Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Game by Square Enix
Reviewed by Harold "Hbomb" Price
usfhbomb@yahoo.com
Size: 512megabits
Save: Battery, One slot
Released: 2006
Works with: DS, DS Lite, and up.

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Opening Snide Remarks: Dragon Quest? You had me at "hello". I grew up on
Dragon Warrior back in the NES days. Despite not being a straigt-up RPG, I
still think this game was worthy of the "Dragon Quest" moniker.

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Gameplay Descripion: The controls are simple enough. From a gameplay
perspective, it could've been done on the GBA, although the second screen
comes in handy for menus and for tank fights.

Liked: Simplicity

Hated: Accidentally bumping allies when trying to collect items in tank fights.

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Graphics Description: The graphics were sweet. I don't think this could've
been done on GBA.

Liked: The general cartoonish feel.

Hated: Nothing

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Sound/Music Description: The music felt like a throwback to the olderDW/DQ
games, but updated.

Liked: The music in general.

Hated: No voices.

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Play Control/Game Design: Pretty good.

Liked: Easy controls, challenging game.

Hated: Nothing.

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Improve: More levels, more slimes to rescue, more hidden stuff, the ability
to access inventory items within a level.

RIYL: Just about anything with the words "Dragon Quest" or "Dragon Warrior"
in the title.

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Final Words: Definitely something to whet my appetite for DQ9. Now if only
Square Enix would release remakes of DQ 5 and 6 (the SNES DQs that we did not
get here).

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Score
Gameplay: 4.5 stars
Graphics: 4 stars
Sound/Music: 4 stars
Play Control/Game Design: 4.75 stars
Personal Opinion: 5 stars
Total: 22.25




Final Score: 89%



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