Dragon Quest Treasures

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 63
  3. Negative: 20 out of 63
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  1. Skivr
    Jan 25, 2023
    4
    Dragon Quest Treasures feels like it could have done with more time in the oven.

    As others have said, the gameplay loop is quite shallow; simple but not in a rewarding or fun way. It's essentially a chore simulator stapled onto an open-world game. You run, glide and jump around collecting things to increase your capability to...run, jump and glide around collecting things. It gets    Dragon Quest Treasures feels like it could have done with more time in the oven.

    As others have said, the gameplay loop is quite shallow; simple but not in a rewarding or fun way. It's essentially a chore simulator stapled onto an open-world game. You run, glide and jump around collecting things to increase your capability to...run, jump and glide around collecting things. It gets pretty old fast, but there's a monotony to it that you can get absorbed in, and that's where I think most of the positive reviews come from.

    You can collect monsters, but there's not a whole lot of monster variety. In typical Dragon Quest tradition, the game uses recoloured models to flesh out the roster, but it's much, much more noticeable this time around-- seriously the unique monster pool might be the smallest of any DQ game to date-- and that's not a good thing when you have elements of Monster Collecting in your game.

    This lack of monster-variety is brought to the forefront during combat sequences of the game. In short, your main character is all-but useless in combat, meaning you'll be relying on this limited monster pool to do most of the fighting for you. You get a slingshot in which to barrage foes while your AI monsters attack them, but it's clunky and didn't feel fun to use. Ultimately I found myself skipping non-essential fights and that's a pretty bad sign the combat isn't engaging.

    As for preformance, it looks rough and preforms so-so, which I assume is because of the hamfisted psuedo open-world elements of the game. Frequent FPS drops and muddy textures defined my experience. While some parts of the world looked and ran better than others, the inconsistency in FPS and texture quality makes it hard to immerse yourself in the good parts of the game.

    I've played many games in the DQ series, mainline and spin-off, but this one is a weird outlier and the usual charm of the series is really struggling to carry this entry. It'd be a hard sell to recommend this to anyone except the most die-hard DQ fans and even then, they'd be struggling to squeeze more than say... 20 hours of enjoyment out of this.

    Also, a side note. While I love Koichi Sugiyama's work, it might be time to create some new music for these games. The increased usage of asset-recycling paired with the lack of an original score isn't helping Dragon Quest Treasures stand out, a few new tunes to listen to would have helped alleviate traipsing back and forth through its otherwise unremarkable worlds.

    But I will say the voice acting is quite fun and it sounds like the VA's were really into it. Always good to see.

    In closing, there's not a whole lot to Dragon Quest Treasures worth experiencing. I'd say probably go watch your favourite youtuber play it instead of buying it.    … Expand
  2. Takechiyo
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    This is the first dragon quest game that I have to give up without finishing just because it's too boring, too tedious and too dumb. The people who created this game has a ill intention to use stupid rules to consume player's time with endless boring repetition content, and punishing players who doesn't follow those rules by rubbing away players efforts. This game and the game developerThis is the first dragon quest game that I have to give up without finishing just because it's too boring, too tedious and too dumb. The people who created this game has a ill intention to use stupid rules to consume player's time with endless boring repetition content, and punishing players who doesn't follow those rules by rubbing away players efforts. This game and the game developer just make people feel disgusted.… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 60
  3. Negative: 1 out of 60
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Mar 30, 2023
    80
    Dragon Quest Treasures is ultimately a fun and quirky adventure that, while not reaching the dizzying heights of the best of the series, is enough of a gem to warrant a recommendation to Dragon Quest fans in particular. [Issue #64 – March/April 2023, p. 75]
  2. ZTGD
    Feb 23, 2023
    75
    As an entry level experience in the Dragon Quest universe, Treasures does a lot of things right. It nails the treasure hunting mechanic and provides plenty of nostalgia through it’s audio, visuals, and monster collecting action. Some variety in the main gameplay loop and a little more depth throughout would go a long way towards creating a more worthy feeling entry in the series, but there’s still a lot to love here. Hopefully we’ll get a sequel that can build on some of the mechanics. In the interim, fans of Dragon Quest who don’t mind a walk in the park now and then should check this one out.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Feb 17, 2023
    60
    Grab your spade, your flying pig and your pirate hat: it's treasure hunting time in Dragon Quest Treasures. There is some fine loot to claim, though not all that glitters is gold. Our conclusion: Treasures mainly is a good introduction to the series for somewhat younger or less experienced gamers.
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