Dragon Quest Builders
Gather materials, craft items and rebuild towns in a world made of blocks. Dragon Quest Builders connects construction with a story about restoring Alefgard, including defending your settlements from monsters.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Alefgard lies in ruins, and rebuilding it is your job. Explore its block-built landscapes, gather materials and turn them into crafted items. Shape towns of your own, rescue people who need help and defend the places you construct from monsters. The story gives these building activities a shared goal: restoring the shattered land. A separate free build mode opens after the first story chapter, providing another space for construction. This edition also adds a rideable Great Sabrecub to that mode. Collect dots and use its special workbench to create blocks and decorations based on the original Dragon Quest, bringing a different visual vocabulary to your buildings.
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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For builders who want their creations to serve an adventure, town restoration offers a clear purpose.
Rebuilding and defending towns can make construction feel consequential to players who enjoy caring for a settlement. The separate free build mode offers a different focus, although its opening chapter requirement matters if you want to start with unrestricted creative goals.
Strengths
- Construction and town defence can give a self-made settlement both personal meaning and a practical role.
- The free build workbench's original Dragon Quest blocks may appeal to builders interested in recreating the series' visual motifs.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking free build immediately may find the first chapter access requirement an unwelcome preliminary step.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy gathering and crafting, but also want a story goal and towns to protect.
Play notes: The rideable Great Sabrecub and dot-based workbench additions belong to free build mode.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Story restoration followed by access to free build can suit players who prefer an initial objective before setting their own construction goals. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension If building is most satisfying when it solves a problem, creating towns and defending them can give the material-gathering loop a useful destination. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A ruined world expressed through blocks can make rebuilding its towns a visible part of the setting rather than an abstract objective. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension For players primarily interested in free build, the first chapter completion requirement is the relevant access condition to plan around. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Armor ProjectSquare Enix
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2018
- 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
- Sandbox Creation · Primary genre
- Tags
- Turn-based CombatThird PersonFantasyMain Story 20–50 HoursResource ManagementStory-drivenLevel ProgressionExplorationLong-term ProgressionSolo-friendly3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2018
- PlayStation VitaWorldwide2016
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com