Convince a cult of sad peasants to join up in your way better and cooler cult, did we also mention we a have pool with 7 stone statues and a bar?
So anyways, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a game I originally didn't expect too much out of. I expected a type of Minecraft clone with some Dragon Quest flair. However what I found was a story that helps to push those who have lost something, to find the courage to rebuild and keep going. Despite this being a crafting and building game like Minecraft, it chooses to focus itself on a story mode. You will go from island to island helping the inhabitants restore their home and former glory. Most have lost the will to build and survive anymore, many being pushed to abandon their homes and live in the wild or the ruins of before. While the story (at first) handles itself in a very mild way with the storytelling, as I got through more of the game it started to throw curve balls at me that I never expected. characters started to ask me questions for things I didn't have any real answers to. Situations came up where all I could do is just sit and watch with little control over the outcome. This game starts to make you existential...
Uuuuhhhhh...
so anyways...
The gameplay I found super neat where it feels more like town/base building. You can take on requests from the villagers and build specific types of rooms or buildings for them. The neat part is the fact that these rooms each serve a type of functionality that the inhabitants can interact with. Some help with cooking, some are personalized rooms for sleeping, and some help with farming. There's many different rooms and type combos to find and build, the game doesn't tell you all of them and leaves you to try and experiment with different blocks, decorations, and layouts. The combat is very basic and run of the mill "press X to swing sword" and all the bosses are just a single gimmick that you punish 3 times and win. The game has a great assortment of tools and decoration to build with, which is heavily well shown with how the loading screens will display the amazing creations that others have created.
I think Dragon Quest Builders 2 has a surprising amount of depth that I was not ready for. The game picks up immensely in the second half. even with the first half not being as crazy, I think its still worth checking out this very charming game.
So anyways, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a game I originally didn't expect too much out of. I expected a type of Minecraft clone with some Dragon Quest flair. However what I found was a story that helps to push those who have lost something, to find the courage to rebuild and keep going. Despite this being a crafting and building game like Minecraft, it chooses to focus itself on a story mode. You will go from island to island helping the inhabitants restore their home and former glory. Most have lost the will to build and survive anymore, many being pushed to abandon their homes and live in the wild or the ruins of before. While the story (at first) handles itself in a very mild way with the storytelling, as I got through more of the game it started to throw curve balls at me that I never expected. characters started to ask me questions for things I didn't have any real answers to. Situations came up where all I could do is just sit and watch with little control over the outcome. This game starts to make you existential...
Uuuuhhhhh...
so anyways...
The gameplay I found super neat where it feels more like town/base building. You can take on requests from the villagers and build specific types of rooms or buildings for them. The neat part is the fact that these rooms each serve a type of functionality that the inhabitants can interact with. Some help with cooking, some are personalized rooms for sleeping, and some help with farming. There's many different rooms and type combos to find and build, the game doesn't tell you all of them and leaves you to try and experiment with different blocks, decorations, and layouts. The combat is very basic and run of the mill "press X to swing sword" and all the bosses are just a single gimmick that you punish 3 times and win. The game has a great assortment of tools and decoration to build with, which is heavily well shown with how the loading screens will display the amazing creations that others have created.
I think Dragon Quest Builders 2 has a surprising amount of depth that I was not ready for. The game picks up immensely in the second half. even with the first half not being as crazy, I think its still worth checking out this very charming game.