When comparing DRAGON QUEST VIII vs Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector, the Slant community recommends DRAGON QUEST VIII for most people. In the question“What are the best one handed Android games?” DRAGON QUEST VIII is ranked 9th while Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector is ranked 15th. 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.
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Pros
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.
Pro Adorable gameplay
Players get to interact with cats by setting down food and toys for them, and taking pictures of them.
Pro Not time consuming
Unless you spend real money, the game is very relaxing without taking a lot of time out of your day.
Cons
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.
Con Slow pacing
Cats appear at random in real-time, so there's not a lot to do unless you invest in in-app purchases which speed up the rate of visiting cats.