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Dragon Quest II
Released On: Sep 27, 2019
60
5.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
22% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
22% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Dragon Quest II is a long game. Unlike Dragon Quest, it can’t be beaten in one sitting. The original was one of the few NES games that had a battery save for a reason. The Switch is a great console to experience this adventure because of its portability. You can visit towns and dungeons at home, while grinding your heart out on the go.
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line was a huge step forward for the franchise and RPGs in general and it's still great fun.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
5.7
21% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
53% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
26% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
5.7
21% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
53% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
26% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Dragon Quest 2 is a classic JRPG remade for mobile and ported to switch. It is an undoubted classic and the plot and the game play are as good or better than the original. The new graphics probably split opinions, I would have prefered more original style pixel art for nostalgia, this style seems to me a bit off like a clip art show from cheap asset pack, but it's still recognisable dragon quest characters. Other way to think of it, the graphical style is really similar to kemco's shovelware mobile jrpgs. The port is well-made and it's mostly nice to play with few quality of life improvements compared to the original, but few nes era annoyances are still there like having to faff about with the inventories and menus a lot. Since it's decently sold at budget title price and not full price like some other remakes on switch, it's definitely worth the money.
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Nintendo Switch
I really enjoyed this game. The world was MASSIVE for its time. There was a story that made sense. This game was revolutionary for RPGs. It got a little tedious eventually. There was also an insane difficulty jump at the end that was just so unnecessary. Still a good game that was extremely rewarding once I beat it.
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Nintendo Switch
Dragon Quest I, II and III on the Switch are great picks, especially if you enjoyed the recent eleventh entry and wanted to experience the origins of this great series. However, these are ports of the mobile versions with some audio and visual enhancements. So if you have them on your mobile phone already, there is little point in picking them up on the Switch again, unless you really want to play them on your TV in full glory.
Upon revisiting the world of Dragon Quest II after a long hiatus, I still found it enjoyable, yet it no longer feels like the epic tale it was long ago. A world that felt so large in its day now feels both short and sweet and somehow also prolonged with unnecessary backtracking and excessive enemy encounters. Nonetheless, the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest II is a fine-tuned port of an old game, with better graphics, music, and solid gameplay. Fans of the series and retro-enthusiasts may find enjoyment with this title, but newcomers to the series may find some of the story and gameplay elements archaic and outdated.
Dragon Quest II is a classic RPG and one of the first in this long-running series. It’s fun, despite its simplicity and some grinding, however it suffers from some choppy graphics due to being a port of a port.
There’s a lot to be desired for Dragon Quest II, both as a game and as a port. Considering the final stretch of the game, it’s a difficult one to recommend and spend your time on when Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest XI are on the same system. While it's great that Switch fans now have access to more Dragon Quest goodness than ever before, this one is a reminder that even the best franchises experience growing pains, and is only suitable for diehard Dragon Quest fans only.
I love the classic Dragon Quest titles with a passion, but there is nothing that redeems these poor ports. They fail as an archive of classics, since the redesign fundamentally changes them. They fail as pieces of entertainment, because they're so ugly and poorly made. Finally, they fail as Dragon Quest, because Dragon Quest fans will be insulted by this trash being passed off as their memories.
Dragon Quest II was kind of a slog-fest. A bit longer than 1, I had to use a guide almost the entire time. Not the best DQ to recommend by any means, but a necessary step in the series’ foundation.
You play as the Prince of Midenhall and you need too seek out Prince Sigurd and Princess Peronel of the surrounding towns to take down an evil god manipulating his powers to wreak havoc on the great kingdom.
Cool stuff like having 3 party members and facing multiple enemies were added, and the gameplay is smoother than the first, but I heard III is the best out of the first three games Pretty much the same as the first one, but still a good game nonetheless.
I want the complete story, so I had to go back to the first ones, but it’s definitely not recommended to start with these since they’re so hard and easy to get lost without a guide. A pretty fun game with a guide though.
7/10
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Nintendo Switch
I wasn't as a big fan of this one as I was of the first one. You will probably need a guide to play this game since pretty much nothing is explained. However, the game is not bad, it is a decent RPG that will give you content for a while.
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Nintendo Switch
My first Dragon Quest game ever was Dragon Quest XI(S) like a lot of other newcomers. I loved it so much, that I decided to play Dragon Quest V. And I absolutely loved Dragon Quest V so much, that I decided to go play Dragon Quest 1. Now Dragon Quest 1 on the Switch, was an experience. For the first time in my life, I played a NES/SNES Era JRPG ''On Switch tho'', and even tho the gameplay felt old, and the story cliché, I absolutely loved how the game felt.
Then after finishing Dragon Quest 1, I was very hyped for Dragon Quest 2, so I went and bought it on sale from the eshop. Now I do not regret my purchase, but this game didn't respond to my hype as well as I would've loved it to. The gameplay remained the same ''except for the additional members, and enemies faced'' the story remained very cliché, and I noticed the first flaws of the games, too much encounters, bad map design, but the worst for me had to be the dungeons combined to the encounter rate... This removed all the fun from me, I had to take 3 breaks from the game, in order to continue it. At the end of the game, I had all the best equipment in the game for my 3 characters, My MC was at level 40, Prince was at 37 and Princess was at 33, and yet I would get destroyed by ennemies in front of Hagon Castle.
I managed to finish the game, but I can tell you, that I won't be replaying it. DQ1 maybe one day, when I feel like it, but DQ2 shall forever stay on my Switch untouched.
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Nintendo Switch
This game is a JRPG classic of the first decade of the genre. So, nowadays it is a game for fans of the franchise. He tells the story after the events of the first game. For those who finished the first game it is very cool to see the story unfold.
This game has some problems like the high excessive rate of encounters with monsters. And the somewhat sleazy form as some quests must be solved without many tips. What ends up being very demotivating for players.
If you're a fan of the DQ franchise, give it a try for the second game in the series. But go with the mentality that this game is from 1987, where the bases of the JRPG were being made.
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Nintendo Switch
Easily the worst Dragon Quest game I've played, I don't recommend playing this game because it hates the player till the bitter end. A rough start of nothing but grinding to get to point A to B to a ridiculously ramp of becoming overpowered at the very for no real reason save for the fact just gives it to you.
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Nintendo Switch
Summary Long ago, a descendant of Erdrick the Great defeated the Dragonlord and recovered the mystical ball of light in Alefgard. Under the rule of his children and their descendants there was prosperity throughout the land for generations. One day, however, this peace was shattered by the wicked Sorcerer Hargon. Now it is time for you to claim ...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
- 3DS
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Sep 27, 2019
Developer:
- Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
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