Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime has one of those titles that tells
you nothing about the game. At first you think its an RPG since it has
the Dragon Quest franchise title. But in the end it's really an
action/adventure game in the same style as the Zelda series. Then you
have Rocket Slime. Which out of the game it makes no sense. Rocket
Slime is the kind of game that you have to play to understand.
The game starts out with a little Slime named Rocket. Rocket and his
friends are screwing around when a race of duck creatures attack,
destroy the village, and take all 100 of the other Slimes including
your family. It is your mission to rescue them and restore the town to
its former beauty.
While on your mission you will use your stretching powers to attack and
pick up enemies. items, and Slimes that you will need to take back to
your village. The game is very forgiving and places carts that return
to the village for you. A very nice touch that makes the game far less
frustrating than it could have been. Taking these items back to town
will add items to your stockpile of ammo for what becomes the major
combat element in the game. Tank battles. These tank battles consist of
you and 3 other teammates throwing items (each having specific
abilities and power) at the opposing tank. First to reach 0 hp has
their weakness exposed and you now have the chance to destroy it by
infiltrating their tank. It's a very interesting concept that works
very well. There are so many different things to do and items to find
and synthesize that anyone who plays will have a different strategy.
That leads us to the multiplayer. The game supports up to 4 players for
a 2 on 2 team tank battle. With over 20 tanks to choose from and ways
to make the games more even this has to be one of the most underlooked
multiplayer games out there.
Overall Dragon Quest Heroes is a very unique game that everyone with a
DS should try out. It combines the greatest aspects of Zelda with fun
RPG strategy that has just enough action where anyone can enjoy it.
Your getting a minimum of 17 hours of gameplay for the single player
and over 25 if you wan't to get everything. Plus don't forget the
multiplayer.
PROS
+ Addictive gameplay
+ Tank battles are great
+ Good music and sound
+ Multiplayer is awesome
+ Funny and unique translation
+ Lengthy quest
CONS
- Becomes nothing but tank battles at some point
- Would have been nice to see some touch screen support
- Is a little too easy
