# DRAGON QUEST II — user reviews

> 174 indexed App Store user reviews of DRAGON QUEST II by SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd., rated 4.40/5 from 156 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dragon-quest-ii/id911205290/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dragon-quest-ii/id911205290.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 115 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 9

## What do users think of DRAGON QUEST II?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great classic RPG
- 👍 Nostalgic and enjoyable experience
- 👍 Solid port with quality-of-life improvements
- 👍 Responsive touch controls
- 👍 Reasonable difficulty level

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes after battles
- 🐛 Shopkeeper/inn crashes
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 👎 Outdated language/text translation
- 👎 Lack of landscape mode support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes after battles
- Crashes when talking to shopkeepers/inns
- Glitches in certain areas (e.g., Tower of Wind)
- Slow response when using certain items in battle

**Most requested features**

- Landscape mode option
- Improved text translation
- Controller support
- Cloud save sync between devices

## Newest reviews (18 of 174)

### 4/5 — Really great

*2022-11-30*

Love the whole dragon quest series. For nostalgic purposes you can’t put these down. There is a bug though. When you get to the parts of the game. And you fight mobs like pazuzu, they won’t spawn. If you leave the area and come back to that map, you can walk forever and nothing will spawn. 

This noticeable if both DQ2 & DQ3

### 4/5 — 1편에 이은 로토시리즈 2번째 작품

*2022-11-09*

1편이 나올 당시 RPG라는 장르를 대중들에게 알리는 역할을 했다면 2편은 각 특징과 능력을 가진 동료들을 활용해 풀어나강 다는 점이 특징 당시엔 최고의 대작이겠지만 너무 옛날 게임이라 지금 하기엔 불편하고 단조로운 면도 있네요

### 2/5 — Recommend for dq fan only

*2022-01-12*

느리고 시스템 불편하고 ui불편하고
가로모드 안되고 패드지원안되고
그러나 게임성은 좋다
드퀘팬 아니라면 안하는게 나을듯

### 4/5 — Great Classic RPG, but....

*2021-08-17*

This game is great if you're a 2D rpg fan.  I only have one pet peeve about this game, which is the language the game is using or tried to use.  I understand the game takes place in a setting of a medieval type of era, but could they at least have the text be in the modern English language?  Seriously, I had to analyze each sentence to understand and look for clues of what to do.

### 3/5 — Freezes

*2021-02-05*

With update to iOS 14, the game freezes often on my iPhone 6S Plus.

Freezes last for 2-3 seconds, but they happen several times per minute, which really takes away from the enjoyment. Without the freezes, the game would easily get 5 stars from me.

Last update was 2 years ago. I wish SE would update this again to work well with the updated iOS.

### 3/5 — Ios 14.2 에서 실행이 안됩니다

*2020-12-13*

업데이트전엔 실행 잘 됐었는데
업데이트후 실행하자마자 꺼지네요

### 2/5 — No iCloud save

*2020-11-08, version 1.0.5*

I own iPad & iPhone. Can’t move saves between them. Great game but can’t rank higher since they won’t support a basic function. Also landscape mode would be nice.

### 4/5 — Secret

*2020-10-10*

If you are following the walkthrough that says go up the stairs in Beran and you’ll be in the outside world to Rendarack, but your in a room with an old man, then go DOWN not up to the stairs from the warp.
Good game, nice interface, beat Malroth at levels 40, 38, 35. Wish I had know prayer ring has limited number of uses before I sold 2 of them. Poof Dust

### 4/5 — 절대로

*2020-08-25*

드퀘 입문용이아닌 드퀘1확장?판 반드시1편후에 해야지 2020년 첫플래이에도 나름 재미를 느낄수잇음,다대다 전투가 되어서 전략성높은척하지만 이때부터 뭔가 쓸데없이 불편해지고 반복작업많아지고 아기자기함이 줄어듬. 1편같은 형식에서 시리즈 이어졌다면 알피지게임이라는 형식이 다르게 댓을지도모를정도의 생각이드는 변화가 큰작품 왜냐하면 너무 부피가늘어나서 한2-4일? 이게임에 완전히 하나가될정도 몰입이 아닌이상 혼자서는 클리어 불가능함 힌트도 적고 전지역에 흩어진 힌트를 조합해서 추측해서 해결이 드퀘의 시작이던데 드퀘1크기 맵이면 딱 즐길만한데 이건아닌듯 특히 마지막던전은 게임접고 다른시리즈 할뻔한 위기엿음..진행 힌트도 그렇지만 그래도 던전만은 공략없이 이리저리 운을믿고 돌아다니다가 뚫리는 재미로 나름 줄겻엇는데 이마지막 던전은 말도안되는 구성으로 그것조차 허용안해줌(처음으로 공략 보고깬?-이게게임하는건가 공부하는건가?-던전)반드시 불편하게 메모가 필요할 수준...드퀘3도 대충 이런느낌 인걸 아는데 살까말까 고민중...(나중에 알아보니 드퀘던전 짧고 아기자기하거나 엄청넓은데 복잡하지는않고 단순하고 재밋게된 이유가 이번작이엿음)결론으로 나같은 마인드인 사람에게 드퀘2는 게임성으로나 스토리적으로도 볼거없어서(드퀘1엔딩후 에필로그 억지로 만든듯한 연장방송 느낌)안해도됨

### 4/5 — Shops crash the game

*2019-09-27, version 1.0.5*

Thanks for fixing the shopkeeper crashing bug.  

Still, what happened to the unique musical score in Wellgarth/Burrowell? That delightful townswoman doesn't sing for you anymore, and it now sounds like every other boring town.

### 5/5 — 생명의 문장

*2019-09-05*

안받아집니다 ㅠ

### 5/5 — Love the game but no SFX

*2019-09-01*

SFX stopped working in menus/battles after a quicksave was loaded up. Haven’t found a fix but apparently this is a common issue that probably won’t get patched.

### 5/5 — Sound effect not working!

*2019-08-26*

The game is really fun, but the sound effects are not working on my iPhone XR. Apparently i’m not the only one with this issue.

### 5/5 — I’m back.

*2019-08-19*

I finished the second game today. Beautiful experience like the first game, yet more expansive. Felt more alive then DQ1 (to be expected). I wrote long last time so I’ll Make it quick. I can’t wait to start the 3rd game. Everyone talks about how good it is and it’s the 3rd game at that. I got it waiting for me tomorrow. I don’t want to jump right in. I need coffee something to eat and 2 hrs lol. 
DQ3 here I come. 
#PEACE

### 5/5 — Epic

*2019-08-17, version 1.0.5*

Really epic game

### 5/5 — Awesome!

*2019-08-15, version 1.0.5*

I never beat this as a kid growing up in the 80s. Took 30+ years but I finally did it. Awesome game.

### 4/5 — Great Game, some sound glitches

*2019-08-10*

Fantastic game, first time playing through the original trilogy. Had no issues playing through DQ1 on iPhone 6S but had some sound glitches with DQ2 - sometimes the music is playing but the button click noises and attack noises don’t play. Settings are set to default and closing the game and restarting doesn’t always fix it. Otherwise a fantastic port though

### 3/5 — No sound effects

*2019-07-28, version 1.0.5*

Great port! But sound effects are not present for iPhone 4s.
Hopefully this gets fixed!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Stairway Glitch at the Lighthouse Dungeon

*2022-11-04, version 1.0.5*

This game is fantastic and I’ve had a lot of fun. I’m giving it one star because I am currently experiencing a game ruining glitch. In the lighthouse dungeon there are no stairs populating so I cannot progress. Please fix this or let me know I am missing something. 

Thank you

### 1/5 — 騙子

*2020-01-06, version 1.0.5*

怎么沒有中文

### 1/5 — Poor design

*2019-06-26*

This game starts fun, but goes downhill quickly. The devs way of making the game more “difficult” is to make it more tedious. The fights don’t get harder, no strategy is required whatsoever. The “difficulty” comes from their dungeons, which as you progress through the game, turn into a mess of random doors and hallways that go in loops, or take you back to the beginning. For hours. 

No puzzles to stump you, no strong bosses to overcome, just tedious guesswork to find the end of a cave. This game is obnoxious, and to be honest the story isn’t interesting enough to bother slogging through the tedium. Save your money and get a better game.

### 1/5 — Game is still broken auto save

*2018-05-08, version 1.0.4*

Every time I close the game after real or auto save my saved game is gone idk why

### 1/5 — 업데이트 후 하단 터치가 작동하지 않아요

*2018-04-28*

아이폰se사용중인데 업데이트 후 최하단에 있는부분 터치가 안 먹어요

### 1/5 — Unplayable

*2017-01-14*

Crash....crash...crash

*Edit: Now my Savegame was deleted from last update! I'm going to deinstall the App and make sure this App always gets 1 Star from me.
I'm really angry right now!!

### 1/5 — Hargon wins - DO NOT PURCHASE

*2016-11-17, version 1.0.2*

This game crashes on every single multi-enemy battle upon conclusion, rendering it completely unplayable.

Do not purchase this game until it is fixed.

### 1/5 — BEWARE! Totally unplayable, fix or refund!

*2016-11-16, version 1.0.2*

Game looks beautiful, sounds great, and even interacting with the game is done well for touch controls.  Was impressed.  The other reviews do not lie though, this game is broken.  I tried it on an iPad Pro and iPhone 6s and after the first battle it just crashes.  Please fix Square-Enix!

### 1/5 — Unplayable

*2016-11-13, version 1.0.2*

I managed to play this on my iPhone 5 awhile back, but it was buggy. Now on my 6 w/ the most current iOS, it outright crashes to home. 

Apparently I'm one of the lucky ones since I've been able to enjoy it previously, but this is pretty poor on the part of Apple and SE. 

APPLE - Please pull this off the App Store until SE fixes this. People are paying for a product that doesn't work.

### 1/5 — Broken

*2016-11-09*

Glitched to the max

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Sensacional

*2022-03-26*

Ótimo remake da sequência do rei dos JRPGs.

### 5/5 — DQ2 is no longer the worst RPG of all time

*2021-11-04*

After beating DQ1, I kept thinking “how on earth did 8 year old me figure all this out?” Answer: it took me 6 months and a notebook where I wrote down clues and mapped the caves and dungeons. I recall as a child starting DQ2 but don’t remember why I didn’t play it after a couple weeks.  

DQ2 difficulty level has to be 100X that of DQ1. The world is 4X as big, you need a boat, the dungeons are nearly impossible to figure out without a guide/walkthrough, there are 147,000 villagers to talk to and decipher their Ye Olde English clues.  DQ1 had a handful of items you needed to acquire in order to complete objectives.  I can’t even guess how many were in DQ2.  You gain 2 characters, each with their own rules on what armor and weaponry they can don.  Do you sell items back to the shops or try them on your partner first? So much thinking involved. 

It’s a slow go getting started and I bow my head in shame that I resorted to a walkthrough and auto save scrumming.  Nonetheless, by the end I was addicted and neglected my wifely duties to beat this game.  Wasn’t the biggest fan of Atlas.  His power was very random and it didn’t seem fair that he killed my full HP level 36 Princess in one swipe.  

But what the original game lacked is more than made up for in this version.  It plays flawlessly, there are no ads or hidden fees.  Very enjoyable RPG.

### 5/5 — 3rd Times the charm…

*2021-10-18*

I have tried three times (at least) since the late 80s to beat this game. The original NES one was a little too hard for me at 9.  My second try was on a flash Cart and I there was a save issue so I gave up. Shame on me for not staggering the 3 save slots… ;)

I am so glad I saw this through on my iPad Pro. What a Great gaming experience. It was just about perfect related to the little fixes and QoL features. 

This version challenges the idea that DQ2 was the black sheep of the series. 

Cheers

### 5/5 — Nicely done

*2021-02-13*

The grind is a bit real on this one. The monster encounter rate definitely higher than I recall, plus you must grind levels on about three to four different occasions. After getting all the end game gear and leveling all three characters to 46 the last boss was easy.
Played on a iPad, controls were good since you can move by touching any part of the screen. Translation was a bit mediocre.
Overall a good experience. I guesstimate about 35 hours to complete the game. 

Tips: get the falcon blade (bought in town), don’t skip the mad cap (last cave, near end game) both items make a big impact.

### 5/5 — Great Game

*2021-01-15, version 1.0.5*

Needs controller support along with landscape view for it. Also the virtual d-pad is in the center of the screen when playing on my iPhone XS Max.

### 5/5 — So good

*2020-08-01, version 1.0.5*

This game is such a great evolution from the fist game. Now you get a boat and party and explore a bigger world with some great call backs to the first game where they both lead up to a great finale in Dragon Quest 3. Definitely worth a playthrough. 

@squareenix please release Dragon Quest VII 7 to us in English markets on mobile.

### 5/5 — Good

*2020-04-23, version 1.0.5*

Good

### 5/5 — Très bon jeu

*2020-01-11*

Le jeu est complet, des bon combat, une belle histoire et des belle images. Seul bémol l’anglais. J’ai un plutôt bon niveau mais je ne comprend pas quelque foi (j’ai dut user du site DQfan)

### 5/5 — 생명의 문장등 모든 문장 도구창에 있어요

*2019-12-29*

도구 주문 능력치창 열면 그림으로 표시됩니다!

재밌어요

### 5/5 — I never got to beat this game as a kid!

*2019-09-24*

Now I can relive my childhood in classic RPG fashion, without an older brother taking the controller away.

Anyone who played this as a kid will be a bit sad that it’s much easier with the quick save and auto save feature... but it saves you hours of your life too! Especially for gaming on the go! 

So glad they put this on iOS!!

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