Nintendo Switch
Minecraft is an open-world game unlike any other. Players are placed in a borderless, randomly generated land with no supplies, directions, or objective. It is up to them to decide what to do and how to do it. Players collect materials from the world around them in order to ‘craft’ items and build whatever their mind can imagine. The concept is similar to playing with LEGOs, only the amount of blocks is limitless.
Dragon Quest Builders is a spinoff of the classic Dragon Quest video games, set amidst the forests and mountains of its original world of Alefgard. Offered as an alternate ending to the original game, the world is now ruled by monsters and players must gather material and rebuild Alefgard on a grid system similar to Minecraft. Like Minecraft, players must eat food regularly to stay alive. Unlike Minecraft, users’ buildings have levels based on their complexity and how long they’ve endured. Gameplay is divided into four chapters, with each chapter focusing on the reconstruction of a different city in Alefgard.
