![]() With its transition to full 3D, Dragon Quest VIII, in turn, has adjustable camera-angle features (which can be changed via the shoulder buttons on the gamepad) that let you move your view angle or let you check the field from a first-person perspective-though, unfortunately, you can't walk around while you're in the first-person view.Īt any rate, longtime fans of the Dragon Quest series should rest assured that while Dragon Quest VIII's graphics look different from the 16-bit-style screens of the past, the game still plays very much like a Dragon Quest title. You should be familiar with Toriyama's artwork in cel-shaded 3D animated form if you've played a Dragon Ball Z: Budokai title before, and that's pretty much the same kind of look that you'll be seeing for your characters in Dragon Quest VIII. The new cel-shaded 3D graphics used in Dragon Quest VIII fit perfectly with series character designer Akira Toriyama's art style. ![]() And, now that it's been four long years since the last Dragon Quest installment, Square Enix will finally be overhauling the series' graphical presentation in the next game. While Square Enix's Dragon Quest series (known as Dragon Warrior in North America) has always been focused on well-written storylines and addictive role-playing gameplay, few would dispute by now the notion that the series' classic 2D-style graphics could really use an upgrade. We were fortunately able to put the game through its paces ourselves and came away with the impression that, despite the series' new look, it's still in many ways the very same Dragon Quest we're used to. ![]() Despite the fact that the game is coming out in only about two months, it seems that people absolutely cannot wait to play it-because, as a matter of fact, they did have to wait in line for about an hour just to get a shot at it. ![]() TOKYO-At the Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix showed off its highly anticipated PlayStation 2 role-playing game, Dragon Quest VIII-the latest in a series that's been around longer than even Square Enix's own Final Fantasy. ![]()
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