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Why does nobody talk about how good the pacing is here? The pacing never drags, the story never overstays its welcome, why is that so rare in this genre?
Game entry
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
2004 · JRPG, Action RPG, Action-adventure, Strategy · PlayStation 2 · Square Enix
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is ranked no. 243 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,783 and 76% of duels won.
World rank
no. 243
ELO score
1,783
Wins
76%
Duels played
96
About Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is the eighth installment in the Dragon Quest series, developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was also later released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2015.
It is a traditional Japanese-style role-playing game with random enemy encounters, simple turn-based combat mechanics, and management of a party consisting of four characters, each belonging to a clearly defined class. Unlike its predecessors in the series and most Japanese RPGs in general, the game features a continuous world with fairly vast landscapes and integrated towns and dungeons, as opposed to world map traveling and locations represented by icons. The game features full camera rotation and optional first-person view.
Like in the previous Dragon Quest games, many objects can be interacted with; for example, barrels can be physically lifted, carried, and broken, to reveal items hidden within.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,783 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against God of War 67% 3 duels played · 27 points behind
- against Pokémon Diamond Version 50% 2 duels played · 173 points ahead
- against Borderlands 100% 2 duels played · 104 points ahead
- against Red Dead Redemption 100% 2 duels played · 18 points ahead
- against Pokémon FireRed Version 0% 2 duels played · 141 points ahead
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- 243 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 1,783
- 244 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 1,782
- 245 The Witness 1,782
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Homenick28
Why does nobody talk about how good the pacing is here? The pacing never drags, the story never overstays its welcome, why is that so rare in this genre?
NeonKnight12
Ce qui frappe surtout dans le classement, c'est la régularité des votes sur ce jeu (j'y ai passé un été entier chez mon oncle et ça se voit qu'il fidélise).
Neon_Buisson
Mais du coup, pourquoi si peu en parlent vraiment ?
IronNinja
Compared to Red Dead, it's slower paced but honestly it holds its own on world and charm.
Edgardo_93
The turn based menus are clean and responsive, no lag between inputs even in longer battles. Load times between areas held up fine for a game of its era.
Lionel_9
It's a solid game. It's not a top eighty game though. Random encounters feel dated, the pacing in the middle stretch drags hard, and the story takes way too long to get anywhere interesting. People vote nostalgia here, not quality.
ArcadeHunter
Ah sí, claro, otro juego que solo gana por nostalgia, qué casualidad que sea el único argumento que nunca se puede medir.
CritWolf55
Against God of War it plays like a different genre entirely, patient where GOW is aggressive, and I respect that WAY more now than I did back then.
Bayer15
Only put a few hours in so far, way slower than Borderlands but I don't mind...
IronKid2
Qué envidia, unas horas nada más y ya con el veredicto listo, cuéntanos más cuando llegues al segundo pueblo.