Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Review

 



Story
Chapter One begins when a knight of Burland rescue kidnapped children from monsters. He discovered a plot to kill the legendary hero and decided to go on a quest to protect himself.

Chapter Two follows tomboyish princess Alena and two friends as they try to prove their strength. Partway through the trip, Alena's father who lost his voice after talking the dream he described the end of the world. After recovering his voice, he went to town Endor to enter the tournament. He beat all the fighters except soldier named Psaro the murderer (local initially as Saro until he learned of the death of Rosa and change its name to Necrosaro), who failed to appear. After that victory, he returned to find an empty castle, so he sets out to find out what happened to everyone.

Three chapters follow a merchant named Torneko when it establishes a thriving business at Endor. Then, he heard about a set of legendary weapons, which he sets out to find.

Chapter Four follows Maya and Meena, two sisters seeking revenge for the murder of their father. They replied to the murder of their father, but thrown in jail by a master assassin. They escaped from the dungeon and made ​​their way to Endor.

Chapter Five follows the protagonist of the game, known as the Hero. It starts with hometown hero being attacked by monsters, led by Psaro killer man. Hero manages to escape, and joined the main characters from previous chapters, and Hoffman, who drove the cart. Together, they spy on Psaro and found that Estark, Lord of Evil (originally locally as Esturk), has been awakened. Their quest then became to travel to court and beat Estark.


Gameplay
Dragon Quest IV offers several new features during the first three titles, while carrying on many of them are introduced in the previous game [9] a similar feature included is a day and night cycle, the ability to travel through the ship and flying vehicles (ini. time, the balloon hot air), and three key levels. They Thief, Magic and Ultimate (originally local as Final). There are also tours the door, allowing the party to move large distances on a world map with a small trip. Unlike the Hero in Dragon Warrior III, Dragon Quest IV Hero of the party does not need at all at once carts became available. Despite this, another Hero characters that have the most powerful healing and attack spells. Many of the spells, weapons, armor, and shops (including a vault / bank) the same functions as in the last game.

Character

    * Hero (Hero man named Solo, while Hero woman named Sofia)  The main character of the game, who is eighteen years old and did not appear until Chapter 5. Hero can use the best equipment, and is the only character who can learn spells of lightning and the most powerful healing spells in the game, Omniheal (local initially as HealUsAll), the DS remake, also studied Gigasword Hero, the game's most powerful spells under attack single. Players can choose a name and sex of the hero. The sex of the hero has little impact story, it only affects some of the dialogue, but an optional number of weapons, pieces of iron and accessories can only be equipped by female characters. In the remake, Hero first appeared during a brief prologue chapter before Chapter 1.
 
    * Ragnar McRyan (ライアン, Ryan?, Local Initially as Ragnar) Captain Burland (English-speaking lands of Scotland) Army, and Royal Knight .. She investigates cases of children who disappeared in the entire kingdom that cause havoc and despair throughout the kingdom. He first appeared in Chapter 1. He also cameos in Chapter 2 (Inn by Endor) and 3 (Endor Casino). He is a classic Warrior or Soldier, who specializes in melee combat with no magical ability. Ragnar is the last character to join the Hero in Chapter 5, by chance set out to kill the Marquis de Leon (local initially as Keeleon) at the same time the party arrived.

    * Tsarevna Alena (アリーナ 姫, Hime Arina?, Local Initially as Princess Alena) tomboyish daughter of Zamoksva (Russian-speaking dialects of English soil) (originally a local as Santeem) Kingdom .. He was tired of palace life and wanted to travel the world, many are anxious father and his officials who urged him to act more like a woman instead of a tomboy. He first appeared in Chapter 2, but after healing the party joined with Seed Feverfew Kiryl. He is a classic or Fighter Martial Artist, prefer to use the claw as a weapon even if he can use other weapons as well.

    * Borya (ブライ, Burai, initially locally as Brey?)teacher Alena it .. She was a witch who travels with Alena care because he promised his mother he was too late to do so. He learned to ice magic, and more buff and debuff spells of Maya, the DS remake, he also studied Snoop (locally as MapMagic in other games in the series), spells are generally associated with a class of thieves who revealed the location of the treasure. He first appeared in Chapter 2, and he joined the party to seek Seed Feverfew Kiryl cure right away.

    * Kiryl (クリフト, Kurifuto, initially locally as Cristo?). A priest (originally locally as chancellor) that moves along with Alena and Borya, and have feelings for Alena (but he was not aware of it) She can use healing and support magic, and spells instant death. He first appeared in Chapter 2, but was recruited in Chapter 5 after Hero Seed Feverfew rare to find a cure the illness.

    * Torneko Taloon (トルネコ, Toruneko, initially locally as Taloon?). An arms dealer from Lakanaba (an English-speaking city of Ireland), who wants to open his own shop. He first appears in Chapter 3. He is much like a class in the game Dragon Quest Merchant others, but he also studied the ability used by jesters, thieves, and Dancer in the other games in the series, when he joined the Hero in Chapter 5 he sometimes perform random actions in battle, such as calling an army merchant, throwing sand in the eyes of the enemy, tripped and scored a critical hit on an enemy or steal items from enemies. In the DS remake, she studied four non-combat spells: Padfoot, which reduces the level of the meeting, the eye for distance, which locates the nearest city, nose treasure, which reveals the amount of assets remaining in the area, and whistles, which causes the random encounters.

    * Maya (マーニャ, his name, originally a local like Mara?). A dancer who worked at Lassize Fayre (local initially as Monbaraba) and comes from Aubout du Monde (local initially as Kievs) who could use magic, especially fire spells and explosive attacks. His father, Mahabala (originally locally as Edgar), died in mysterious circumstances. He and his brother seek revenge. They both first appeared in Chapter 4, and was the first to join the Hero in Chapter 5, after reading Meena luck Heroes.

    * Meena (ミネア, Minea?, Local Initially as Nara). Younger sister Maya. He is an astrologer who can use healing spells and spells wind attacks, as well as support spells. Unlike Kiryl or a hero, he can not learn any multi-target healing spells, but the only weapon he could use the Tarot as a battle item to generate a random effect, similar to spells opportunity in the other DQ games. Sr. Meena fortune read at Endor and joined because he reads the unique destiny.