At the exact same time, I defeated dozens of tiny blue slimes and leveled up my sword fighting skills while playing Dragon Quest VIII on my iPad. So the obvious solution is to do something else while youre grinding for experience — and a mobile version of the game is perfect for this. The mobile version of DQ VIII looks really strange at first, because for the first time youre playing the game in portrait mode, and it feels especially weird if youre a veteran of the series.