Dragon Quest Builders 2

Spinoff games Dragon Quest Builders 2 Developer(s) Square Enix Publisher(s) Square Enix Artist(s) Akira Toriyama Composer(s) Koichi Sugiyama Series Dragon Quest Platform(s) PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Release date(s) ^JP December 20, 2018
^NA July 12th, 2019
^EU July 12th, 2019
Genre(s) Console role-playing game Mode(s) Multiplayer Rating(s) ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

Dragon Quest Builders 2 (ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ２　破壊神シドーとからっぽの島) is the sequel to the 2016 sandbox game DQB. It was announced at the summer 2017 Dragon Quest festival, along with a brief preview video and a few small details addressed by Yuji Horii.

Setting

Unlike the first game,which takes place in an alternate reality of the original Dragon Quest, this installment is instead a sequel to Dragon Quest II, in which the remnants of Hargon's cult are attempting to make a comeback by kidnapping and destroying builders. You play as a Builder who washes up on a desert island where you meet a mysterious boy named Malroth. It is up to you and Malroth to survive on the island until rescue arrives.

Gameplay Changes

• The stack-able block limit has been increased by three, making the maximum 64.
• Slopes are now built into the game's physics engine.
• Players can dive into water if jumping from high ground.
• Weapons and hammers are now assigned to separate buttons.
• The ability to dash has been added.
• Farms can be tilled with the help of a friendly Wiggly, who aerates infertile spaces for cultivation.
• Players may now glide from high elevation via the Windbreaker cape.
• Vehicular transportation is possible with a car designed after an Army ant.
• The player can warp anywhere on an island, provided he or she had already been there once.
• Multiplayer has been implemented to allow up to four players.
• Animals are present for villages.
• Waterfalls are now present; this is due to player requests from the first game.

Gallery

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  Promotional material revealing the designs of the Builder's descendants

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  The reveal of the humanoid Malroth

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  Male Builder

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  Human Malroth

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  Slimes