Dragon Ball...I mean Dragon Quest 8

Dragon Quest 8 - 9/10
I have yet to finish this game and yet I have reached the 50 hour mark. The meat of the game so far has been a team effort between myself and my roommate and I must say he has done most of the boss battles. On to the review....
You might have seen a number of commercials for this particular game and any hype you may have heard is true. It is a great game and I am glad it came to North America. The story is excellent and quite original, you will commonly think "this is the end" and the story continues. The characters are quite fun and the cut-scenes commonly comedic. The graphic style is familiar yet interestingly inventive.
The game has the air of a Final Fantasy that has been simplified and injected with child-like fun. Spells are great in the way that they are named after the sounds they make rather then real labels like ultima or fire.
The music and sounds of the game are light and enjoyful, but can be dark and forboding when needed.
The battle system is nice mainly because of the ability to psych-up a character to increase the damage they do, but you can also set other members of your party to do their own actions rather then over seeing every attack. Otherwise it is missing some features that you might be used to from some of the newer Final Fantasy games.
Aside from some problems with the progressing dificulty of the game it is truly great. This game deserves its 9/10 because of the new light it brings to an old genre.
Included with Dragon Quest 8 is the demo for the next in the Final Fantasy series. The demo shows much promise for the full game too follow, the focal point besides a presummably great story is its brand new battle system. The system combines the great parts of real-time battling and turn-based to create a fun and new hybrid.
Until Next.

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