Dragon Quest Builders

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Dragon Quest Builders
File:Dragon Quest Builders Logo.png
Developer(s) Square Enix
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Director(s) Kazuya Niinou[1]
Producer(s) Noriyoshi Fujimoto[2]
Artist(s) Akira Toriyama
Composer(s) Koichi Sugiyama
Series Dragon Quest
Platforms PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Release date(s)
    Genre(s) Action role-playing, sandbox

    Dragon Quest Builders[3] (ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ アレフガルドを復活せよ Doragon Kuesuto Birudāzu Arefugarudo o Fukkatsu Seyo?, lit. "Dragon Quest Builders: Revive Alefgard!) is an sandbox action role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. The game is set in Alefgard, the world of the original Dragon Quest video game, and players control the savior who is tasked with rebuilding the world after it was destroyed by the evil Dragonlord. The game features a voxel aesthetic style, with gathering and building elements similar to Minecraft and Terraria. The game was released in Japan on January 28, 2016, and will be released worldwide in October 2016.[3]

    Gameplay

    Media speculation from when the game was first announced was that Dragon Quest Builders would be a Dragon Quest version of Minecraft.[4][5] Early screenshots show the player building a camp out of blocks; the camp gains levels based on how much it has been built up. Materials that are gatherable by the player include "rock, wood, fruit, plantlife, slime ooze, and more".[6] Monsters such as Slime and Dragon from the original Dragon Quest appear in the game. The player has a health bar, and must eat food over time, similar to Minecraft.[6]

    Plot

    The game is set in Alefgard, the world of the original Dragon Quest. The game is based on a parallel ending of Dragon Quest: before the final battle, the hero accepted the evil Dragonlord's suggestion - each rules a half of the world. But that's indeed a trap, and the hero was eliminated, then the world was dominated by monsters.[7] With time passing by, a new hero (the player character) appears to revive the desolate world. Players gather "material" all over the world in order to rebuild the land of Alefgard from scratch.[8]

    Development

    Protagonists were designed by Akira Toriyama, with Etrian Odyssey creator Kazuya Niinou serving as the game's director.[8][1] The game was initially announced in July 2015 to be under development for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.[9] It was released in Japan on January 28, 2016, and will be released in North America, Europe, and Australia in October 2016.[10][3]

    Reception

    Famitsu awarded it four nine-out-of-ten scores, with an overall rating of 36 out of 40.[11]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Excluding PlayStation 3

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    4. ↑ ドラクエ版マイクラ？『ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ』PS3/PS4/PSVitaで発売決定 - 週刊アスキー・2015年7月8日
    5. ↑ アレフガルドをブロックで作るRPG「ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ」　PS向けに今冬発売 - ITmedia・2015年7月8日
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dragon Quest Builders Is Set In The First Dragon Quest Game With Blocks
    9. ↑ 『ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ アレフガルドを復活せよ』今冬発売決定！ ブロックで世界を創る“ブロックメイクRPG”（ファミ通.com）
    10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    11. ↑ http://gematsu.com/2016/01/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1416

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