DRAGON QUEST VI App Reviews

Youll get stuck an hour or so in because the examine function wasnt included in the transition from of. For $15 I expected a better job!

Best game of the series.

First, a response to someone complaining about the translation. It isnt meant to be natural, contemporary English. Its translated with a more old English vibe. Theres nothing wrong with the subject/verb arrangement, and no, they didnt steal the translation from a fanhack (?). It was a stylistic choice, like it or not. The writing itself is charming and shines through the translation, which had a heck of a lot of work put into it. This is one of the most overlooked Dragon Quests. When it first came out on Super Famicom, the graphics blew everyone away. Coming out on the DS in English, however, and looking the same as DQ IV and V, it got overshadowed a little, and Nintendo didnt advertise it like they should have. What we have is one of the best kept secrets of the series, and it shouldnt be a secret. The storyline is a blast, closer to Chrono Trigger than to DQV. This game doesnt need to lean on graphics to succeed. Its charming, as well-designed as ever, and a blast. The iOS version is like joining up the two DS screens and taking out the gap, and upgrading the resolution. It looks and sounds great on iPhone and iPad, and you can play it one-handed on your phone. It is uniquely suited to portrait mode due to being played that way on the DS (just on two separated screens instead of one joined screen). Its a little weird playing with touchscreen controls, but again, you can play one-handed!

This is another in a great line of ports from the Nintendo DS to IOS. I hope that Square Enix continues this trend, and ports over Dragon Quest 7! Its one of the best Ive played, and unfortunately my PS2 wont play my PSX disc. :-( One slight issue is the cloud save doesnt work from IPhone to IPad. I was playing on my phone because it was easier, but now I cant transfer it back to my iPad.

Thank you Square Enix for fixing the movement speed issue! It was far too touchy and difficult to precisely move your character around in towns and dungeons, because everything was too fast. Now I dont have a single complaint about the game! 5 stars. See my review for 1.0 below (4 stars) I am really enjoying the game so far. All of the Dragon Quest games except for V are in my iOS collection so far. The graphics and sound are great for what they are, but you dont play Dragon Quest for the graphics, its the amazing stories! My only gripe so far is the speed. Character movement is far too fast and touchy for a iPhone game. It could be slowed down to match DQIV and would be easier to control. I would love an option to adjust this in a future update. That aside, its a nice game and now we finally get to experience the game in English!

Good game, controls are the same as DQ5, storyline is good, quite worth my money and time.

DQ6 often gets over-looked, but its a fantastic game and my personal favorite entry. What really makes DQ6 stand out is the characters. Its such a rich and memorable cast! Truly one of the best in the series. You dont have blank slates here, each character in your party has their own story (classes are adjusted later on). Some you can even miss the chance to add to your party! They might be cliches, but they arent annoying or distasteful. The story moves along at a good pace (at least towards the beginning). Its also solid port with difficulty turned slightly down, moving things along even faster. Works well on my iPhone6, letting me go in and out of the app, or will auto save if I use another intensive app. UI and menu system is clunky, but makes little difference for a turn-based rpg.

Almost exactly the same as the DS version. My only complaints so far is that the lack of top screen view made it extremely hard to follow Rod in Pescado, and my Dream Scapes arent showing up at Suite Dreams. Other than that I havent seen anything else I dont like.

It should not list the iPad as a compatible device for this game. Sure, it works, but it is portrait only and simply blown up for the screen. It is so pixelated it hurts my eyes and is unplayable.

Good port, although the Suite Dreams portion of the game seems broken, in that when you find a dream, the NPC that counts the number of dreams will tell you you havent found any. Not game breaking, but can irk completionists.

Im a completionist, so I just finished putting in close to seventy hours on the game. As a longtime DQ lover, this lives up to the name and expected interface (unlike DQ 8, which I am *still* cranky about) and the story is intriguing and many-layered as well. Very nice balance of story and game time, and a player could definitely make it through without excessive grinding. Those things which take it down to four stars are entirely related to the bugs: Suite Dreams is a disappointment with only two screens and hardly worth the trouble of collecting all sixteen, unless you want to complete the slime collection with a metal babble. The guy in the church does not keep accurate count of the number of dreams you have collected, which can be irksome. Then there is the fact that one cannot quick save in Mortamors castle, which is problematic when the function of playing on a phone means that interruptions may be frequent, and losing a chunk of game time because the app decided to restart when you had to switch screens is more than a bit annoying. Finally, in the after game real world Weavers Peak, the hero is unable to move... Effectively meaning you cannot see the remainder of the post-game *or* unlock any of the post-game content. All of that aside, it is an excellent game with definite replay value.

It only works rarely. Ugh!

If you havent played play lots to explore and do tons of bosses and multiple worlds to explore!

The game freezes up periodically after resurrecting a character in the church and winning at slots.

I beat dragon quest 1 way back in the day, but was more of a FF fanboy growing up. I saw the iOS versions of Dragons Quest and started to really enjoy the series. Ive had nothing but good times with these games and really want to see DQ7 available on iOS. Any RPG fan needs to play these games

Played through all iOS Dragon Quests, and this came up as my fav. In fact, its the best jrpg for iOS, hands down, in my opinion. Great customizability with job classes. Tons of content, plus awesome postgame dungeon. Hoping to see DQ7 follow soon on iOS