When comparing The 7th Guest: Remastered vs DRAGON QUEST VIII, the Slant community recommends DRAGON QUEST VIII for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” DRAGON QUEST VIII is ranked 43rd while The 7th Guest: Remastered is ranked 122nd. The most important reason people chose DRAGON QUEST VIII is:
Instead of a class system that is found in all of the previous Dragon Quest titles where players upgrade their player through beating monsters a certain amount of time, Dragon Quest VIII uses a skill system to level up the characters and learn new skills by placing skill points earned through battle into the available skill tree, this allows for a more fine grained approach of leveling a character up.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Newly redesigned touch controls
The controls have been completely redesigned for the touch platform, making for an easily controlled and intuitive experience.
Pro Classic point and click puzzling adventure with high replayability
The player will try to make their way through 22 different point and click stages that each contain a puzzle that must be solved to progress. A classic point and click formula that does not stray from the genres roots.
Pro Android OS exclusive
The 7th Guest: Remastered is an Android OS exclusive, meaning iOS and the Windows Phone platforms will not receive the game for sometime. Seeing as how a lot of high quality releases on release on iOS at first, it is refreshing to see Android the preferred platform for a release.
Pro Nastalgia
For those that played the original title, it will be a fun trip down memory lane to play the game again after so many years.
Pro HD graphics that upscale
The graphics have all been redone for HD and have been created with up-scaling in mind to allow for proper representation on the assortment of device resolutions and screen sizes on the Android platform.
Pro Classic graphics game mode
There is an optional classic graphics setting that can be used that makes the game appear as it originally did with a mouse pointer as the input and all.
Pro Fine grained controls over leveling each character
Instead of a class system that is found in all of the previous Dragon Quest titles where players upgrade their player through beating monsters a certain amount of time, Dragon Quest VIII uses a skill system to level up the characters and learn new skills by placing skill points earned through battle into the available skill tree, this allows for a more fine grained approach of leveling a character up.
Pro One handed gameplay design
The game plays in portrait mode to cater to the hardcore Japanese gaming audience that enjoy being able to play with one hand while commuting.
Pro Really long game
Including side quest the game can easily last over 100 hours.
Pro Classic JRPG battle system
As one would expect of a JRPG there are random battles on the map that are strictly turn based.
Cons
Con Large file size
The new HD graphics, included full soundtrack and in game full-motion videos take up quite a bit of room on the device, just short of 1GB.
Con Removed content from North American PS2 release
Things like the original orchestrated music and voice acting that were in the original North American Playstation 2 release have been removed from the mobile version of the game. Most likely to save room.