When comparing Seabeard vs DRAGON QUEST VIII, the Slant community recommends DRAGON QUEST VIII for most people. In the question“What are the best long term Android games?” DRAGON QUEST VIII is ranked 16th while Seabeard is ranked 17th. 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 Cross platform online multiplayer
Seabeard features cross platform online multiplayer through a Facebook sign in.
Pro Daily quests
There are new quests that change daily making for plenty of new things to do in the game if one chooses to do so.
Pro Mini games
Everytime the player chooses to sail to another island there is a random minigame that the player will take part in. Some of these games include shooting target and a slalom course.
Pro As close to Nintendo quality as Android will get until Nintendo releases mobile games
Seabeard is very similar in style to famous Nintendo games such as Animal Crossing or Fantasy Life. A life adventure game where players can play at their own pace and do as much or as little as they like.
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 Freemium
Almost every aspect of the game has some kind of timer attached to it. They of course can be paid to be skipped, but considering how many there are it will deplete the in game earned currency very fast. This of course leads to players having to purchase more in game currency if they want to play at a pace considered normal for console games.
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.