Dragon Quest Swords is a Square Enix game that has a casual flair to the RPG realm. They still treat it like a Dragon Quest game however which is always nice what with a good story, enjoyable characters, fun games, and many things to buy.
It starts off with a festival celebrating the defeat of great evil some 5 years ago. The great sword master is putting on a show and selects you to be his sparing partner. Here you get to learn how to attack and block without the fear of killing or dieing. The camera is in a fixed spot and your enemies are found in front of you. You can swipe horizontal, vertical, and even diagonally to attack your prey. When on the defense you hold down the B button to raise your shield. If the enemy is attacking from afar the place they are aiming at comes up as a red dot for a second then you can place your shield where the attack will end up thus blocking.
We find later that it is the eve of your 16th birthday and everyone on that particular day must take the walk of worth. So head to bed so you can start your adventure as soon as possible! When awakening you must head to the queen who will send you on your journey of worth, but the queen has been ill and will not see even her son so one of the queens’ underlings sends you off himself.
When out of town and on a ‘level’ you can only walk a certain beaten path and you can look in bushes, rocks, and other for items. Items could be health, shield recovery, antidote, mini medals, etc. There is even a run which always helps by holding down both up on the D-pad and B button you can go faster and see the wind passing you by. It’s not all about walking around and gathering goodies though you must fight as well.
You can’t just swing away in this game and you need to set a focus point. This is done by pointing at a creature and hitting A. Once done a box will be there for a little bit and every swipe will center on that area. If you don’t select that area all attacks will be found in the center of the screen and the enemies can be anywhere so it’s good to have a point of attack. As you land attacks you also gain points to be able to perform a Master Sword attack. It’s your special attack that has you gain power by making circles to charge or making a figure, or even thrusting the Remote up then slashing down. Each level ends with a boss fight so saving the Master Sword is usually good for those.
The pace is nicely done and moves fast enough where only near the end do you find yourself having to go back to some areas to level up some more. You gain companions on your journey but can only take one of them with you at a time. There is even voice work in here which is always a nice plus and it isn’t bad acting (another nice plus). Enemies get harder and have different weaknesses through your play through. Sometimes you don’t just block one attack at a time there could be some who attack in multiple attacks or magic attack that have 5 spots to cover. Blocking is the key to winning in this game so pay attention. You even can deflect some attacks back to the enemy. These will be shown as a blue dot rather than the red dot of attack. So select your focus point and hit it back at them.
It’s around a 10 hour game maybe more if you want to buy everything in the game. You can go back through levels to get graded on them from C rank all the way to S rank. There is only one town to worry about and that is where you can save, play mini games, and buy all the goodies the game can offer. All in all it’s a good spin off for a well known series. If there is a DQS2 in the pipeline count me in
Chris writes:
“We see a ton of video games release each and every month, but some game titles go the extra mile by taking about an hour to read out. Here are 5 of them.”
Nintendo's motion-controlled console was the home of countless fantastic gaming experiences. Here, I'll count down ten obvious and obscure choices that will suit the modern market perfectly.
This console has so many great games. I'd like to see a sequel to The Last Story.
There's not going to be a sequel to the structure of Super Mario Galaxy 2 though. The only reason we even got SMG2 was because they had plenty of leftover ideas from SMG1 that didn't make it into the game. It's better that we got other structures of 3D Mario later on
Galaxy 1 and especially Galaxy 2 are two of the most overrated games ever made.
The console was pathetic to say the least, but the games were great!
Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
Zelda Skyward Sword
Donkey Kong
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Zack & Wiki
Sonic Colours
Xenoblade Chronicles
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy is getting a sequel though...Odyssey
Super Mario Galaxy 2 was a one off mainly because they apparently had content left over and instead of it wasting they made another game since they were still in the consoles life. Wouldn't make sense to have a sequel to Galaxy when each new system has brought us a different, brand new main Mario game. I'm glad we got Odyssey over it, it looks great and more open then Galaxy. Once you got to certain point in some levels of Galaxy (star cannon) you couldn't go back so back tracking was limited
Technically it's not a sequel. SMG3 would be a sequel. Mario Odyssey is it's own game and possibly new spin specifically for the switch like Galaxy was for the Wii. If anything, Odyssey is more akin to Sunshine than Galaxy.
Each ones are spiritual sequels
64, Sunshine, Galaxy and Odyssey
New Super Mario Bros. seems to always have sequels (2 on 3DS, one on Wii, and one on Wii U).
Also, Super Mario 3D World is a sequel to Super Mario 3D Land.
So, Galaxy 3 would be cool.
Super Mario 64 didn't
Super Mario Sunshine didn't
Super Mario Galaxy was the only one
Super Mario Odyssey probably won't
Super Mario 3D World and New Super Mario Bros are not main line Mario games...just advanced versions of the handheld games
Personally I want to see them revisit galaxy and sunshine in the same game. The water gameplay combined with the physics stuff could get pretty dang wacky.
Oh shit man SEE it's just waiting to happen
That and another game with a Dimension jumping element
Replies(1)Missing a lot of games: Red Steel, Zack and Wiki, Little King's Story, Bloom Blox, De Blob, Muramasa, Excitebots/bikes/trucks, Sin and Punishment, Kloana, Battalion Wars, etc . . .
Super Mario Galaxy 2 doesn't need a sequel. You could see the ideas drying up when playing through it.
Dressed up with a "gothic lolita" theme, the character Fleurette from Dragon Quest could be one of the most attractive female in the series, yet mainstream gamers probably won't identify her instantly. Here's some hot cosplay of Fleurette from the Wii title, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors.
ehhh... She looks alright but I like that Jessica Nigri's cosplays even more
She looks really tasty, nice big boobs, great legs, do-able body.. what more could you want? :P
Am I the only one that would rather see this girl in normal clothing? She's gorgeous!
nice review. My little brother just purchased a Wii (having problems with the sensor thing though)
so .."casual flair to the RPG realm"
would you say good for a 10 year old?
good review! I'm a Dragon Quest fan and have been toying with picking this up.