Getting your sword dirty in Dragon Quest Swords

by David Hinkle { Jul 24th 2007 at 5:30PM }

Siliconera has gotten their hands on a Japanese copy of Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. In taking the game for a spin, they carefully document the beginning portions of the game and let us all know what to expect from the upcoming Square Enix title.

First, navigation sounds like it will be a pain. Unlike most 3D titles, you will not have analog control over your character, instead requiring you to move as if you're "walking around in Resident Evil 1." Ouch, that's not very good. Also, when navigating the enemy-infested areas, the game goes semi on-rails. There's two strikes.

Battling seems to add lots of flavor, though. In describing the many formations of enemies and their own distinctive attacks, as well as the art of blocking, we've found the thing that offsets the lack of navigational freedom, in our eyes. Seriously, it could probably get repetitive after a bit (we're just speculating here, having never played the game), but overall it looks to be very fun.

See also: Massive amount of Dragon Quest Swords videos

Tags: dragonquest, dragonquestswords, enix, japan, square, squareenix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 24th 2007 6:47PM

It did reach the top of the charts and pushed Wii to 100k last week. I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt.

Ghaleon @ Jul 25th 2007 9:36AM

It's Japan + Squeenix, gamers there would buy an empty case with a FF/DQ logo on it.

MisterL @ Jul 25th 2007 3:06PM

So true Ghaleon, Japanese people skip work to stand in ridiculous lines to buy anything Dragon Quest; they would probably buy a turd if it had the DQ logo on it. Imagine when DQ9 comes out... Oh the horror, there will be many deaths (mainly from Reggie). Out of all the DQ games, I'm looking forward to DQ9 the most, Swords looks a little bit shallow to me.