TheDragon Questfranchise remains one of the mostbeloved and successful JRPGsof all time. Its first installment was released back on May 27th in 1986, and it has continued to gain more and more popularity in the West over the decades.
Dragon Quest: Every Mainline Game, Ranked
The Dragon Quest franchise has given us some of the best RPG titles, and here we have ranked every game from the series.
It is so successful that it has managed to spawn many different kinds of spin-off titles to tap into new and unexplored territories in the gaming world. Notable spin-offs from the mainline games include Dragon Quests Treasures,Dragon Quest Monsters,Dragon Quest Heroes,Dragon Quest Builders, and many more — a lot of these spin-off titles have even received several sequels.
10Dragon Quest Walk
Google Play Score: 3.6/5
Dragon Quest Walk is the Dragon Quest counterpart toPokemon Go. It has its players moving around the real world with their phones, observing a map. The game features a questing system that has them go and visit real-world locations marked on their phone.
As they explore their real-world surroundings and interact with real-world objects, they will initiate combat with monsters on their phone and collect items within the game that will help to develop and strengthen their character. Sadly, the game never left Japan and is one of several Dragon Quest games without any form of Western release.
Dragon Quest Walk
9Dragon Quest Treasures
Metascore: 72
Dragon Quest Treasures features the brother-sister team of Eric and Mia — two characters that appeared in Dragon Quest XI. In the game, players will travel through five large, open-world environments taking place on different islands. As the players play, they will discover and collect numerous monsters to aid them on their journey in treasure hunting. Players will also be able to build bases to store these treasures.
The gameplay is incredibly addictive due to the large number of collectibles and its very engaging combat system. Each monster has a special ‘Forte’ that allows the player to explore the various locations of each island — meaning players will need to collect several monsters to help them in their travels.
Dragon Quest Treasures
8Dragon Quest Tact
Metascore: 73
This is a greattreat for tactical RPG enthusiastswho enjoy games such as theDisgaeafranchise,Final Fantasy Tactics, and theFire Emblemfranchise. It has all the staples you would come to expect from such games in a very streamlined fashion to speed up the gameplay.
Dragon Quest Tact provides bite-size, tactical combat experiences that give a deep feeling of satisfaction with each victory and plenty of depth for its players to explore.
Dragon Quest Tact provides bite-size, tactical combat experiences that give a deep feeling of satisfaction with each victory and plenty of depth for its players to explore. Its story is not the most engaging, and being a mobile game can have players needing to commit to a bit of a grind before they are able to become stronger.
Dragon Quest Tact
7Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
Metascore: 74
Despite Dragon Quest Treasures featuring many different monsters to join you in the fight, it was not a true monster-tamer style game — but the Dragon Quest Monster games are. The Dragon Quest Monsters series has always been about exploration and collecting wild monsters to create powerful teams in a turn-based combat setting.
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The game provides a very fun and engaging monster-taming experience where the player is the son of the King of Monsters, giving it a lot of good storytelling potential — which it taps into very well, delivering an incredible story on top of amazing gameplay.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
6Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Metascore: 77
While Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince features players with a party of 4 monsters, Joker 2 keeps things more traditional with a party of 3. Despite both games being part of the Dragon Quest Monsters Spin-off series, Joker 2 and the Dark Prince have a very different feel to them, as the Dark Prince attempted to modernize and streamline many of the spin-off series' mechanics.
…its combat system has enough complexity to make formulating teams a rewarding experience.
Any fan of monster-taming games will have an utter blast with Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. It has plenty of locations to explore, monsters to collect, and its combat system has enough complexity to make formulating teams a rewarding experience.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
5Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe And The Blight Below
A lot of players might not know what a Musou game is. This is a type of game where the players are expected to face an overwhelming numbers of foes —Dynasty Warriorsbeing the poster child for this type of game. Dragon Quest Heroes completely forgoes the usual turn-based elements of the mainline games for a new and intense combat experience.
This game features plenty of stunning visuals and a very well-designed combat system, allowing players to just charge in and wipe out hoards of foes in no time, while also having plenty of strategies that players can make use of to take on different kinds of monsters.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below
4Dragon Quest Builders
Metascore: 83
Calling Dragon Quest Builders aMinecraftclone would be axiomatically inaccurate. Dragon Quest Builders is a full-fledged action RPG experience that also happens to feature a fully destructible world and a heavy emphasis on crafting.
There are plenty of NPCs to befriend, quests to complete, and each of the game worlds have entirely different mentalities for how to survive in them. Everything players know about survival is shaken up with each new world they visit. While the first world is pretty standard, the second is all about saving NPCs from a poisonous valley and giving them the medical treatment they need.
Dragon Quest Builders
3Dragon Quest Wars
The Game Boy Advanced and Nintendo DS are remembered by many ashandheld gaming at its finest. With many games providing experiences not available on consoles or PC systems. Dragon Quest Wars is a perfect example of such an experience, and its Metascore is well-earned.
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Players will rack up points by sending their monsters to compete against other monsters in turn-based strategy battles. While this game features far fewer complexities compared to other Dragon Quest games, its simplistic mechanics make it a very fun and streamlined experience. Players can achieve victory in the game by either wiping out their opponent’s monsters or invading their base.
Dragon Quest Wars
2Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime
The gameplay of Rocket Slime is very different from other Dragon Quest Heroes games — in the sense it is not a Musou game. Its gameplay is more reminiscent of portable action-adventure games of the time, such asThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pastand Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku.
The game is filled with many different ways to play, such aslarge robotic tank fights, where the player must operate their tank by completing tasks within the tank in order to destroy the enemy tank fits. These features make the game a really fun and ever-changing experience.
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
1Dragon Quest Builders 2
Metascore: 86
Dragon Quest Builders 2is the highest-rated spin-off game in the Dragon Quest franchise — and rightfully so. Just like the previous Dragon Quest Builders, the game features many likable NPCs and lots of crafting elements. It features a lot more of each than its predecessor and an even richer story experience.
It features a lot more of each than its predecessor and an even richer story experience.
Just like the first game, each world the player goes to shakes things up with its own different objectives and strategies in order to survive and complete it. Some locations even change basic elements of the game in order to deliver a unique feeling from all other locations.
Dragon Quest Builders 2
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