Dungeon Quest

Ah, a "Lunch Break Sized RPG". brings back fond memories of the last one of those I played. It was called AdventureQuest. I hated it. But, I try to keep an open mind. So, I opened it up and was greeted with...



I like how its ripped off of a different game's title, and in order to distract me from this, used MS Paint to "invert the color". Gives me a good feeling!

So, as I start a new game, I get a nice little story that sounds like it was taken from "Cheesiest Adventure Stories Of All Time". Then I get to pick a character....



Ah. I like the subliminal messaging of "CHOOSE HERO". Would've been nice if it wasn't HE |game| RO though. I beat the entire game tanking as a Knight. Now, time to review....

STORY:

I highly doubt you're playing this game for story. But...

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YOU FIGHT A DRAGON AND MARRY A PRINCESS! WEWT

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Course, you can always play the magician and get NES Graphic Girl/Girl marriage. Approved by the king. Haawt.

BATTLE SYSTEM:

I was actually kinda looking forward to this, being an NES game. No, I'm not grading it by newer standards, but THIS? This is a let down.



Okay, I get that the game is low graphical support and such, but really? Oh well, at least they'll show a little fight sce- oh wait.



Nope. Course not. drat. I would've enjoyed watching a small fight scene.

MUSIC & SOUNDICS:

Yes, I'm well aware "soundics" isn't a word. It just sounds like "lyrics" see? Anyways, I was let down by these. The sounds didn't connect with the graphics at ALL. It was Rm2k3 sounds with NES graphical styling. Not very well connected...

MAPPING:

Well, they all connected, as you saw from my pretty pictures. Nothing much to say here.


EVENT STYLING:

Now, as this game is pretty much event driven, you think they'd have great, awesome events. Personally, I felt like the events could have been created by a team of sugar high monkeys. Now, I know "IT B NES STAYLE DUNGEN CRAWLER!!!!1!eleven!!111!1" but, I clearly remember the "NES" not doing this:



I had no keys, and no way to leave. I got to restart! SWEET! Seriously though, its not that hard of a Conditional Branch. Took me about 5 minutes to make it.



Seriously guys. From a DCRPG, it shouldn't be that technical to create a "Go Back A Room" event. Most Dee See Ar Pee Gees let you do that.

OVERALL GRADING:

I give it a 2/5. Its a decent game, but some incredibly small tweaks could've made it a lot better.

~Kai