Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the Cursed King

Game overview:

Poor King Trode has been turned into a troll, his daughter Princess Medea into a horse and his subjects into brambles. His kingdom, Trodain, is frozen in time.

The story begins as you, the hero (one of the King's guards), and your eccentric band – King Trode, the Princess and a reformed bandit named Yangus – arrive at the town of Farebury in search of an evil jester named Dhoulmagus. He is the madman responsible for stealing a forbidden sceptre from King Trode's castle and cursing the whole kingdom. Now he roams the land killing innocent victims.

United by a common goal, characters Jessica and Angelo join the party on a quest to bring the devilish Dhoulmagus to justice.

Since the record-selling Japanese release new features have been added for the European versions. The game has been optimised for full-screen PAL 50Hz and the game's text has been rendered into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The game also features the addition of English voice-overs recorded by a British cast, a full-orchestral soundtrack, a completely renovated menu system, new battle abilities, and improved animations.

DRAGON QUEST: The Journey of the Cursed King offers players a huge, epic adventure in a seamless world. Roam as far as the eye can see and battle against a wide variety of unique monsters by deploying spectacular attacks and spells – all in 3D for the first time ever.

Key features:

Unique visual style (character design by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball® Z)
Intuitive game balance makes this title easy to pick up, allowing rapid engagement with the story and environment
Freedom to go anywhere the eye can see in a huge, seamless and colourful world
Battle against a wide variety of weird and wonderful monsters
Party members deploy spectacular attacks and spells in stunning 3D
Individual party members' behaviour can be customised for optimal battle performance
Time passes from day to night revealing an entirely different side to towns and dungeons

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