Great but still lacking as a port.

First off I am a huge Toriyama and Dragon Quest fan boy, so my criticisms come from disappointment and not bile. This port has issues, the game was remade for the SNES and the Gameboy Color, the GBC had animated enemy sprites, the SNES had the graphics and animated enemies as well as the pachis mini games. The translation was also re-done in the Gameboy Color ports for DQ 1-3 to be more authentic to the original.

This port for iOS dropped the animated enemies, removed the pachisi mini games, and the translation is very mish-mashed from its previous incarnations. DQ 1-3 on iOS all are confused with their translation doing a throwback to the faux old English Shakespeare dialogue used in the original NES days, and the more authentic more recent translations. So if youre going to be using any F.A.Q. Or guide, youre going to be VERY confused with the naming conventions.

The personality system while a fun addition, the names or titles are difficult to discern if youve played it before or if youre using an existing guide for help picking personalities.

So thats why I dont rate it as highly as DQ4 - which is thus far the best transfer and the best edition. This is still a great game dont get me wrong, I enjoy it still but it does have the faults that detract from it a bit. Its still worth a buy, I only wish the same effort in transferring DQ4 over was applied to 1-3 and 8. Lets hope that 5 & 6 dont cut any content in the journey over!

Sailor1337 about DRAGON QUEST III