Dragon Quest Builders 2
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| Dragon Quest Builders 2 | |
 
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| Developer(s) | Koei Tecmo |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Designer(s) | Kazuya Niinou |
| Artist(s) | Marina Ayano Kittaka Yoshikazu Takenouchi |
| Composer(s) | Kōichi 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: Everyone 10+ |
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) Doragon Kuesuto Buridasu Tsu Hakai Kami Shido tokarappo no Fushigi Shima, lit. Dragon Quest Builders 2: Destruction God Shido and the Mysterious Isle) is the sequel to the 2016 sandbox game Dragon Quest Builders. It was announced at the summer 2017 Dragon Quest festival, along with a brief preview video and a few small details addressed by Yūji Horii.
Builders 2 was released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows in years 2018 and 2019. Among the Windows ports of the Dragon Quest series, Builders 2 is the fourth release, and the first to fully support Japanese.[1]
Setting
Unlike the first game, which takes place in an alternate timeline of the original Dragon Quest, this installment takes place following the events of Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line in which the remnants of the Children of Hargon are attempting to make a comeback after their leader's death by kidnapping and destroying builders. The player takes control of an abducted Builder who escapes the cult's ship in the midst of a torrential storm, and washes up on a desert island alongside a fellow abductee named Lulu and a mysterious boy named Malroth. It is up to the player and Malroth to survive on the island until rescue arrives.
Plot
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Characters
- The Builder
- Malroth
- Lulu
- Captain Brownbeard
- Hairy Hermit
- Rosie
- Wrigley
- Pastor Al
- Babs
- Anessa
- Warwick
- N04H
- Hellen
- Hargon
New features
- 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 and freely swim.
- Weapons and hammers are now assigned to separate buttons and no longer break after repeated use.
- 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.
Trivia
- The sword used for the letter T in quest has been replaced with a wooden mallet, signifying the focus on building rather than combat.
- This is the final DQ game released in the Heisei era of Japanese history.
- In the English localization, the bo'sun of the tutorial ship the player explores in the beginning makes a reference to Lucasarts' The Secret of Monkey Island by stating that the Builder "fights like a cow's cadaver".
Preview
Gallery
Promotional material revealing the designs of the Builder's descendants.
The reveal of the humanoid Malroth.
Male Builder.
Human Malroth.
