1. ChrisW.

   10

   It is an awesome game. It's the most fun rpg I've ever played. The music brings the game to life. I have the music stuck in my head because its so awesome. It's the best Square Enix game yet!… Expand

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2. Caestus

   8

   Dragon Quest VIII has a traditional turn based battle system, an orchestral soundtrackm and good voice acting (Yangus). But most of all i like the world in which DQ VIII takes place.… Expand

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3. vahn

   7

   A great ps2 game, probably one of the fewest on the console who had an interesting story with unexpected twists, a classic yet always fresh combat system and, most importantly, an actual world map to explore by sea o flight : I really loved to play this game and gave so much fun until I finished. However I can't simply put a 10 for one big reason (at least to me): this game is insanely and extremely HARD....without a guide. That's right, I used a guide for this game, but I want to mention that the first time I played this game, and reached about 70% of the game, I didn't use the guide but I barely managed to pass some bosses: some of them require so much preparation that you won't be able to figure out right away, unless you die often or unless, yes, you use a guide, and the preparation mentioned isn't about levels or else it would be easy...actually it wouldn't, because griding normal enemies is out of the question: you will NEED to grind one specific enemy (metal slimes) in order to level up properly and, in order to beat one, you need either a crit or a ton of luck...but you know what it's best to kill them only with a guide. Again. But even with that, it's not always about the levels, it's usually about the skills: the first time I used different weapons (sword-hammer-bow-whip), but this setup wasn't actually any good because most of the bosses were extremely tough and my weapon skills were completely useless. On the second playthrough however, using the specified set "it" told me (Lance-axe-sword-whip), the game became soooo easy , mainly because these skills are the ONLY ones that are actually any good, while others MIGHT or MAYBE could work (scythe, for instance, is good for stealing items, but axe is far better because it decreases defense...isn't that a huge difference?): this means that there isn't much freedom in the skills and if you fail at putting those points (which is easy because you WON'T know what skill you get. Without a guide that is), you might make an easy boss fight into a nightmare. I'm sorry to say this but this game was one of those that, without a guide, was almost an nightmare to play and even though you CAN play without a guide you might have some problems to play and you could encounter some hard parts that, without a proper preparation (or a walkthrough) will be hard. However, even with this (personal) flaw, in my opinion this game is still valuable and still a good piece of jrpg that showed what the ps2 was capable of. With or without guide, it's worth a try.… Expand

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4. JoshB.

   0

   Should have been called Dragon Grind VIII. If I wanted to play a game with shallow characters, non-existent plot, and a combat system that feels as tedious as a grind, I would have played an MMO.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 3 users said Yes.

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