When comparing Joe Dever's Lone Wolf vs DRAGON QUEST VIII, the Slant community recommends DRAGON QUEST VIII for most people. In the question“What are the best Android RPGs?” DRAGON QUEST VIII is ranked 16th while Joe Dever's Lone Wolf is ranked 34th. 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 Enveloping design thanks to the gorgeous art and slick animations
There are page turn animations as well as ink drawings that look as if they were just drawn. This lends itself well to the book like nature of the game, creating an experience much like reading a freshly hand created book.
Pro Fun classic RPG turn-based combat breaks up the story, keeping the game exciting as the story moves along
The combat in game is turn-based, mostly in the form of mini-games. These gameplay sections of the game are sprinkled about in order to break up the story and provide a good bit of interaction over the regular reading sections.
Pro Very rare type rpg that having a great graphic and the match between the music, condition, plus fashion, this game flow our fantasy just as it finest
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 Can't farm, so it's hard-core
Its story line doesn't let the player gain extra money or exp.
Con Difficult
The game is pretty difficult, so users may find themselves starting over quite often. This can set the player back or just aggravate them. More patient players should be pretty forgiving, but for the casual player not used to this type of game, it may be too much.
Con Not the most original story
The story feels a little to familiar and a little too contrived.
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.