DRAGON QUEST IV App Reviews

Okay, so this is partially a rebuttal to Llama56s review, because it contained an inaccuracie, and my anally corrective self cant let ignorance stand, and I rest until I set the record straight. I dont really care that the review is from a long time ago. What part of "anally corrective" dont you get? Right, so he said that Alenas chapter was poorly translated, and that it seemed that it was, quote, "written by Japanese middle-school students using Google translate." Well, my good ungulate*, you are WRONG. See, the folks of Maestral** are supposed to be a Russian analogue, and they speak like a Russian whose first language isnt English. Its why their speech is often peppered with Russian words and such. Thus, that section of the game ISNT poorly translated, because its MEANT TO BE THAT WAY. Alena and her fellow countrymen dont speak English very well, hence the broken "translation." Because theyre Russian. Its the same reason people from Bonnie Scotla- er, Burland say "Och" and pronounce "tower" tur. Just imagine that Alena and everyone in Maestral sounds like Yakov Smirnoff, and youll be good. Anyway, bout the game itself: its effen brilliant. This version is a port of the Nintendo DS version (which itself was a remake of the PS2 remake), but with the added (re)addition of party chat, which are fun little conversations the party members will have and really fleshes out there characters. It was, for only Goddess knows why, cut out from the NTSC version of the DS port. (What makes it even stranger is that the DS remakes of V and VI had party chat, making its absence in IV especially odd.) I have the DS version, and I can say that the iOS version is MUCH BETTER, solely because of the party chat. Seriously, that sh** is awesome. Besides that, DQIV also has, in my opinion, some of the best characters and music in the entire series, and one of the better stories in the series. The battle music and Alenas theme are my favorites, and character-wise, Alena, Ragnar, and Psaro are my among my top personal favorite video game characters of all time. Anyway, if youre a Dragon Quest or JRPG fan, then you owe it to yourself to get this game. * Thats a fancy word for hoofed mammals like horses and llamas and the like. I try to use it when ever possible. ** Thats the name of Alenas homeland. Yes, I am that much of a nerd.

This is my favorite dragon warrior game of all time only updated. Overall the changes are great and make the game more playable without losing any of the charm. But the dialog completely ruins the experience. In an attempt to ethnicize the kingdoms, the dialog was rendered near unreadable with phonic spellings of various cliche accents. It is so heavy handed as to be offensive, especially the broken Asian English that another reviewer mistook for an unintentional bad translation from the original. Imagine watching a foreign film but to covey that it is foreign the subtitles are purposefully in broken English and spelled with accents.... Not necessary. Not fun. Fix it square