Dragon Warrior 2
Reviewed by SizzleSword
This is the second game of the Dragon Warrior series. It's about 10 times
bigger than Dragon Warrior 1. You start out as the Prince of Cannock castle.
Just like in Dragon Warrior 1, you are a descendent of Erdrick, an almighty
warrior. You hear about a man or creature named Hargon, that wants to
take over the world. The King of Cannock castle sends you on very hard
quest to find two other descendents of Erdrick, and rid the world of this
thing called Hargon. The two others that you take along on your quest is
the Prince of Mindenhall, and the Princess of Moonbrooke.
Graphics 10 out of 10
The graphics aren't mind blowing, but they're really good for the NES.
One bad thing is that there is no background in the battles (unlike Dragon
Warrior 1, which had different backgrounds). It's just a black screen. The
castles and towns are large... Most of them larger than those of Dragon
Warrior 1. The caves and towers look different, and on this Dragon Warrior,
you don't have to use torches to see around in caves.
Music and Sound 10 out of 10
The music is really good considering that this is an NES game. The
overworld theme changes to a more joyous theme after you have the
Princess of Moonbrooke on your party. You probably won't get as annoyed
with this music as you did with Dragon Warrior 1.
Game Challenge 10 out of 10
This game is super hard, and super long. The main reason is that the enemy
party can have up to about 7 different members, while you only have a party
of 3. The bosses are really hard too, and it takes a long time to level up, so
you might be fighting in one part of the overworld for a long time. And until
you find the Staff of Thunder, getting gold to buy things takes an awfully
long time (you beat the Evil Clown in a castle and it will give you the Staff
of Thunder. Sell the Staff of Thunder for about 19,500 GP, and then save and
reset. The Evil Clown will be there again, so you could do this until you
max out your GPs).
Game Play-Fun 9 out of 10
Since you might be staying in the same place for a long time in order to
gain levels and get gold points, it might get annoying, and you might not
think that the game is fun anymore. If you can live with this, and you like
how you must have lots of patience to master the Dragon Warrior games,
then this game should be really fun and exciting.
Frustration
The only parts that I got frustrated at were the bosses (they're hard, and you
have to be on a high level in order to defeat them, which takes a long time to
get to). Besides this, the game was pretty straight-forward, and there wasn't
really that much confusion.
Replayability 5 out of 10
If you played this game and beat it, I doubt that you'll want to play it again.
You played it, had fun with it, and beat it, and then that's that... You don't
want to see anymore of this game (unless you're a real Dragon Warrior
fanatic that want's to get EVERY treasure chest in the game and such). I've
beat it two times... The only reason that I did this is because the first
time I beat it, the game somehow got erased, so I HAD to start over (it took
me about a month to beat it the first time, and about 2 weeks to beat it
the second time).
Game Value 9 out of 10
I bought this game for $35.95, and I'm pretty glad that I bought it (since
it's now almost $50 where I live). If you see this for anything under $30,
then you'll be crazy not to buy it. I had a lot of fun with it, and I'm
sure that you will too, if you liked Dragon Warrior 1 and you don't mind
paying a high price for a great game.
Overall 10 out of 10
Simply put, this game is great. I liked it a lot better than Dragon
Warrior 3 and 4, since it was not as confusing as the others. Although it
might not be as long, Dragon Warrior 2 is still REALLY long, and should
take you about a month to beat it. So, if you liked Dragon Warrior, you
really should check this game out.