Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004) is a role-playing (rpg), strategy, adventure video game developed by LEVEL-5, available on PS2. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 87/100 on IGDB.

What is Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King about?

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

Key details

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King was released in 2004 and supports single player. Platforms: PS2. Developer: LEVEL-5.

Should you play Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King?

With a 87/100 aggregate score, Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King ranks among the best-reviewed games in its genre and is widely considered a must-play.