I was , at my last hardsave. Please please please fix the save issue , I hate playing for an hour then losing all my progress.

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Where is the voiceovers?. How come we have to read everything they say in this instead of being able to hear them speak? I’m knocking off a star because there’s no voiceover work.

iCloud issue.... I bought this game few months ago and don't even want to play it if the iCloud auth issue isn't patched soon. I can't believe it's taking this long to patch the game with updates. Square fix your game!

Cloud Save. Cloud saving has been working since the update!!!! :)

The Storyline. I really love the story line for Dragon Quest, I'm really in love with the characters and the storylines it self. The graphics are really good. I'm not quite use to the iPhone/tablet controls though. /)..(\ I'm just use to the DS version, but will eventually get use the iPhone/tablet controls.

Please fix iCloud. I love this game it's great but please fix the iCloud feature I don't even want to play unless I can transfer to the iPhone 7 other than that great game.

Add Audio. One of my favorite games but its missing the audio (people speaking) and that’s part of what i loved about this game. Add the character audio and instant 5 stars

Love dragon quest VIII!!. This is a great game I love from childhood! I do like the changes they have made, but I just wish the voices were played on the iPhone. It would make a huge difference, and I hope they put it on a future update! But great game, love it, and can't stop playing!

I'm glad this was ported to iOS but.... ...why oh why did they have to make ALL of the Dragon Quest games VERTICAL?! For crying out loud, make them landscape oriented so we can play with a Gamevice controller man. For this huge drawback, I give an uninspired 3. Way to go guys.

Excellent Port. Had a long detailed review but thanks to Apple, it was deleted to an already taken nickname. I recommend this game to anyone who was a fan of the ps2 version that is not going to get the Nintendo 3ds version.

Frame rate woes. Poor framerate performance that is distracting and takes away from the quality of this great game. Playing on an iPhoneX- should be more than powerful enough to run this game well if it were optimized properly.

Controller support plus Landscape. This game really needs controller support as well as landscape mode to make this the perfect mobile port. Will change rating if controller support and landscape mode come along in the future Square

Shameful support for a masterpiece.... The game runs terribly with a bad frame rate, even on an iPhone 7. What's worse is I still can't transfer my save over to my new device because cloud saving doesn't work. It's been months. Don't sell us your broken games and then run away.

Frame Rate - Read This. I was very concerned with frame rate before purchasing as I couldn't find anything reliable. I have an iPhone 7 and the game runs perfectly. Looks like 30 fps.

Happy but.... I love the game the updates and how they have been keeping the game up to date. I wish they could put back the voice acting. It might sound stupid but I always cracked up when yangus piped up with cod blimey.

It's okay but could be so much better seriously. The game is cool and I like playing it but the dialogue needs the character voices, there needs to be a landscape mode to play the game easier, and there should be an option to create your own character in detail that you can play the game with it's boring to just "play a story"

Only wish. I only wish I could play this on my iPad in landscape mode :(

Needs controller support. Function on screen is too small on any type of phone desperately needs controller support there’s no reason why this game shouldn’t have it it’s a waste of money otherwise I never would have bought it if I knew they weren’t going to add it later on

Great game. Missing some essentials.. This is one of my favorite games.....it is an excellent rpg with a ton of play time and story. .......port is missing character audio( subtitles only), no controller support and vertical layout instead of horizontal. Add controller support, horizontal layout and character voices back into the game and it is a 5 star game.

A shadow compared to the other versions.. To many things cut from this version. Could have been so much better.

Please update and add landscape support along with controller support. This game is amazing when I played on ps2 and has a lot of potential if updated

DQVIII Mobile is serviceable. Best DQ on not the best platform, but still playable and convenient. Might be the weakest way to experience the game, but still gold overall.

Not quite there. So I love DQ 8 and I played it back on PS2 with the VO. I just wish the devs put a little more time into adding the VO and some of the quality of life changes introduced in the 3DS version. Other than that it’s not too bad of a port.

RPG-gamer Dan. I hardly ever write reviews but I played this game for the first couple of hours thinking i would get bored and it definitely fooled me! I have a lot of fun grinding my levels and enjoying the story

No dialogue. The second we get an update for full dialogue i will change this from 3 to 5 stars other than that this is kinda clunky as far as controls go and very diff from PS2 but i have always loved this game but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give this a full dialogue update so we have all the audio not just Dhoulmagus’ laughing

Awesome.. Love this game. Owned it on Ps2. And now got it on Apple. So excited. Only wish it supported a game pad or wireless controller. If that could be add. Would be totally awesome. Thanks for the app!!!

Awesome game and best looking. Game looks amazing in iPhone. My only complaint is cloud saves are not working. I have two phones and can’t resume cloud saves from another phone. Please fix this!

Voice audio. Good game but wish I knew it didn't have voice audio before I paid almost 20 dollars, please update a version that adds this feature, I remember the original version and this is just not worth what I paid for.

iCloud data broken. I recently upgraded my phone to iPhone X and want to restore my iCloud save data but failed. All my data are lost and I don’t want to play it from the beginning again. So sad!

Great game but iCloud save doesn't work. The game is pretty amazing but the fact that you can't save to the cloud ruins it. This stops you from transferring to iPad or another phone. Additionally it is a back up should the game fail. Square please fix something that we all have paid for! It's not fair to pay for a game that is supposed to have a feature and not have it work.

Super high tension in hero. Please release an update where hero's animation when reaching state of super high tension is the same as the ps2. This animation is just crappy, fans would way happier is this port had super saiyan style animation.

Nostalgia imbued game. Finally I can play this game everywhere I go without having my 3ds with me all the time

Good but could be better. I LOVE the Dragon Quest series! I think this is an awesome addition. I love the story, art, and concepts! Although the gameplay is a bit grindy compared to the newer additions, and landscape mode is not an option, this game is worth it. (But can still improve!)

Great game, painful performance. Got my XS Max today, and while I’m not surprised to see that DQ8 still runs at the same juddery 20-or-less FPS that it does on my 6S (since it also ran about as well on my old iPhone 5), I do think it’s criminal that such a great game has such a poor iOS port. Play it on PS2 or 3DS instead, or hold out for a possible PC or Switch port.

Extra characters added?. Will there ever be an update to have the other characters added? The game is good, but for 20 bucks updates would be nice.

Buyer Beware. This is mostly in regards to how S.E. basically ignores their games after three months. It needs an update to at least support iPhone X, and to fix the issue it’s had almost since launch with iCloud saves. I haven’t been able to play it to completion because I lose my save data at some point. The games amazing, it just needs some fixing.

Cloud Save is now working!!!!. Everyone breathe and enjoy 1.1.3!! It features a working Cloud Save function AT LAST!!!! Finally!!!!!!!!

Thank God that awful VA is gone. The English dub of this was always ruined emersion for me. It’s much better when you get to read dialogue in your head.

Adding the 3ds features. I love this game. Just wish they would add the 3ds features on to the app. That would make me play nonstop

Good game. Bad price. The game is nothing short of amazing. The frame rate is a bit low, but it's tolerable. The controls are pretty good for a one button control scheme. Forced portrait is very hard to get used to though. The price of $20 isn't really worth it for an iPhone app, but this game definitely is worth it.

Just started playing and it’s awesome. I just got it and I love it just as much as Pokemon. Oh and just for a thought I love the Slimed they are just so cute!!!!!!!!😆

Near Perfect. Would be perfect if updated to allow external audio. Otherwise a masterpiece!

iPad 11 inch no full screen. The game runs pretty good it’s no longer laggy but it isn’t optimized for the 11 inch iPad Pro so there’s black bars around the screen it’s so annoying I hope this gets fixed but with squares track record of updating there apps I wouldn’t expect it to ever happen

AMAZING!. Exactly everything how I remember it, minus the voice acting, and the camera controls could be better, but they're good enough. Sweet!

Dragon quest viii. Please fix iCloud function. It’s very disappointing. All other cloud saves work on all other square games. When you get a new device you cannot keep playing from where you are. You would have to start over. And after having to pay a good price for the game that is not right at all.

Pls add speed up. I love this game, but no denying it drags on sometimes and this is the WORST dq game when it comes to grinding. So please if you’re not gonna have overworld sprites, at least add some speed up option because dang

Great RPG for iPhone X. I got this to play on my light rail commutes. Graphics are amazing and the story is ok. Battles are standard, turn-based affair and there's a little character customization. My only gripe is the music is kinda whack. As someone who grew up on final fantasy games, it's a nice entry into the dragon quest series.

Poor audio.. A big part of why I loved DQ8 on PS2 was the voice acting and the orchestral score. That is all missing in this version. Voice acting is nonexistent and the music is low quality midi/sampled instruments rather than a recorded orchestra. Controls Re pretty wonky too.

Only 3 things would make this game perfect. Only need three things to make this game an instant hit/cash cow. 1 voiced dialogue. 2 allow for widescreen/turning the screen sideways for better gaming experience. 3 add controller support. Very inexpensive, very simple, very fast fixes, please fix this game.

Suggested improvements. I’d pay an extra 5 bucks if you guys updated it with the original voice acting and soundtrack

Battles are too long. I read other platforms have speed battles available.... am I missing something???