Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Hints XVII (PS2)

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a videogame developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Square Enix Co. Ltd. The game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. It was launched on November 27, 2004 and classed as a role playing experience played from a third person perspective with elements of anime and manga and with medieval influences. It is played entirely turn based.


Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King tells the story of the evil Wizard Dhoulmagus, who comes to the ancient Kingdom of Trodain in order to obtain a very powerful magic scepter that has been long sealed under the Castle of the Kingdom. He gets it and destroys the Castle of Trodain while also turning the King, Trode, and his Princess into beats through a powerful curse. The player takes on the role of the soldier surviving the destruction of the castle. He joins the King, the Princess and Yangus, a former bandit turned good, in order to take on the wizard.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is very traditional in its role playing mechanics. There are a lot of combat encounters and players get experience points in order to gain levels. The character classes are pretty different and using heal powers is crucial to surviving. The presentation is anything but traditional, with full day-night cycles being implemented and with full animated menus and complex 3D graphics.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Get easy experience

After you are leveled up with your Hero and Angelo, go to the casino and purchase two Falcon Swords. Make sure you have the Metal Slash ability for both. Travel to Hollow Wind Hill (accessible by air next to Rydons Tower). This is where you will find the most Metal Slimes in the game. King Metal Slimes run in pairs or alone with six Liquid Metal Slimes.

Try and psyche up at least once with the Timbrel Of Tension. Use Metal Slash with the Hero and Angelo, Executioner (axe technique) with Yangus, and Twin Dragon Lash with Jessica. You can land between 10 and 20 HP on the Metal Slimes. If the King Metal stays around, keep using Executioner on it. This has about a 50% success rate. If all goes well, you can land between 10,050 and 60,000 experience points in one battle.