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| genre=[[Wikipedia:Console role-playing game|Console role-playing game]] | | genre=[[Wikipedia:Console role-playing game|Console role-playing game]] | ||
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==Setting== | ==Setting== | ||
Much like how the first game takes place in an alternate reality of the original [[Dragon Quest (game)|Dragon Quest]], this installment takes place in an alternate timeline of [[Dragon Quest II]], in which [[Hargon]] amasses a cult designed to discourage building and to ban worshiping of the Goddess under penalty of death. You play as a Builder rescued by a mysterious boy named [[Malroth]] from the ocean and find out you are on Empty Island, a place void of civilization. It is up to you and Malroth to bring the world back to its former glory by introducing the concept of Building back to the other islands and to defeat the Cult of Hargon. | |||
==Gameplay Changes== | ==Gameplay Changes== | ||
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*Players may now glide from high elevation via the [[Windbreaker]] cape. | *Players may now glide from high elevation via the [[Windbreaker]] cape. | ||
*Players can dive into water if jumping from high ground | *Players can dive into water if jumping from high ground | ||
*The | *The stack-able block limit has been increased by three, making the maximum 64 | ||
*Slopes are now built into the game's physics engine | *Slopes are now built into the game's physics engine | ||
* | *Animals are present for villages | ||
*Waterfalls are now present; this is due to player requests from the first game | *Waterfalls are now present; this is due to player requests from the first game | ||
*Vehicular transportation is possible with a car designed after an [[Army ant]]. | |||
*Farms can be tilled with the help of Wiggly, who helps make ground spaces fertile for farming. | |||
*The player can warp anywhere on an island, provided he or she had already been there once. | |||
==Preview== | ==Preview== | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 22 September 2018
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| Dragon Quest Builders 2 | |
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| 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 TBA EU TBA |
| 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 アレフガルドを復活せよ 2) is an upcoming 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
Much like how the first game takes place in an alternate reality of the original Dragon Quest, this installment takes place in an alternate timeline of Dragon Quest II, in which Hargon amasses a cult designed to discourage building and to ban worshiping of the Goddess under penalty of death. You play as a Builder rescued by a mysterious boy named Malroth from the ocean and find out you are on Empty Island, a place void of civilization. It is up to you and Malroth to bring the world back to its former glory by introducing the concept of Building back to the other islands and to defeat the Cult of Hargon.
Gameplay Changes
- Multiplayer has been implemented to allow up to four players
- The ability to dash has been added
- Players may now glide from high elevation via the Windbreaker cape.
- Players can dive into water if jumping from high ground
- The stack-able block limit has been increased by three, making the maximum 64
- Slopes are now built into the game's physics engine
- Animals are present for villages
- Waterfalls are now present; this is due to player requests from the first game
- Vehicular transportation is possible with a car designed after an Army ant.
- Farms can be tilled with the help of Wiggly, who helps make ground spaces fertile for farming.
- The player can warp anywhere on an island, provided he or she had already been there once.
Preview
Gallery
Promotional material revealing the designs of the Builder's descendants.
The reveal of the humanoid Malroth.
