You travel from town-to-town and raise each one from its ashes by restoring its houses, shops, and unique facilities. This is a game about re-building a land that's been laid to ruin by the evil Dragonlord. Ironically, Minecraft's brand of open-ended gameplay can be stressful for adults with limited time for games ("How do I know when I'm 'done?' Am I just wasting my time?").Īdditional ways in which Dragon Quest Builders differs from Minecraft include (let me push my glasses up the bridge of my nose, here):ĭragon Quest Builders' gameplay is heavily chapter-based Even if you challenge and defeat the game's ultimate boss, the Ender Dragon, you just go back to your humble (or not-so-humble) abode and continue to build it up and cultivate the land. Conventional or crazy? You decide.Īs you complete characters' requests and meet certain goals, you gradually reach your final mission: To put an end to the nefarious Dragonlord who's shrouded the world in darkness and robbed humanity of its intelligence.īy comparison, there's no real end to Minecraft unless you set goals for yourself. A character might say, "Build me a bedroom," and outside of equipping a secure room with a bed, you can make the chamber as plain or as fancy as you like. And if playing Minecraft makes you say, "What the heck am I supposed to do, here? What's the end goal?" then Dragon Quest Builders may be exactly what you need.ĭragon Quest Builders tells you what to build, and when, but how you go about doing so is largely up to you. That's not a slight against Minecraft, which I enjoy it's just to say Dragon Quest Builders' gameplay isn't nearly as open and free as Mojang's sandbox phenomenon.
There's a story for you to follow, and there are goals for you to meet. Dragon Quest Builders is much more focused than Minecraft. Second, Dragon Quest Builders is certainly inspired by Minecraft, but outside of the game's free-building Terra Incognita mode (which is best enjoyed after completing the game's story), aimless building won't get you far. It arrived shortly after the system launched, and it's a good port.
Pictured: My incoming "gentle correction."įirst and foremost: Minecraft is already on the Switch.
That statement is incorrect for several reasons. Still, there's a not-small crowd of people poking at Dragon Quest Builders with a stick and saying, "What is this? It's just Minecraft for the Switch, right?" I'm not the only one who's lost hours to rebuilding the ravaged realm of Alefgard: Critical response to the game is highly positive. Take the original game's highly addictive building-fighting-exploration loop, add some portability to that bad boy, and what do you have? You have a Nadia with a re-ignited obsession. Dragon Quest Builders, one of my favorite games of 2016, recently received a re-release on the Nintendo Switch.
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