When designing rooms you can do a bit of experimentation. You can’t choose what to combine and see what happens, you have a list of what you can make and if you have the materials you just choose whether you want to make one or the maximum amount with the materials you have (you can’t choose to make just three, for example). The Builder doesn’t level up in the traditional RPG sense.Īs you explore the map and find new materials the game will tell you what new things you can build with them. It’s pretty basic but you can build stronger weapons and armour as you find stronger materials.

Most fights involve getting a hit or two in then running away before you take a hit and then getting back in to land some more hits. The combat is very simple in that you just walk towards the thing you want to hit and press the triangle button. Monsters will sometimes attack the town, either as part of a quest or at random which your townspeople will help defend. As you build within the set boundaries your town level goes up but this is based on what items are in a room and what the walls and such are made of, the appearance doesn’t really matter so it will be down to your preferences whether you have everything neat and tidy with roofs on or if you just do the basics. The early quests will help you with understanding how the game works as you’re told where to get materials and how to build simple bedrooms, kitchens and workshops. Although you can just wander off and find materials and start building the town’s residents will give you quests which you’ll have to complete to progress. You’re given a flag to place in a specific spot and that attracts new residents as the town develops. Then after a brief tutorial you’re whisked off to the ruins of a town.

When you start you can choose a name, to be a male or female and then you can choose skin colour and hair colour but that’s it. S/he doesn’t have any memories but is informed by a voice from above that s/he is The Builder, a fabled hero who can build things which in this world is something special. Humans have forgotten how to build and so towns no longer exist and those humans who do remain are scattered. Rip-off would be a strong way of phrasing it as although the world is built up of lots of blocks that you can destroy, collect and then use to build it actually brings many new twists to the table.Īpparently this takes place after an optional ending to the very first Dragon Quest game (which I’ve never played) where the big bad has taken over the world and monsters roam freely. Octoin PS4 tagged akira toriyama / builders / dragon quest / minecraft / voxels by GarethĪ quick glance at Dragon Quest Builders may have you thinking this is a Minecraft rip off, and you wouldn’t be completely wrong.

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