DRAGON QUEST IV

Usually with mobile releases of games you expect things to be worse than they were on the original console, but this is absolutely the best way to play DQ4, in English at least. It takes the very solid DS remake and improves upon it by translating and implementing the party chat feature that was originally left out of international releases. If you've never played DQ4 then you should know it's a great game, easily a couple dozen hours of gameplay, charming characters, fantastic monster design, and while maybe not the most original story a nonetheless fun tale of saving the world.

I absolutely adore this game, and I would love nothing more than to give this game a 5 star rating. However, the current cloud saving system is largely broken. My iPhone 12 Pro is able to upload my current save data to the cloud no problem, however the server fails to retrieve and synchronize that data when I try to download it to my 10.5” iPad Pro. This was present on both iOS (and iPad OS) 14 & 15. Will update my review once this has been fixed.

It’s an amazing game. If you like RPG, that’s a must have game. Everything’s just right on point in that game. The story’s nothing too special, but it makes the job very well. This game offer a lot of future replayability, because the story’s not too thick, and you don’t get interrupted all the time with useless dialogues boxes. DOWNSIDE: It support cloud saving ONCE, after that, I was never able to synchronize my saved data on my second device, no matters how hard I tried. Therefore, make sure you play this game on your best device right from the start. I keep receiving this message all the time: «Data not found»

This is a good port on a great game! Had some issues with the control like missing a stair once in a while and coming back into a well when entering it but even this won’t prevent me from rating this game 5 stars!!

Dragon Quest 4 is a fun, challenging JRPG. The story is a little dated, but it's still passably entertaining. It can be a tad grindy, which is standard for DQ games. You can probably finish it in around 30 hours. A lot of older RPGs that have been ported to iPhones have controls that range from serviceable to full-on misery, but DQIV's is actually pleasant and responsive. The graphics in the game have been given a nice facelift, and the environments are in 3D now (With a rotating camera, like in DQ7). The difficulty in the game can spike pretty brutally at times, but fortunately by the time that starts occurring you're free to explore most of the world, so you can always explore, level up, and return to tackle that tough boss later. You have the ability to swap characters in & out of your party as well (sometimes in mid fight), so sometimes changing up your group can help you beat the rougher encounters. It's a pricier app, but worth it if you're into NES/SNES RPGs.

As somebody who missed the DS releases of the games, I'm really glad these ports are handled so well! -Great use of cloud save to transfer saves from iPad to iPhone. -music loops unfortunately start over after battles. -weird layout of the battle scene on my iPad, text lays over the battle scene. -great classic dragon quest adventure! Can't wait for more games, I hope they do DQIX TOO

Dragon Quest is amazing! I hope they release more games in North America. Please release DQ7 3DS in North America!!!!!

I only get a few minutes on my phone at a time and it's really annoying how bad the auto save is. If I beat a boss, the game should auto save. If the stay at an inn the game should auto save.

Finally! This seems to be the very English translation release that fans were hoping for that was advertised years ago. See this game was released originally for the NES in both Japan and NA in both languages. However years later it was eventually ported and updated for more modern Playstation console, just not in English. Though an English port on the Nintendo DS was released about 7 years ago. This seems to be that version but with a brand new all touch interface. First Dragon Quest story that didn’t follow some generation of the “Erdrick” legacy. This one is my personal favourites and probably the biggest RPG ever released on the origin NES in NA.

This game is awesome I just wish square enix would release the other dragon quest games. It seems like they ignore the dragon quest fans for final fantasy games which have gone downhill.