DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2
Gather materials, craft useful objects and rebuild settlements with Malroth at your side, completing villagers' requests to develop bases whose rooms and blueprints give residents practical roles.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 combines a block-building adventure with the work of restoring settlements. Explore for materials, craft objects and construct places for villagers to use, then defend those settlements from monsters. Malroth accompanies you, helping with both fighting and gathering, while the adventure introduces further crafting and building recipes. Villagers' requests give construction a direction: fulfilling them earns gratitude that develops a base. A room's contents determine how residents use it, and a blueprint can become a shared building project when you supply enough materials. You can also cut blocks diagonally to shape your designs and switch to a first-person view. Local wireless building on the Isle of Awakening opens after the first island is freed.
Collected in series
Dragon Quest builds fantasy journeys around visiting towns, exploring dungeons and growing stronger through battles. Its mainline adventures are known for turn-based decisions and heroic quests, while spin-offs take the same world of monsters and magic into other kinds of play.
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AI review
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Purposeful town-building for players who want their creations to support a community.
Requests and usable rooms could make each construction feel connected to villagers' lives. Gathering, defense and recipe progression also mean the appeal depends on enjoying an adventure around the building work.
Strengths
- Room rules and villager construction can make a settlement feel like a working project rather than only a display.
- New recipes give players who like learning through adventure concrete reasons to keep developing their building options.
Weaknesses
- Players interested only in placing blocks may find the need to gather materials and defend settlements an interruption.
Who it is for: Builders who enjoy practical town layouts, helping characters and alternating construction with exploration and combat.
Play notes: Local wireless building unlocks after freeing the first island and requires a separate console and game copy for each participant.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Requests and recipe progression provide goals for building, which may suit players who prefer guidance within a creative game. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension For players interested in functional spaces, choosing room contents could make construction feel consequential beyond its appearance. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Seeing villagers use furnished rooms could help community-minded players read their buildings as inhabited places. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The optional first-person view offers another way to inspect a construction, with its usefulness depending on the player's preferred perspective. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Square EnixKoei Tecmo Games
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genreRole-Playing
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsInvestigationThird PersonSlow BurnPuzzle SolvingMain Story 10–20 HoursFantasyExplorationSolo-friendlyLinear LevelsStory-driven
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com