Dragon Warrior VII

Dragon Warrior VII
Publisher(s)	Enix Corporation (Japan) Enix America, Inc. (NA)
Developer(s)	Heartbeat
Designer(s)	Yūji Horii
Artist(s)	Akira Toriyama
Composer(s)	Koichi Sugiyama
Released	August 26, 2000 (Japan) November 1, 2001 (NA)
Price	¥ US$39.99
Genre	console role-playing game
Mode	single-player
Platform	PlayStation
Series	Dragon Quest
Rating	CERO: A ESRB: T
Media	2 CD-ROM
Input	PlayStation Controller

Dragon Warrior VII: Warriors of Eden, was the seventh game in the Dragon Quest series of role-playing games published by Enix. Originally released in Japan as Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden, an English localization was released in North America during 2001 by Enix America, Inc. Dragon Warrior VII has also been awarded the best selling game on the Playstation.

Prologue

The story begins with a the Hero who is the son of a great fisherman known as Borkano, living in the only island in the world called Estard. You awake to your mother, Mollie telling you to hurry to the ship out in the harbor before they leave you on the once a year fishing trip and hands you a Fish Sub to give to your father. However, your not allowed to join the trip and instead Kiefer, the Prince of Estard unravel a mystery from a ruined temple that will change Estard forever.

Characters

Hero

Kiefer

Maribel

Gabo

Melvin

Aria

Orgodemir

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to Dragon Quest VI in both combat and the unique class system. Battles are turn based, where the character or enemy with the highest Agility goes first. Strength and Attack determines how much damage you deal on your enemies, Defense/Guard determines how much damage you'll resist, and so on. Equiping weapons will increase your Strength while equiping armor increases your Defense/Guard. Weapons also have other abilities, like some can be used while in battle. Some weapons, like the Boomerang, can attack all enemies or once and whips can attack enemy groups. Magic and Skills are a very important part in the combat and class system. You can learn them by 'maturing or 'leveling' in your selected class once you are able to do so.