Dragon Quest Builders has clear Minecraft inspirations, but its JRPG sensibilities make it far from a carbon copy. With a third-person view and a larger focus on aesthetics, it certainly looks different, but it’s the game’s quest structure that makes it play like its own thing.
The surprising part, though? These quests don’t serve to constrain players so much as guide them and provide a framework to shirk when they want.
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Dragon Quest Builders is out this week in Japan, and there’s a demo to try on Japanese PSN! If you’re as curious as we are, you should take a look at our video and see if the game’s for you.
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Before explaining what Dragon Quest Heroes is, it’s best to say what it isn’t. It’s not related to Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, which we’ve discussed before, even though it shares its name with the localized portable classic. It’s not a traditional Dragon Quest game, with turn-based combat and worlds to explore. It’s not massively-multiplayer or even marginally-multiplayer; though slashing’s often better with friends, Heroes is purely a solo affair.
Most importantly, though, Dragon Quest Heroes, despite being developed by Omega Force, is not a Musou game.
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A disturbing thought looms overhead. Square Enix is so comfortable, so free with its ports, Final Fantasy games never remain locked on one platform and making HD remasters of last generation games is the latest “thing.” The facts are all there, and it feels as though it’s leading up to my greatest fear. What if the Final Fantasy XIII saga comes back?
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