Review: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Well I Loved Dragon Quest 8, and that game reinvigorated my love of the series. Will Dragon Quest Heroes for the Nintendo DS Continue my fondness for the series, or start another descent into seeming ambivalence?
Story:
You are a slime, and your family, and the entire town gets kidnapped by the platypus mafia whom is after a flute that finds its way into your possession while playing in the castle before the castle is attacked.
Graphics:
The Graphics are bright and colorful, what retaining the cute and comical look that this game strives to achieve. So essentially it looks like a Dragon Quest Version of the Mario and Luigi RPG's, only cuter.
Music:
The actually the same music that was used for Dragon Quest 8, usually I would consider that cheap but in this case I didn't find my self minding at all since I loved the Music in Dragon Quest 8. The sounds and effects in this game are what really make it great from the cannon fire, to the grunts and groans of your enemies as you whack them with your rubbery body, to the shrieks of joy and jubilation of your kin as you save them.
Game play:
You heard me comparing this game to the game to the Mario and Luigi games earlier as it pertained to graphics, well there is a good amount of similarity in the game play as well, in that the games is easy to b pick up an play, (perhaps even more so with Rocket Slime), but there is still a difference. Instead of controlling 2 characters like you do in the Mario and Luigi games you control one character, whose game mechanics are very different to the Mario Bros, you pick up the enemies to use as ammo later in the massive free for all tank battles, where you use everything not strapped down (including yourself, and your allies, and enemies if they are dumb enough to wander aboard) as weapons. Tired of using your elasticity as a weapon? Pick up a slime knight and hack and slash those critters, pick up weapons you find along the way to help solve puzzles in each area.
Design:
You can tell from the second that you pop the cartridge into you DS that the designers considered this to be a labor of love, this is a extremely well crafted game that will hold on to you and wont let you go until the ride is over. It is a shame then that there is an ending, and further more it comes too soon I feel. It took me a good weekend to beat this game, in between 8 hour shifts at work, but I can guarantee that the game will keep you hooked like it did me, with its story, and craftsmanship
Action Adventure fans this is a game for you, if you own a DS be sure to check this game out!
Graphics
8/10
Game play
9/10
Sound
8/10
Fun factor
10/10
Tilt
9/10
Average score
8.8
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime:
Pros:
Good graphics
Good soundtrack
Engaging story
Addictive game play
Cons:
Not much use for the Touch Screen
Not much replay value beyond arena tank battles