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NOTE: Special Edition disc including the demo for Final Fantasy XII available by keeping or buying this game only. The demo disc will not come with rental.

Dragon Quest, previously known as Dragon Warrior, is the latest installment in the most popular Japanese RPG ever, now on PS2 for the first time! A mysterious court jester named Dhoulmagus recovered an ancient forbidden scepter, and used it to curse the entire kingdom. The king and princess were turned into hideous beasts, and the people were all transformed into thorns. The curse left only one person untouched, a young guardsman played by you. Now you must set forth on an epic journey to save the king and your country, and lift the curse of the evil jester. Take up your sword and explore a seemingly limitless world - your Dragon Quest has begun!

Critic Reviews

IGN Review (9.0 out of 10)

I've always recognized that Level-5 knew how to make good RPGs (Dark Cloud 1 and 2 definitely showed that), but after playing through the team's latest project, Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, I'm now totally convinced of it. Just like Camelot Software and tri-Ace before it, Level-5 t...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 8.2 out of 10

Dragon Quest is a must have RPG. (9 out of 10)

posted by rpggamer79 (VIROQUA, WI) on Apr 27, 2006
Member since Apr 2006
13 out of 13 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Having played DW games since the NES days I had a fair idea as to how the controls would handle. Being the game is the first fully 3-D game and with the addition of the Cel-shading I was wondering how this game would handle. The character movement is sharp and the response time for the commands is j...more

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