PicoPicoQuest App Reviews

Feels like an old dragon warrior game. Wish you could save more than one file at a time. Needs default music and not just music from your iPod. Couldnt figure how to sell items. The translation is pretty bad too. Still a good old style JRPG. Thanks!!!

I want to love it, but the controls are infuriating. Moving up and down is easy but left and right require absolute precision, buttons keep jumping all over the screen, and every line of text in battles has to be scrolled by tapping. Otherwise a generic and simple but likable game.

Welcome to your grind.

Fun to play, if you like grinding. Movement controls could use help, but its not that bad, just takes some getting used to. Only real complaint is the inventory system - needs to allow more items to be carried. For the other poster, items can be sold at a pawn shop, but youll soon find yourself dropping old items as the trade-in is usually not worth it.

This rpg is amazing it provides an open world such as oblivion and allows great fun.

This game is totally a blast in that it reminds me of the old school Dragon Quest games. I would have to agree that the only draw back is that the character doesnt move sideways very easily. Also theres no music, but that can easily be ignored by listening to your own music on the iPod function. Other than that, Im quite happy with this game.

Very challenging like most RPGs on the NES. Great game, and loads of fun! Really captures the feeling of a real nintendo game.

UI definitely can be frustrating, but I enjoyed the game regardless. Simple rules, full combat and experience system, equip weapons and armor to amp stats. Its a convincing pocket sized rpg. Ive given this game more time than any other ipad purchase so far, and I dont regret it.

Its awesome the option to pick your own music everything in the game was a brilliant idea. More please

This is a great retro rpg. There are a few minor things I wish could be changed, such a different control scheme and larger inventory, but hey its only 2 dollars and its still a lot of fun:)

Zeus shield? I know I need to get into the tower in the North lake, but the lake is still flooded. Anyone have any idea how I can get Zeus shield and/or get into the tower?

Im enjoying the game, however you cant light up dark caves with torches it seems. This is making progression very slow. Id love for this to be fixed!

I have gotten the shining ball from the beginning and I dont know where to go next... Ive been just training a getting better weapons and armor and the small town to the left of the castle.... Plus can u guys like get the monsters to stop attacking me every time I go 3 feet drives me nuts and I just quit. H falling the torches make it brighter not light up the entire cave

The game is similar to that old NES game that started it all, for me at least. They have improved it in some key areas: there is a mid level herb to bridge the gap between the two healing spells, and both healing spells are more useful in my opinion. There are more weapons and discoveries to be made than inDW1. You get to choose your own soundtrack for the different parts of the game which is also cool. However there are a few things that could stand to be updated PLEASE: the torch item and the torch spell should each be twice as bright. You spend a lot of time in caves and this is annoying. The encounter rate is crazy, about 3-4 times too high I think. They could just cut in half IF the return spell would let you teleport between towns and not just to the castle. The item menu needs to be larger OR have a separate menu for quest items. Tip of the day:do not drop the magma staff to make room! Finally, why is there only ONE place to sell items? This is particularly annoying in combined with the tiny item storage you get.

Ive never played dragon warrior so I dont know how to compare the two but this game takes me back to NES days as well with the pixel graphics and all. Inventory could use more space and it would be cool to have chiptunes for different parts of the game but overall it is an awesome RPG. At the end it says "to be continued", will there be a part 2?

This game is in the true spirit of the NES classic, Dragon Warrior. It has the same format, a lot of the same variables (spells, items, monsters). The puzzles are fairly straightforward, searching in "logical" places can be rewarding, and talking with people often reveals relevant information. The graphics for monsters are cute and either small or very large for "boss" type monsters. It improves on the Dragon Warrior concepts in having Special Herb (that restores a relevant amount of HP deeper into the game), a tight terrain where it is easy to get from place to place despite the progress you have made in-game, and scales very well (you are never stuck trying to level/get more gold for as long as Dragon Warrior would force you to). The inventory is very small, and you are left often having to drop items in order to get things you find. This creates strategy in that there are times you opt not to carry things like Antidotes (parts in the game you cannot be poisoned). However, throughout the game I felt forced to carry special items only significant to unlocking various parts of the map. When using the Magical Bottle or Mermaids Cloth, I then did not know if I still needed to hold on to it, or if I could get rid of it (TIP: you can discard all of these as they function in only one part of the game). The encounter rate is *way* too high. It was extremely annoying moving 1 or 2 squares only to be forced to step through an often very predictable combat sequence. This made it feel like a grind, which was kind of lame. The Desert is the only place where encounter rate "feels" right. The way Defense/Strength play on how much damage you do/receive, and the damage done by spells is very contained, and does not create a sense of strategy that Dragon Warrior did. The exception are the "boss" monsters, which had a substantial amount of hit points (TIP: "Sleep" works very well on the Kraken and Scale Mail helped ward off dragon fire). At times the monsters seem a bit too random in theme. In the castle you suddenly face Robots, Masks (whatever that means) and a UFO (kind of random for the setting). As with all yamagames, you can choose music off your device to play in each of the various terrains. This is nice, but there is no way to turn the sound effects off completely. Also, only one save slot for a character. Overall, I really enjoyed this game, and despite the things mentioned, found it to be a great play. If you liked Dragon Warrior, you can prolly get into this :)

I never played Dragon Warrior but I really like this game. Ive probably spent a good dozen hours playing so far - more than any other iOS game I have. Thanks for making such awesome games!

This game attempts to recreate a classic and it does so in perfect fashion. The world and enemies are colorful and cartoonish, and though the english doesnt always flow perfectly it hardly brings down the gameplay. Combat is simple but fun, the only complaint i have is that trudging through a dark cave is very hard because of how little light torches and spells give off, but still, the game is playable even in the dark. So 5/5.

Ive spent a lot of time with this one, plus adding nes classic tunes to the library gave this game the retro feel I was looking for. Only 1.99? I paid $45 for dragon warrior when it was new! This game will not disappoint. Im having trouble finding out how to use the magma rod now. Any suggestions?

Well honestly it is a fantastic game but there is one flaw at the moment though...you need to fix the ending because when I defeat the final boss (I assume because I never saw the ending) it crashes. Please fix it and then I will give it a full 5 stars.