Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
Developer(s) Omega Force
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Director(s) Tomohiko Sho
Producer(s) Ryota Aomi
Kenichi Ogasawara
Designer(s) Michio Yamada
Programmer(s) Yu Ito
Artist(s) Akira Toriyama
Kentaro Yamamoto
Eiichiro Nakastu
Writer(s) Atsushi Narita
Composer(s) Koichi Sugiyama
Series Dragon Quest
Platform(s) PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

  • JP February 26, 2015
  • NA October 13, 2015
  • EU October 16, 2015

Microsoft Windows

  • WW December 3, 2015
Genre(s) Action role-playing, hack and slash
Mode(s) Single-player

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[1] (ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城 Doragon Kuesto Hīrōzu Yamiryuu to Sekaiju no Shiro, lit. "Dragon Quest Heroes: The Dark Dragon and the World Tree Castle") is a 2015 hack-and-slash game for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. It was released in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on February 26, 2015,[2][3] and in North America and Europe for the PlayStation 4 in October 2015.[4][5] The game received generally good reviews and will see a sequel in 2016.

Gameplay

Dragon Quest Heroes mixes the hack-and-slash gameplay of Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series of video games, with the characters and monsters from Square Enix's Dragon Quest series.

Plot

The game is set in the Kingdom of Arba, where mankind and monsters live peacefully. One day, monsters began to attack mankind suddenly leading the captains of the Royal Guard named Luceus and Aurora to recover the hearts of monsters.[6]

Development

Dragon Quest Heroes was developed by Omega Force, who are better known for their hack and slash Dynasty Warriors franchise,[7] and published by Square Enix.

At a Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference on September 1, 2014, the game was announced by Yuji Horii.[2] As a promotion, a special edition PlayStation 4, featuring the metal slime from Dragon Quest, was released on December 11, 2014, selling 38,000 units in its first week.[8]

Reception

Famitsu awarded Dragon Quest Heroes a 35/40.[9] More than 594,000 copies were sold in its first week, 325,000 on PS3 and 269,000 on PS4. Dragon Quest Heroes is currently the second best selling PS4 game in Japan, and the first not including hardware bundles.[10] In July 2015, Square Enix announced that they will release more Dragon Quest video games in the West if the company is satisfied with the sales of Heroes.[11] On July 28, 2015, Square Enix announced that the title had sold more than one million units.[12]

In the west, Dragon Quest Heroes received a positive reception with an average critic score of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 40 reviews.[13]

IGN awarded it a score of 6.2 out of 10, saying "The joy of fighting defenseless creatures in Dragon Quest Heroes only lasts a short while."[14] Gamespot awarded it a score of 8.0 out of 10, saying "affords every lover of the franchise the rare opportunity to cause genocidal destruction with the kind of efficiency you cannot find in a turn-based RPG."[15]

Sequel

As the game received both positive commercial and critical reception, Square Enix announced that they would be developing a sequel for the game.[16] The game will be released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.[17] Dragon Quest Heroes II, subtitled Tsuinzu-ō to yogen no endingu (ツインズ王と預言のエンディング, lit. "Twins Kings and Ending of the Prophecy"), is set to be released in Japan on May 27, 2016.[12][18]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Ramsey (2015-04-17). "Bad News for Us Writers as Dragon Quest Heroes Gets a Massive Western Subtitle - Push Square". Push Square. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. 1 2 Michael McWhertor (2014-09-01). "Dragon Quest Heroes brings the series back to PlayStation in Dynasty Warriors style". Polygon. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Dragon Quest Heroes™: Yamiryuu to Sekaiju no Shiro". PlayStation.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dan Seto (2015-02-25). "Dragon Quest Heroes Coming to PS4 in 2015". Sony Playstation Blog. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  5. ↑ Karmali, Luke. "Dragon Quest Heroes Release Date and Collector's Edition Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "［TGS 2014］100万体のモンスター軍が迫る！　「ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城」デモンストレーションステージをレポート". 4gamer.com. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  7. ↑ Colin Moriarty (2014-09-01). "Dragon Quest Heroes revealed for PlayStation 4". IGN. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  8. ↑ Ishaan (2014-12-23). "The Dragon Quest Metal Slime Edition PS4 Sold 38,000 Units In Japan". Siliconera. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  9. ↑ ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城. "ファミ通クロスレビュー: プラチナ殿堂 (35点)"
  10. ↑ 「ドラゴンクエストヒーローズ 闇竜と世界樹の城」が合計59万4000本のヒットとなった「ゲームソフト週間販売ランキング＋」. Aetas, Inc.
  11. ↑ Kollar, Philip (July 6, 2015). "More Dragon Quest games could come to North America if Dragon Quest Heroes sells". Polygon. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Romano, Sal (July 28, 2015). "Dragon Quest Heroes II Slated Spring 2016 in Japan". Gematsu. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (PS4) - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  14. ↑ Mc Shea, Tom (October 14, 2015). "Dragon Quest Heroes Review". IGN. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ Concepcion, Miguel (October 7, 2015). "Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below Review". GameSpot. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  16. ↑ "新たなる冒険の幕開け！『ドラゴンクエストヒーローズⅡ』制作決定のお知らせ". Square Enix. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  17. ↑ McWhertor, Michael (April 1, 2015). "Dragon Quest Heroes 2 coming to PS3, PS4 and PS Vita". Polygon. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ Ashcraft, Brian. "Square Enix Just Disappointed The Hell Out Of Dragon Quest Fans". Kotaku. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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