Pretty poor port with ugly visuals.
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From the latest 500 reviews on the India Google Play, Oct 10, 2019 to Oct 20, 2026: 14% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.
10 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ This is not Dragon Quest and I requested a refund after less than three minutes and it was denied.
★★★★★ save your money and find the ROM because of this simple oversight
★★★★★ I can't even refund this garbage cash-grab.
5 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Game won't open for me, it keeps saying "DQ1 stopped working" and won't open at all....
★★★★★ Game does not work on my tablet.
★★★★★ And there are a ton of bugs.
5 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Needs landscape mode and controller support.
★★★★★ For this one and for the other games, Widescreen & Gamepad support as well as Customisable Controls (to be where we put them on the screen even in black bars for a retro 4:3 ratio screen) so it's accessible on more…
★★★★★ Needs landscape mode and controller support
5 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ You can't change the controls if you have a physical controller, you can't even flip the screen to make the gameplay vertical instead of horizontal.
★★★★★ But I absolutely cannot deal with the lack of landscape or controller support.
★★★★★ It's a shame you cant change the orientation it makes the game unplayable for me.
4 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Hadn't played in a couple months, just went back to it and my save is gone.
★★★★★ Update phone and Lost all saved data
★★★★★ Almost like the classic dragon quest only problem I have is snooz has been nerfed into the ground(knight holding erdrick's armor cant be slept and all monsters hp has gone up 20+ points Bosses are up 60+.
3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Game won't open for me, it keeps saying "DQ1 stopped working" and won't open at all....
★★★★★ and it's stuck on portrait mode.
3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ Online only, bought this to play when I am in rural areas so it is useless.
★★★★★ This one just feels like a low quality phone game.
★★★★★ The new English localization leans into heavy fake medieval talk, way more difficult to understand than the original and not as charming.
3 of the 1 and 2 star reviews.
★★★★★ The interface isn't as updated as the FF games.
★★★★★ Love the updated graphics, sound and single hand controls but they absolutely ruined the game by dumbing down the difficulty so much.
★★★★★ Update phone and Lost all saved data
56 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ a very enjoyable experience, and noticeably the entry to the series
★★★★★ cute monsters and enjoyable gameplay!
★★★★★ Anyway, I haven't got that far yet, but I'm really enjoying it
32 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ However the game is on the easy side.
★★★★★ Perhaps keep it simple works here tho.
★★★★★ Simple turn based dungeon crawler.
19 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ It's also easy to abuse the Quick Saves...
★★★★★ If crave a visit to the ROOTS of all Jrpgs on the home console this is the best way to just JUMP in the quick save feature + the portability make this one a STEAL
★★★★★ at least they added quick-save.
17 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ It was so good, concise and engaging what a beautiful first entry and first time playthrough.
★★★★★ I wouldn't complain, except the super Nintendo version looks so gorgeous.
★★★★★ UI isn't great, but it works.
16 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.
★★★★★ It made sense to start at the beginning, especially as it's so cheap.
★★★★★ Now I'm interested on buying DQ3, So what I can say about this game is, Even I'm buying this game because today there's a 50% discount, I can say the full price is still worth it, because DQ1 & DQ2 isn't not that…
★★★★★ A good price too, I seem to remember a weekend rental would have been £3 30 years ago and that's what this game is.
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Latest reviews, India Google Play.
Pretty poor port with ugly visuals.
things I think would improve this old classic my phone has auto rotate be nice if the game did and also be great if there was a monster beastery too so u could see the stats of the monsters in game
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i played the ig famicom ver. but this ver is better. but the controls kinda sucks
I love this game
its a nice little game
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