Dragon Quest The Journey of the Cursed King

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The official game name of new Dragon Quest for the European release is confirmed as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, not Dragon Quest VIII. Poor King Trode has been turned into a troll, his daughter Princess Medea into a horse and his subjects into brambles. His kingdom, Trodain, is frozen in time. The story begins as you, the hero, one of the King's guards, and your eccentric band ? King Trode, the Princess and a reformed bandit named Yangus ? arrive at the town of Farebury in search of an evil jester named Dhoulmagus.

He is the madman responsible for stealing a forbidden sceptre from King Trode's castle and cursing the whole kingdom. Now he roams the land killing innocent victims. United by a common goal, characters Jessica and Angelo join the party on a quest to bring the devilish Dhoulmagus to justice.

The game has been optimised for full-screen PAL 50Hz and the game's text has been rendered into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The game also features the addition of English voice-overs recorded by a British cast, a full-orchestral soundtrack, a completely renovated menu system, new battle abilities, and improved animations.

Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King offers players a huge, epic adventure in a seamless world. Roam as far as the eye can see and battle against a wide variety of unique monsters by deploying spectacular attacks and spells ? all in 3D for the first time ever.

Key features:
- Unique visual style.
- Intuitive game balance makes this title easy to pick up, allowing rapid engagement with the story and environment.
- Freedom to go anywhere the eye can see in a huge, seamless and colourful world.
- Battle against a wide variety of weird and wonderful monsters.
- Party members deploy spectacular attacks and spells in stunning 3D.
- Individual party members' behaviour can be customised for optimal battle performance.
- Time passes from day to night revealing an entirely different side to towns and dungeons.

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