Dragon Quest Builders 2

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User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 205 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 205
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 205
  3. Negative: 21 out of 205
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  1. AstralCritic
    Feb 20, 2020
    4
    I would like to say that I really enjoyed this game at first, but this game has become one of those... I hated it before I was done playing. The experience for me is just too much on the rails. Exploring the map ahead of time or breaking the very scripted mission process is usually punished because some of them require you to go to a location to complete the mission even if you haveI would like to say that I really enjoyed this game at first, but this game has become one of those... I hated it before I was done playing. The experience for me is just too much on the rails. Exploring the map ahead of time or breaking the very scripted mission process is usually punished because some of them require you to go to a location to complete the mission even if you have already been there. There are few things as disheartening as playing a game that begs you to explore it only to be punished by the developer if you do so. I really hated the fact at each new area is a blank start with all of your items being taken from you. Fun tools that have zero impact on the game are locked up until near end game. Building on the Isle of Awakening early is pointless because you must complete the other Islands first. The story and plot are terrible in the extreme. The moment you sit back and think about the fact that you have to run the hamster wheel for several hours before you get your freedom in the game made me regret buying the game. I bought 2 copies one for myself and one for my wife... Oh, and the multiplayer is a joke, it's not actually multiplayer because if you have a human guest on your map all the NPC's break and stop doing things. I cannot describe how broken this very wonderful in concept game is on multiple levels. It is one of the hardest teases ever... and for the people comparing this to minecraft.... yea I don't think so. Minecraft and this are both voxel games but otherwise the similarities all soon seperate from each other fast.

    I really love games like this, but I really feel like the developer more than missed the mark on this one. This game had far more potential than it was given. I can see why this game has so many likes, because that is what I thought about the game when I first started playing... it was only after running the hamster wheel before it broke my love for the game. And Skelkatraz... that alone almost stopped me from playing but I powered through it. It simply has no place in the game period, in my opinion.    … Expand
  2. jcolin
    Jul 13, 2019
    0
    Instead of letting you play the game your way and discovering things as you go the game is locked behind an endless amount of tedious side quests. On the first island I finished the main mission but it wouldn't let me continue until I ran all around the map completing tedious side quests to get items I already had to complete the big mission that I already had completed. In other words,Instead of letting you play the game your way and discovering things as you go the game is locked behind an endless amount of tedious side quests. On the first island I finished the main mission but it wouldn't let me continue until I ran all around the map completing tedious side quests to get items I already had to complete the big mission that I already had completed. In other words, there's no point to exploring ahead because the side quests will just guide you there anyways and you have to do them. ALL of them. The harvest festival quest wouldn't trigger for me because I hadn't killed 10 bodkins, something entirely unrelated to the plot. I can't play a game that holds your hand so much.… Expand
  3. CesarV
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    Game is kinda fun in the first and second island and feels like the gameplay is building up to something, but the game falls completely flat on itself on the third island where the protagonist is showed as a gutless coward who can't even defend his friend, it's so disgusting you can't do anything and then you're forced to take back the dudes from that island back. I deleted the game atGame is kinda fun in the first and second island and feels like the gameplay is building up to something, but the game falls completely flat on itself on the third island where the protagonist is showed as a gutless coward who can't even defend his friend, it's so disgusting you can't do anything and then you're forced to take back the dudes from that island back. I deleted the game at this point, really bad story telling and lazy gameplay design that builds up to nothing. Did you have fun in dragon quest games getting op rewards from mini medals? Here you get cosmetics and that's it. You can't even use magic and you're limited to 2 specials abilities during the whole game.… Expand
  4. IhateDragonQues
    Jan 9, 2022
    0
    Terrible game, Like seriously the stupid farmers won't do **** and the stupid worm won't do anything even Though I already put scarecrow on the field. Waste of money. 50$ wasted on that trash. Great.
  5. FillyDee
    May 11, 2021
    1
    The start of the game is so painfully slow that even if you rush through everything, you'll still be stuck in tutorial mode over an hour in. The game slowly explains everything and if you rebind the controls it straight up breaks.

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#21 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#35 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019
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#30 Most Shared Switch Game of 2019

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Nintendo Insider
    Jun 23, 2020
    80
    Despite my issues with overbearing objectives and combat, Dragon Quest Builders 2’s charm and sense of adventure shines above all else and even with some framerate issues is a great fit for the Nintendo Switch.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2020
    90
    If you're an adventure game enthusiast, this series will be a breath of fresh air for you. [Issue #41 – September 2019, p. 66]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Aug 15, 2019
    80
    The essence of the classic JRPG distilled into an unlikely form. [Issue#336, p.114]
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