Ranking All of Dragon Quest Games on Nintendo Switch – SwitchArcade Special Edition – TouchArcade

It was delivered to my consideration after rating the Final Fantasy games on Nintendo Swap some time again that I ought to give equal time to its rival/stablemate. Effectively, since I’ve performed the Mario games, Zelda games, and Pokemon games, I would as nicely go about rating the Dragon Quest video games we’ve got accessible on the system. Be aware that outdoors of Japan we don’t have practically as many video games on this sequence. There are one other 4 or 5 video games on the Japanese eShop, however as they aren’t accessible in English I’m going to go away them be. That leaves us with a pointy seven to rank, from the worst to the perfect. These probably dangerous opinions are mine and mine alone, and I take full duty for them. Time for the rankings!

7. Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Let me be clear: I consider Dragon Quest to be like pie in that there isn’t any such factor as a foul one. However as ordinary, one thing must be on the underside of this listing. If this had been a greater port of Dragon Quest II it won’t be right here, however the stuttering scrolling and fewer than spectacular visible replace give an extra burden to a sport that already finds itself in an ungainly place between the uncomplicated unique and well-rounded third entry. Nonetheless, you must nonetheless play this in case you imply to play the remainder of the unique trilogy.

6. Dragon Quest

I actually and really take pleasure in replaying this primary sport, and I achieve this yearly. It’s virtually a prototype of the Japanese RPG style, however the simplicity of it and general lack of filler makes it a comparatively breezy affair, particularly with the boosted gold and expertise factors positive aspects in these remakes. That mentioned, it suffers from the identical stuttering because the second sport and has a really related visible fashion. I can also’t deny that it’s a little bit of a grindy affair, extra so than every other sport within the sequence. Possibly that’s what you’re within the temper for, although.

5. Dragon Quest Treasures

As Dragon Quest spin-offs go, this may need been a slight misfire. It’s nearly a bit too simple, and a few gamers on the lookout for a extra strong role-playing expertise is likely to be turned off by it. That makes it a sensible choice for youthful gamers or those that are new to the style, if nothing else. It appears good, performs nicely, and in case you get into the treasure-hunting mechanics there’s a lot to take pleasure in right here. There’s nothing else within the sequence fairly prefer it, and given how its gross sales went, there could by no means be once more.

4. Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Placing this right here is totally painful for me, on condition that the third entry within the sequence is usually amongst my prime few video games within the sequence. However as soon as once more, it’s a case of a weaker port. It’s not fairly as dangerous because the ports of the opposite two unique trilogy video games, however it doesn’t look nice working on Swap and when it comes to content material and general polish it falls wanting even the Recreation Boy Shade port. With all of that mentioned, even a lower than greatest model of Dragon Quest III remains to be Dragon Quest III. It’s nearly pretty much as good as you will get for RPGs from the 8-bit console period. A really epic pay-off to the tales and lore constructed up within the first two video games, and worthwhile context for the remainder of the sequence in some shocking methods.

3. Dragon Quest Builders

I feel folks might go both means on this one, however as a lot as I like Dragon Quest Builders for its spectacular mix of Minecraft and Dragon Quest, I just like the sequel just a bit bit extra. On this first sport’s favor, it runs a bit higher on the Swap than its follow-up does. Some may also desire its extra centered strategy to its concepts. By itself, it truly is a fabulous sport and a pleasant gateway to get Dragon Quest gamers into Minecraft and Minecraft gamers into Dragon Quest. Plus, who doesn’t love tales the place you get to see the alternate universe the place issues went dangerous as an alternative of excellent?

2. Dragon Quest Builders 2

For me, that is the higher of the 2 Builders video games. It’s extra feature-rich, has nice multiplayer choices, and the scope of nearly each facet has been expanded in satisfying methods. The story can be so much higher, particularly in case you’ve performed Dragon Quest II earlier than. With the bigger dimension comes an additional burden on the {hardware}, nevertheless, so do bear in mind that it has some efficiency points at occasions. So long as you possibly can tolerate that, there isn’t a lot to dislike in Dragon Quest Builders 2. It’s a improbable action-RPG, and I might go so far as to say the perfect such within the Dragon Quest franchise.

1. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Version

A really unsurprising alternative, I’m positive. Dragon Quest XI is a superb RPG and a powerful entry on this legendary sequence. This Swap model provides a bunch of additional goodies to the earlier launch, however even in case you by no means contact any of that stuff you’ve bought an epic quest forward of you. The story is great, and the characters are fairly endearing. You possibly can even select to play the entire sport in classic-style 2D. And for all of the Dragon Quest VIII followers on the market, you possibly can costume up the hero as the primary character from that sport and even use a few of its music. A must have RPG on the Swap, and the best Dragon Quest expertise on the console you can get.

In some methods, this was essentially the most troublesome certainly one of these but for me. I like the Dragon Quest sequence, and it’s very laborious to select favorites because of this. I anticipate some people to disagree with me, and I’m very happy to see your individual rankings within the feedback under. I’ll in all probability be again with one other rating earlier than too lengthy, however I haven’t determined but which sequence I’ll sort out subsequent. Thanks for studying!