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|genre = Role Playing Game (RPG) | |genre = Role Playing Game (RPG) | ||
|gameinfo = Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as Dragon Quest VIII Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君, lit. "Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, the Earth, and the Cursed Princess") and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. | |gameinfo = Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as Dragon Quest VIII Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君, lit. "Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, the Earth, and the Cursed Princess") and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. | ||
|wikipedia = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |wikipedia = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_VIII Link] | ||
|reviewlinks = [http://ps2.ign.com/objects/496/496303.html Link] | |reviewlinks = [http://ps2.ign.com/objects/496/496303.html Link] | ||
|reviewscore = 9/10 | |reviewscore = 9/10 | ||
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|biosver = USA v2.0 | |biosver = USA v2.0 | ||
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*Enabling EE cycle rate (3) may give a slight FPS increase. | *Enabling EE cycle rate (3) may give a slight FPS increase. | ||
*Be sure to | *Be sure to allow 8-bit textures in GDSX to get a performance boost. | ||
*Hack Skipdraw 1 can fix the "no shadow" problem in hardware mode. | *Hack Skipdraw 1 can fix the "no shadow" problem in hardware mode. | ||
*Check WildArmsOffset in HW Hacks to remove white lines in text boxes. | *Check ''WildArmsOffset'' in HW Hacks to remove thje white lines in text boxes. | ||
Observation: Using ''WildArmsOffset'' will bring a black line in half of the HP bar though. | |||
|comment = It's a very GPU intensive game, nVidia cards will perform better then ATI cards. To play on native resolution you should at least be using a nVidia 9800GT or a similar performance ATI card. Note that even though DQVIII is a GPU intensive game a dual core CPU clocked at under 3.2GHz will most likely limit performance. | |comment = It's a very GPU intensive game, nVidia cards will perform better then ATI cards. To play on native resolution you should at least be using a nVidia 9800GT or a similar performance ATI card. Note that even though DQVIII is a GPU intensive game a dual core CPU clocked at under 3.2GHz will most likely limit performance. | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 23 June 2014
Developer(s): Level-5
Genre: Role Playing Game (RPG)
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Link
Game review score: 9/10
Game description: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as Dragon Quest VIII Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (ドラゴンクエストVIII 空と海と大地と呪われし姫君, lit. "Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, the Earth, and the Cursed Princess") and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2.
Test configuration on Windows:
PCSX2 version: | 0.9.8 |
Graphics by GSDX: | r4459 |
Sound by SPU2-X: | 1.4.0 |
Pad plugin is LilyPad: | 0.10.0 |
BIOS version: | USA v2.0 |
Comments: It's a very GPU intensive game, nVidia cards will perform better then ATI cards. To play on native resolution you should at least be using a nVidia 9800GT or a similar performance ATI card. Note that even though DQVIII is a GPU intensive game a dual core CPU clocked at under 3.2GHz will most likely limit performance. Hack comments:
- Enabling EE cycle rate (3) may give a slight FPS increase.
- Be sure to allow 8-bit textures in GDSX to get a performance boost.
- Hack Skipdraw 1 can fix the "no shadow" problem in hardware mode.
- Check WildArmsOffset in HW Hacks to remove thje white lines in text boxes.
Observation: Using WildArmsOffset will bring a black line in half of the HP bar though.
PCSX2 version: | untested |
Graphics by ZZogl: | untested |
Sound by SPU2-X: | untested |
PC specs used to test the game:
CPU: | AMD Phenom II x3 720 @ 3.6GHz |
GPU: | ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB version |
Comments:
- 55-60fps at all times with 1024x768 resolution
- PAL version tested (Australian, non-platinum version) working great! Full FPS nearly everywhere in 1280x1280 in Rev 2523. Oddly enough, 8-bit textures slow down the PAL version a little bit, so make sure to turn them off! All other hacks were turned on full blast (except VU skipping was only 2x). Ran on a computer with a 9600GT, E4400 Core2 Duo @ 2.4ghz, and Windows 7 Home Premium, using DX10 mode GSdx.