# DQ Dai: A Hero’s Bonds — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of DQ Dai by SQUARE ENIX, rated 4.80/5 from 3,416 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dq-dai-a-heros-bonds/id1542879571/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dq-dai-a-heros-bonds/id1542879571.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,049 · 4★ 233 · 3★ 54 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 64 ## What do users think of DQ Dai? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fun game - 👍 Great for Dragon Quest fans - 👍 Captures the spirit of the anime - 👍 Unique combat system - 👍 Authentic Dragon Quest vibe **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and technical issues - 💰 Stingy stamina system - 💰 Slow progression without spending - 🤖 AI-controlled party members underperform - 🤔 Forced story involvement **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on startup - In-app purchases not working - Ads failing to load - Soul crystal activation force closes the app **Most requested features** - More character customization options - Improved leveling and progression system - Ability to experience the original story without involvement - Bring back Dragon Quest of the Stars - Turn-based RPG version of the game ## Newest reviews (15 of 51) ### 3/5 — Stamina system is bad *2022-01-19, version 1.4.0* I’ve never seen a game with a stamina system as stingy as this. They want you to watch ads to regain stamina but it keeps having problems trying to load the ads. ### 4/5 — The game is so good, but still! *2021-12-29, version 1.3.2* The game is so good specially for thos who love Dragon Quest series and Dai no daibouken, but now when we reached level 60, it is so hard to level up! It is like impossible, the only way to level up is by using the 1 card for Silver Slime challenge… and that take ages to level you up.. they should add new challenges or ways to level up, also the 2 characters that company you in the party, they should be more smart than now… they laterally take damage from everything… and they don’t know when to avoid attacks or use guard… In the end, I am a big fan of Dragon Quest Series, I hope that you try to improve everything.. thanks ### 4/5 — Glad but sad at the same time *2021-12-04, version 1.2.0* I love this series since I was a kid. So glad to see a mobile game for it but so sad it is not a turn based rpg. This game and story currently a perfect fit for a classic turn based rpg, ilI would gladly pay money for one. The action style just kind of kills the original story a bit. The story and characters in this series is just simply begging to be a turn based rpg so somebody please make it a reality. ### 4/5 — Its a great game but… *2021-11-07, version 1.1.0* The vocation and ally board is such a slow process, need to fix that plz ### 4/5 — Great game, needs more characters. *2021-10-28, version 1.1.0* This game has a very unique combat style and overall the game is very fun with the content it has. That being said, crystal accumulation is slow after a certain period so make sure to spin on the gacha wisely. Right now I feel the game is flooded with items (which is good for learning skills and all), but has a shallow cast of characters that don’t really offer much of a diverse play style (seeing as the best skills come from items rather than the character. Great animation and sound design with an authentic DQ vibe. It’s a must play for all DQ fans. ### 5/5 — Great *2021-10-19, version 1.0.2* It’s over all great game relates to the anime, can’t wait for more updates and cool stuff to be added it would make it so much fun!!! ### 5/5 — Another awesome game from DeNA! *2021-10-10, version 1.0.2* Been playing for a bit now and so far i can say it’s one of my new favorite mobile games. The gameplay is really fun and has some slick animations. I love that we can create our own character, but I wish we had more hairstyles to choose from like different black hairstyles (dreads, Afros, etc..). Haven’t ran into any problems yet, but I’ll be sure to let you guys know if I do. I hope that you guys continue to add new stuff and improve the game. Excellent job as always DeNA! I can’t wait to see what you guys do next! ### 5/5 — loving it *2021-10-09, version 1.0.2* amazing game would most definitely recommend it to a close friend of mine. keep up the good work DEV team ### 5/5 — Huge Dragon quest fan *2021-10-07, version 1.0.2* I love this game it’s a great love letter to the anime and dragon quest franchise! You will have a blast playing this once you get the hang of it. ### 5/5 — Recommendation/Opinion *2021-10-07, version 1.0.2* I love this game and it reminds me of dragon quest starry skies. I would love to see future dragon quest games come out on console with the ability to creat your own hero. ### 5/5 — Great dragon quest game *2021-10-04, version 1.0.1* This is by far the most amazing game ever I love dragon quest and I love the series of Dai I’m glad y’all came out with this game I will continue to shop this game please keep doing y’all best y’all got this !!!!!!!! Keep this game alive please !!! ### 5/5 — Solid and Fantasy Filled! *2021-10-03, version 1.0.1* Square Enix has made another solid mobile game. They know how to make fun, well balanced games that have great idle mechanics as well. If you enjoy Dragon Quest this is a great game! The story is funny, dramatic and engaging! ### 5/5 — The game doesn’t work *2021-10-03, version 1.0.1* The starting page does not work when I try to create account ### 5/5 — This isn’t DQ? *2021-10-03, version 1.0.1* I love the game a lot it’s hella fun and somewhat fast paced. I liked the little 5 question quiz so they could get an understanding of where you are. I think it’s better than any other gacha game. ### 5/5 — Not working *2021-10-03, version 1.0.1* The game stops at the start screen, anything to fix it ? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Boring *2021-10-12, version 1.0.2* Why is it that companies keep making garbage like this? The gameplay is completely dull, and it’s the most handholdy experience I’ve seen so far. Just make a proper dragon quest game, that’s what people want. ### 1/5 — Gacha systems should be illegal *2021-10-07, version 1.0.2* Just another cash grab oh how the mighty have fallen I played dragon quest for nearly 30 years the game is lack luster you need to spend money just to play id rather pay for an actual game deleted the game when the first pay wall came up the people who made this game have no shame ### 1/5 — Doesn’t even work for me *2021-10-05, version 1.0.1* I tried over 10 times to get past the first part but it kept sending me back to the beginning. ### 1/5 — Highly Disappointing *2021-09-30, version 1.0.0* Let me start by saying I’m a huge fan of the main Dragon Quest games and most non-mobile games from Square Enix. That said, this is by far the worst Dragon Quest game I’ve ever played. I’m so disappointed I couldn’t even give it a full day of my time. It’s not even the terrible 3-lane auto-battle that got me…5 minutes in after a short lackluster stereotypical storyline, you realize this is just another Gatcha cash-grab. Plus there’s stamina. Why would any fan of the JRPG genre, from a series that sits on top of many tier lists of the best JRPG series of all time no less, and have to wait for stamina to refill or pay for it? It turns when players want to play a game…. They actually want to play, not just until our stamina runs out. In my humble opinion and in a gross understatement, this is highly disappointing. ### 1/5 — Spenders Beware *2021-09-30, version 1.0.0* Dragon Quest games on mobile never seem to last and this is the most hallow version of Dragon Quest I've ever played. I really wanted to like it and I was looking forward to trying it, but you'll be better off playing the Japanese version of this if you want to get invested. Dragon Quest Dai will be known as Dragon Quest Dead and Buried no later than January, 2023. ### 2/5 — Not good *2021-11-02, version 1.1.0* It’s halfway between both a hero collecting and gear collecting gacha without fulfilling either one. There is no real character gacha, they’re instead collected through story progress, but it takes forever. The real gacha draw is gear but gear only displays on the character created hero, none of the DQ heroes. Not even weapons display on the DQ heroes. The gear that can be shown on the hero is underwhelming. The hero appearance customization is bare bones. There’s just nothing in this game to make your experience unique. It’s an utter failure of use of gacha mechanics. I don’t care for my avatar hero and I don’t care for any of the collectible heroes I’ve seen, especially since knowing they’re just gear camels. The combat system is good in theory but not in execution. Sometimes my party members fight alongside me as AI and sometimes I have to swap between all of them myself. There’s no consistency with which to plan and build around. When there are multiple party members at once the abundance of skill effects obscures the field-warning of incoming attacks making navigating the field chaotic and difficult. It looks like there’s a lot of hero development but I can’t bring myself to dive into any of it for the aforementioned reasons. I don’t like leaving negative reviews, but this game doesn’t deliver on anything. It’s a lot of good ideas just poorly implemented. ### 2/5 — Paid gems *2021-10-02, version 1.0.1* I personally hate games that make things only available for paid gems. It’s a blatant money grab. On top of that they have basic free things that you can get by watching ads. Ad-supported and paywall restricted? Complete money grab. The worst part is I would normally pay for some gems or something but this just turned me off. ### 2/5 — Was good while I could play *2021-09-28, version 1.0.0* Game crashed after I finished the tutorial and since then I can’t get past the loading screen. Did everything to try to fix it. Restart phone, different internet connections, uninstall and reinstall but nothing works. Such a shame. ### 2/5 — Fix game *2021-09-28, version 1.0.0* It crashed now it won’t even open up after re downloading it horrible way to release a game by the way ### 3/5 — Great, but not the original story as far as I can tell *2022-05-21, version 1.7.0* Okay, you might think that I’m crazy, but I have my reasoning. I basically downloaded this game because I didn’t know the original Dai no daibouken story, and decided that this would be a great idea to see what happened. Everything was going alright, until I got to the tutorial, in which I found out that I was traveling back in time to the story, and was, in fact, INVOLVED in it! This frustrated me so much that I deleted the game. All I really wanted was to just SEE what was going on in the story, not get INVOLVED in it. Maybe someday, another anime company will gain the rights to this obscure, but popular series, and make a proper game that follows the original story. But until this game gets drastically changed to what I wanted, then I’m not changing my mind about it ever again. And please, I also want to hear back about what was going on in your minds when you were developing this game. Because what if other people are furious with the same thing? Do you want that to happen? DO YOU? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun game *2023-03-30* This is a fun game. They modified it so you don’t have to spend money to get good gear which is nice. The only thing is that the in app purchases stopped working for the last couple of months which concerns me. They did this with the last dragon quest game right before they cancelled it ### 5/5 — Live forever please *2023-02-08, version 1.16.0* I think people are still what to play it but maybe if shut down then reboot it as a completely different dragon quest game instead like dragon quest z ### 5/5 — Great for all those who love the new Anime *2022-07-02, version 1.9.0* I love the new 2020 anime. I love this mobile game and I hope we can one day get a console or PC game too 😌 ### 5/5 — Pls bring back dragon quest of the stars *2022-05-06, version 1.7.0* I can’t find no other game like dragon quest of the stars, that’s how much fun I had with the game and I hate to see it leave even when I only played it for a year😪 pls bring it back.. ### 5/5 — Dai *2022-04-06, version 1.6.0* Fun in every way imaginable. Very addictive and well thought out game. ### 5/5 — This game is awesome!!! *2022-03-16, version 1.5.1* I recommend you try it! ### 5/5 — Very good *2022-03-02, version 1.5.0* so i haven’t watched the show but it’s still good and i played one of the games that got me interested in this it’s the one where you can change the gender of everyone and their name and hairstyle i loved it so much i wanted every gear ### 5/5 — The closest we’ll get to entering Dragon Quest. *2021-11-25, version 1.1.0* Dragon Quest: Dai’s Adventure is an older anime in the franchise that has finally been remastered, and this mobile game captures that renewed spirit of adventure extremely well. While a good portion of this game’s content features characters from Dai’s Adventure (hence the title), you have the ability to create your own little avatar for your party. Your avatar can switch equipment based on class, and you can accompany your allies in practically every mode. (The only thing missing is the ability to custom coordinate outfits because your avatar character defaults to the equipment they’re wearing. Story characters maintain their outfits for the sake of Gacha.) Whether you’re old hat to Dragon Quest or you’re just trying to figure out what type of games “Hero” in Super Smash Bros. comes from, this is a great game I believe you will enjoy! (**Prospective players, please don’t be put off by how “forced” some of the story material may feel. Dragon Quest is by nature a Fantasy game, so just catalogue any McGuffins and/or other literary devices you may find to poke fun at later; they’re there on purpose for you to enjoy!) ### 5/5 — Game is beautiful *2021-10-28, version 1.1.0* The gacha rates are really low for f2p. I know it’s a business, but maybe a tier up for featured draws would help? ### 5/5 — My purchases not received *2021-10-27, version 1.0.2* It’s been over an hour and nothing --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*