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Dragon Quest IV Review @ play.tm
October 12, 2008, 7:52 pm
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Dragon Quest IV opens up with intrepid moustached knight Ragnar McRyan scouting about trying to find a bunch of missing children who’ve been pinched by something that promises to be a bit nefarious. Oh, and everybody here talks with an incredibly thick Scotish dialect. This is wonderful, and it’s the translation which really helps Dragon Quest IV shine. After about an hour the whole scene switches to young princess Tsarvena Elena and her reluctant companions being smack-bang in the middle of the Dragon Quest world’s version of Russia. To mix up convention a bit, she starts her chapter trying desperately to escape from her own castle. Cue another tongue-in-cheek narration. It’s followed by a very distinct Irish dialect, then French. Sure, it all ends up like every other JRPG, and in the fifth chapter you form a ragtag bunch of adventurers and go off and fight the big bad villain. Still, the actual gameplay journey that Dragon Quest IV takes constantly feels rather unique. And good.

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I have always like the Dragon Quest series…

Comment by Ricky G. Davis October 15, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
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