Dragon Quest VI : Get Ready to Be Confused
You start the game as the Hero (the blue-haired one), who is resting in an outside campment. You and two allies are about to storm Mudo's castle and restore peace to the world. A blond female uses an ocarina that summons a dragon (?) that flies you to the castle. Unfortunately, as you approach Mudo, the foe levitates your whole team and make it disappear.

You then wake up in Lifecod, fallen from your bed. Your sister Tania got worried! But no time to recall; you must accept the Elder's request of selling some goods in a neighbouring town in order to pay for the Crown for this year's festival. And so you go to that place and sell the goods, only to find out that the crown maker is missing. You go look for him and find him hanging from a cliff! As you try to rescue him, you fall in that hole... Once on the ground, you are all blurry and no one (except a dog) can seem to see you. Fortunately, you quickly find your way back to your world and have the Crown made.

As you go back to Lifecod, the festival begins, and Tania gets to wear the crown and present the offering to the Mountain Spirit so the village may be blesses for protection for one more year. But as Tania makes the offering, the Spirit appears and tells the Hero he will be on a life-changing mission. Which one? Does it have to do with this "phantom world"? And will he be able to beat Mudo?

Graphs: 7/10
The graphics are substandard for the time. They are more detailed than Dragon Quest V, but not as much as games like Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger. However, enemies move more than SNES Final Fantasys, although even Final Fantasy IV exploits the 3D of the overworld map better. From the looks of the magics I was able to obtain, they are also inferior in look to Final Fantasy VI

Music: 8/10
The music was pretty decent and realistic-like. It's not the most memorable of the soundtracks, but it is enjoyable. My favourite is the castle music, which really sounds majestic with its cellos. Interesting point : many tracks are the same, just played with different instruments. I though it was a good idea.

Story: 2/10
Oh boy, now we're going down, down, down. It is the most confusing RPG I've played in my life. The other Dragon Quests had clear goals; even Dragon Quest 5 had an interesting plot. But 6... about 1/3 into the game, there is basically no plot line. You just wander around the world, hoping to find something that will make you progress. And the link between the world you start in (with the slower overworld music) and the "phantom world" (with the quicker-tempo theme) takes such a long time to understand. I don't think I could have completed it without a walthrough; too many places are too well-hidden.
I grant that every main character does play a role, and we do learn a little about their lives - "little" being the key word. I didn't care much about Hassan, Muriel, Barbara or Chamoro; Final Fantasy IV and VI had more attaching characters.


Addictiveness: 3/10
On a brighter side: since it's Dragon Quest, you do see old favourites : Copper Sword, Zenethia Castle, Medal King, slimes/metal slimes (they're as scary cats as usual), the same sound effect for door opening, joining the party and resurrecting, etc.
But it does not give substance to a game. The job system comes rather late in the game, and trying to pursue all of them is such a waste of time. Also, the sidequests aren't that numerous and interesting. Plus, the casino is much smaller than Dragon Quest V; I would have kept the monster arena. And once the game is over, you will probably not feel the rush to restart it again.

Difficulty: 9/10
Even with save states, this game requires an insane amount of leveling up. Even at level 44, I was barely able to finish the final boss. And as I said, finding your way is almost impossible without a walthrough after the first 1/3 of the game since there is no real plot line. 

Conclusion: I don't recommend the game. But hey, it's just my opinion. Maybe you will get in the plot better than I have. But I will say this : hadn't the music been enjoyable, I wouldn't have finished the game

PS to admins : I said the game wasn't working probably. I was only able to play with Mednafen

Overall 9    Graphics 7    Sound 8    Addictive 3    Story 2    Depth 5    Difficulty 9

Dragon Quest VI : Get Ready to Be Confused   janus
You start the game as the Hero (the blue-haired one), who is resting in an outside campment. You and...
      Review Rating: 4.3/5     Submitted: 06-28-13     Updated: 07-02-17     Review Replies: 3

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janus 04-10-15 - 08:31 PM
 One of the worst games ever made; I do believe it even underwhelms the very first game! At least THAT had a clear purpose...
J-BenZ420 10-07-13 - 07:51 PM
 I love this game its one of my favorites dragon warriors games besides dragons warriors 8 for the ps2
Ryroe 06-13-13 - 09:46 AM
 Dragon Quest is one of my favorite series, since I just played DQVIII, DQIX and the remake of DQIV. Good to see that there is a translation of DQVI here on vizzed. :D
ra82064 06-10-13 - 10:44 AM
 love this game it is so awesome graphics don't matter!!!!!!!!!!!!
earthwarrior 03-24-13 - 12:07 PM
 kirby2: Did you save in the game? If that doesn't work try pressing f2 to save and f4 to load. If the f2 and f4 keys don't work try holding the fn key on your keyboard.
kirbyy2 03-24-13 - 10:49 AM
 hey guys this game is cool but it won't let me save cause when i came back i was at level 1 where u first start the last time i played i was like level 12 or so
EvilAlu 03-22-13 - 01:12 AM
 Not a big fan of the menu layout in this game.
David18500 02-22-13 - 08:00 AM
 Dragon Quest 8 is 1 of greatest rpgs ever. Time to catch up on the series! Never heard of it before playing that 1 on ps2
watznurewallet 10-24-12 - 07:27 PM
 The final boss will beat your team to a pulp, and just when you think you've beaten him, he changes to an even stronger form to beat you even harder.
fudlo 10-04-12 - 08:29 PM
 the mudo fight is pretty hard. I always end up losing a healer. I leveled up quite a bit. I've probably put over an hour into just grinding maybe 2. Why is he so hard, and why are all the doors the walkthroughs tell you to go through locked?
EticVon 06-28-12 - 11:20 AM
 omg the king is a woman
luke320 05-24-12 - 04:14 AM
 am i stuck, my guys all white. and nobody notices me i think im dead or something, from helping someone by clifff
xXRendanXx 05-21-12 - 01:44 PM
 Honestly I preferred this one over the remake.
shadowmaster360 03-25-12 - 01:13 AM
 how do you change your party on the horse?
seanandbear 03-10-12 - 01:53 PM
 hey is this just a japanese to english hack?(english version is realm of revelation or something)
seanandbear 03-10-12 - 01:52 PM
 hey is this just a english hack? i saw it was hacked.
macreuben 03-05-12 - 05:59 AM
 hello all sweet game
ari7654321 02-13-12 - 03:54 PM
 so did i
Sandslash01 01-25-12 - 03:19 AM
 i played the remake for ds
hamsterman 12-24-11 - 01:37 PM
 shut up macblo u ol chinie boi
macblo 12-01-11 - 02:38 PM
 I mean that you can change party members in battle if it is a random encounter
macblo 12-01-11 - 02:37 PM
 The wagon and horse are used to change party members if you have more then four if it is like dq 5 you can change your party just about anywere not in even in battle but not in dungens
micspivey 08-19-11 - 10:09 PM
 if u r new u need to chek out the faq
eric12215 08-19-11 - 06:38 PM
 whats the wagon and horse for
veraner 07-31-11 - 08:08 AM
 um this game was released in the states for the nintendo ds idiot