I still remember when they first announced the game, and I was already super excited! I got the Japanese version and played it for months, even though I didn't understand Japanese. Then I got the English version. The same thing happened when they released the second game, and I absolutely loved it! It was definitely better than the first game. But, you're right, there were too many limits in these games, especially with only 60npcs. I was really hoping they'd make a remaster for PS5 or update, but nothing happened. Now, I'm really hoping they'll make a third game, but we'll just have to wait and see. It's taking forever!
Yeah, and now with Akira Toriyama's passing, it's hard to see it happening any time soon. Who knows? I would prefer they move on from DQB2 rather than update it as well. It would require too much work to make it into something that will keep players interested for a long time.
I wish more dragon quest builders games were released worldwide, some close people older than 50 and younger than 20 are enjoying the games too. If the games get trending it could increase chances of the sequel coming
If they do make a third one I would like to see these things added or change: 1. Able to have more people than the limit of 60 on each island. 2. Unlimited rooms. 3. After you beat the story your hunger meeter goes away. 4. People on your islands should be to go anywhere on the island not just the area you sign them to. 5. Slot machine, poker tables and other casino stuff so you can build casinos. 6. Be able to build your own boat and drive it to all the islands without a showfer. 7. Have magical spells That is what I would like to see.
It’s almost 2024 and still no updates about whether DQB3 is in development. I heard the director quit though, so we may never get a third installment T.T
I want a DQB3 more than anything. Maybe even a DQB4, and have a different mode where you play as builder Psaro. And then have after builder Psaro story is over, you play as the good builder and revive the places that builder Psaro destroyed. But going back to DQB3. What DQB3 need is this: I remember in Chapter 2 in DQB2, the villagers say they hunt rabbit for meat. I would actually like for them to hunt instead of having on rely on just me for them to get the meat. I would like the option of fishing to not be DLC. I would love to see more food. And the biggest thing is that I want to see more options for designs. I am not creative, so I just make things anyone can do, but I have a hard time feeling how I want to make the designs. It was most apparent after Chapter 3, when I hated the basic design of the castle on my island. Also, make ice traps more useful, as I found them useless, unlike the tornado and fire traps.
Ah, a Dragon Quest IV fan? I haven't played that one, just 3 and part of 8, but I know who Psaro is, and I can understand why people would want to see him again. Those are all good ideas for DQB3. I have a new video about what I'd like to see if they do make DQB3 if you haven't seen it yet, but I do mention how gathering meat is a tedious process, and that applies to some other materials in the game too. My idea was to have a system where NPCs go out and gather pretty much any material for you in exchange for money (which would also be a new system).
One thought for your hunting idea, perhaps there should be villagers that either serve as hunters, or "heroes" that can be sent out into the world to gather items for you, probably for a price.
Villager vocations would easily solve your problem. Aside from the iconic ones like Paladin and Thief, villagers could have expanded professions like a hunter or an innkeeper. One of the gripes I have is having a miner (the buff dudes with the mask), actually doesn't do anything iirc. What if we get a prospector to replenish our ores, or a shepherd. There should also be a 'Jack of Alltrades' kinda character that will allow us and our villagers to change vocations. Pathing is also a nitpick of mine, since the villagers and monsters consider every block to be walkable... we could get a tool that will allow us to assign placed blocks to become paths that the villagers could walk around on without them ending up on rooftops... Unfortunately the director of both games already left, but I agree that this spinoff series has a ton of potential. I do hope Square would consider making a third game.
I just picked up DQB for new years as part of the PS collection. I was a fan of previous dragon quest games and Minecraft so the fit was natural. I agree with all of your assessments and I am very excited to continue with DBQ2.
Im a huge dragon quest fan, and i often consider builders 2 my favorite in the series despite being a spinoff. It has all the charm of the main series and the characters and story are so endearing. The building is perfect in 2 i think. If anything i feel like they could tweak the combat a bit, obviously its not the focus but its the only thing i can think of thats underwhelming in the game.
As much as I love DQB2, there is a _LOT_ they can improve on, and I've made a video about it if you're interested. You are right about the combat though. That's one area that desperately needs improvement if they decide to make a DQB3.
Bro i love that u still talk about one of the best game series I ever experienced. I completely relate to u even though I just found ur channel ❤ U have my sub partner !😊
Hell yeah, if there's a game I love, I'm gonna talk about it regardless of how old it is! Dragon Quest Builders 2 is one of my favorite Square Enix games of all time, but it definitely has some things holding it back. With a new game and some very important upgrades, it has potential be one of the best games ever made, just sayin' Thank for the sub and don't forget to check out my follow-up video to this one 😉
Waiting for 3 too. real multiplayer support and trading between towns would be the absolut thing. But from all the building games I played, this one stood out and I love it till today.
I think DQB3 should try to take inspiration from Builders 1 in terms of atmosphere and survival elements. DQB2 arguably has more boring combat and removes power from the player and instead gives some to Malroth NPC. All building mechanics were better in DQB2 and that together with first person mode was the real improvement. Imo they should also stick to DQ3 story and not make random stuff up like in DQB2. My twenty cents
It doesn't really matter if they follow the story or not since it's a spin-off imo. I have another video full of the ideas I'd like to see in a DQB3, and most of them build upon stuff from 2 rather than 1. Biggest one for the combat being the introduction of different classes to play as, which would make things a lot more fun and replayable.
I love dragon quest and dragon quest builders 2 - I played it on the switch back in 2019 (I even preordered it and was so hyped). Now i play it again on the pc for about 2 months an still love it. But I really wish higher limits for rooms and useable items
Yeah, if they make a 3rd game, they need to not just expand the limits, but remove them entirely. That would make the game able to have a lot more staying power than it currently does. Thanks for the comment 👍
You, me and every damn person who played Builders games wants them to drop Dragon Quest XII and make a Builders 3 based on the Archlord Baramos. But until they get that 2D-HD Dragon Quest 3 remake, it ain't happening.
As a Vita fan, DQB1 always felt like the Vita's opposite but equal analog to A Link Between Worlds: a sequel to a classic game from the 90s, but where ALBW created a much more non-linear variation on A Link to the Past's formula, DQB1 was a much more linear variation on Minecraft's formula.
Really? I had no idea that people hated on Moonbrooke. It seemed fairly obvious to me that it was the best part of the campaign. Thanks for the comment 👍
I don’t think people hated the place. They mostly hated the npcs for how they ***slight spoiler*** treated your companion. Otherwise it provided the biggest area to build and had Easter eggs from previous games
@@elektrasterling1603 Is that why? That's kind of a petty reason since it was explained in the story, if I recall correctly. I mean, you have a moody being of destruction as your partner, so it should be expected that there will be some ups and downs lol
Thanks for the content, been waiting for DQB3 since, DQ3 Roto's adventure is my fav and also my first DQ game in NES. Still waiting for the DQ3 HD Remake and hope they will follow a DQB3 too.
Hey thanks for watching! Dragon Quest 3 is pretty awesome so having the DQB3 inspired by that game gives it so much potential to be one of the best games ever. Don't forget to check out my follow-up video to this one if you haven't yet. Cheers 👍
I actually enjoyed the episodic formula of DQB1 better than the interconnected world of 2. Each world was like it's own unique, self-contained sand box. DQB2 was a bit too much. It felt less satisfying to build each world's town.
it really surprised me when the npc started cooking after i built kitchen , and even served the food if we have tables . not only that,the toilet ,swimming pool also used by npc
Oh yeah, the amount of complexity they developed for this game was very impressive, which is why I really hope they will expand upon it even further by making a third game. Thanks for the comment 👍
science i tried the demo of dragon quest builders 1 in nintendo switch in january 2018 i couldn´t wait for it to release, i remember the exact day 14th of april i waked up at 7pm just to play it early, befor i go to school, so i finished the game in less than 2 weeks and i couldn´t stop playing it, and scvience the release of dqb 2 in june 2019 i still play it ocasionally, definitly my fauvorite game.
It still amazes me how great DQB2 turned out. Definitely understandable for you to pick that as your favorite game. But I still think that if they made a DQB3, it could be even better! I'll have a new video out soon about what I want them to do with it so stay tuned 😉
couldn't agree more. I never got into minecraft either because i just can't get past how awful it looks. and I still adore dragon quest builders 2. I want more people to play it. and I want a 3rd one REAL bad.
Heck yeah, I hope the third game happens too. And even though the visuals put me off, I'd probably still get really addicted to Minecraft if I played it lol.
I think Steam Deck compatibility is tested and confirmed by developers, not Steam, so if they haven't touched the game since the Deck came out, it will say unsupported by default.
I played through DQB1 3 times, and got the platinum for it. I couldn't even make it past the first world in DQB2 because I was bored out of my skull. The same for FF7 Remake and Rebirth. Both sequels have people saying they're better than the first in every conceivable way, and yet the first in each series were so much more satisfying and complete-feeling to me. More things =\= better game. Keep it simple, we don't need endless complexities.
As much as I love DQB2, I will admit that the campaign is slow as hell. Though I much prefer having more complexity and options at my disposal, so you probably wouldn't like what I had in mind for what I want if they made DQB3 lol
@@LowestExpectationsmaybe it's because he made a dragon quest builders video as well but also your cadence and the way you pronounce the end of sentences is similar
I have zero interest in Minecraft, but love dragon quest. Thought this video would’ve sold me, but it didn’t lol game seems so pointless. And this is coming from a person who put down Tears of the Kingdom because the building / crafting was too much, I just prefer JRPG style gameplay
Yeah if you think the building in TotK is too much, this game probably won't be for you. But I thought it wasn't for me before I tried it too, and look at me now lol. Thanks for the comment 👍 Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, TotK's building is not comparable to DQB at all. You can like one and not like the other, easily. DQB at least allows for a lot more creative freedom to do what you want, though unfortunately with some limitations Minecraft doesn't have.
rimworld, Dwarf Fortress has the NPCS, detailed building mechanics but not the 3d buildings. Minecraft has the 3D buildings but you are alone and often has to use your "imagination" of what that block surpose to look like and often has to rely on glitch, trick. This game is the middle the ground, i love it but the story pace suck and i can't skip any of it, the moding community of this game is none existence. Damn it, it is tough to love a game too few people know about, you aint get that skyrim treatment.
Yeah, it's unfortunate. There is a lot of potential the DQB series has to be awesome, and if they did a little bit more with it, it could be great. idk if you saw my follow-up video to this one, but I did mention the slow pace of the story along with a lot of other things that could be improved to make a DQB3 amazing. Thanks for the comment!
What I'd like to see in Dragon Quest Builders 3: ua-cam.com/video/iAxumUTqAtA/v-deo.html
Give me all your ideas so I can dream some more. 🥲
The improvement between dqb1 and 2 was AMAZING and i think a 3rd game would allow them to improve themselves even more
Agreed. I hope they are working on it soon.
I still remember when they first announced the game, and I was already super excited! I got the Japanese version and played it for months, even though I didn't understand Japanese. Then I got the English version. The same thing happened when they released the second game, and I absolutely loved it! It was definitely better than the first game. But, you're right, there were too many limits in these games, especially with only 60npcs. I was really hoping they'd make a remaster for PS5 or update, but nothing happened. Now, I'm really hoping they'll make a third game, but we'll just have to wait and see. It's taking forever!
Yeah, and now with Akira Toriyama's passing, it's hard to see it happening any time soon. Who knows? I would prefer they move on from DQB2 rather than update it as well. It would require too much work to make it into something that will keep players interested for a long time.
I wish more dragon quest builders games were released worldwide, some close people older than 50 and younger than 20 are enjoying the games too.
If the games get trending it could increase chances of the sequel coming
Yeah these games are fun no matter how old you are or how much gaming experience you have.
If they do make a third one I would like to see these things added or change:
1. Able to have more people than the limit of 60 on each island.
2. Unlimited rooms.
3. After you beat the story your hunger meeter goes away.
4. People on your islands should be to go anywhere on the island not just the area you sign them to.
5. Slot machine, poker tables and other casino stuff so you can build casinos.
6. Be able to build your own boat and drive it to all the islands without a showfer.
7. Have magical spells
That is what I would like to see.
Some good ideas, and I go over a lot of these same suggestions in my follow-up video!
It’s almost 2024 and still no updates about whether DQB3 is in development. I heard the director quit though, so we may never get a third installment T.T
Big sad if true 😔
I want a DQB3 more than anything. Maybe even a DQB4, and have a different mode where you play as builder Psaro. And then have after builder Psaro story is over, you play as the good builder and revive the places that builder Psaro destroyed.
But going back to DQB3. What DQB3 need is this: I remember in Chapter 2 in DQB2, the villagers say they hunt rabbit for meat. I would actually like for them to hunt instead of having on rely on just me for them to get the meat. I would like the option of fishing to not be DLC. I would love to see more food. And the biggest thing is that I want to see more options for designs. I am not creative, so I just make things anyone can do, but I have a hard time feeling how I want to make the designs. It was most apparent after Chapter 3, when I hated the basic design of the castle on my island. Also, make ice traps more useful, as I found them useless, unlike the tornado and fire traps.
Ah, a Dragon Quest IV fan? I haven't played that one, just 3 and part of 8, but I know who Psaro is, and I can understand why people would want to see him again.
Those are all good ideas for DQB3. I have a new video about what I'd like to see if they do make DQB3 if you haven't seen it yet, but I do mention how gathering meat is a tedious process, and that applies to some other materials in the game too. My idea was to have a system where NPCs go out and gather pretty much any material for you in exchange for money (which would also be a new system).
One thought for your hunting idea, perhaps there should be villagers that either serve as hunters, or "heroes" that can be sent out into the world to gather items for you, probably for a price.
Villager vocations would easily solve your problem. Aside from the iconic ones like Paladin and Thief, villagers could have expanded professions like a hunter or an innkeeper. One of the gripes I have is having a miner (the buff dudes with the mask), actually doesn't do anything iirc. What if we get a prospector to replenish our ores, or a shepherd. There should also be a 'Jack of Alltrades' kinda character that will allow us and our villagers to change vocations.
Pathing is also a nitpick of mine, since the villagers and monsters consider every block to be walkable... we could get a tool that will allow us to assign placed blocks to become paths that the villagers could walk around on without them ending up on rooftops...
Unfortunately the director of both games already left, but I agree that this spinoff series has a ton of potential. I do hope Square would consider making a third game.
Making the last boss extremely hard is a calling card of the DQ series. I always stop there lol.
At least I'm not alone 😂
I just picked up DQB for new years as part of the PS collection. I was a fan of previous dragon quest games and Minecraft so the fit was natural. I agree with all of your assessments and I am very excited to continue with DBQ2.
Nice! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did 👍
Im a huge dragon quest fan, and i often consider builders 2 my favorite in the series despite being a spinoff. It has all the charm of the main series and the characters and story are so endearing. The building is perfect in 2 i think. If anything i feel like they could tweak the combat a bit, obviously its not the focus but its the only thing i can think of thats underwhelming in the game.
As much as I love DQB2, there is a _LOT_ they can improve on, and I've made a video about it if you're interested. You are right about the combat though. That's one area that desperately needs improvement if they decide to make a DQB3.
Bro i love that u still talk about one of the best game series I ever experienced. I completely relate to u even though I just found ur channel ❤ U have my sub partner !😊
Hell yeah, if there's a game I love, I'm gonna talk about it regardless of how old it is! Dragon Quest Builders 2 is one of my favorite Square Enix games of all time, but it definitely has some things holding it back. With a new game and some very important upgrades, it has potential be one of the best games ever made, just sayin'
Thank for the sub and don't forget to check out my follow-up video to this one 😉
I played dqb2 with very low expectations, it turned out I was wrong, it kept me wanting to know what happens next!
Heck yeah, the story was pretty surprising. Going in with low expectations is a good way to do things, just sayin'
Thanks for the comment 👍
Waiting for 3 too. real multiplayer support and trading between towns would be the absolut thing. But from all the building games I played, this one stood out and I love it till today.
I need Dragon Quest Builders 3 too
I think DQB3 should try to take inspiration from Builders 1 in terms of atmosphere and survival elements. DQB2 arguably has more boring combat and removes power from the player and instead gives some to Malroth NPC. All building mechanics were better in DQB2 and that together with first person mode was the real improvement. Imo they should also stick to DQ3 story and not make random stuff up like in DQB2. My twenty cents
It doesn't really matter if they follow the story or not since it's a spin-off imo. I have another video full of the ideas I'd like to see in a DQB3, and most of them build upon stuff from 2 rather than 1. Biggest one for the combat being the introduction of different classes to play as, which would make things a lot more fun and replayable.
i'm not a dragon quest fan and i hate minecraft but i love this game so much. we need a third one.
Heck yeah, that's what's so cool about this spin-off. You really don't know if you'll like it until you try it.
I just started a few days ago playing this game I love it
It's great isn't it? 😁
I love dragon quest and dragon quest builders 2 - I played it on the switch back in 2019 (I even preordered it and was so hyped). Now i play it again on the pc for about 2 months an still love it. But I really wish higher limits for rooms and useable items
Yeah, if they make a 3rd game, they need to not just expand the limits, but remove them entirely. That would make the game able to have a lot more staying power than it currently does. Thanks for the comment 👍
You, me and every damn person who played Builders games wants them to drop Dragon Quest XII and make a Builders 3 based on the Archlord Baramos. But until they get that 2D-HD Dragon Quest 3 remake, it ain't happening.
We shall see, though now with Akira Toriyama gone, I wonder if it will change the future of the series in general.
As a Vita fan, DQB1 always felt like the Vita's opposite but equal analog to A Link Between Worlds: a sequel to a classic game from the 90s, but where ALBW created a much more non-linear variation on A Link to the Past's formula, DQB1 was a much more linear variation on Minecraft's formula.
Interesting take.
Glad to meet someone else who thinks Moonbrooke was the best DQB has to offer. It’s really underrated in my opinion, and absolutely overhated
Really? I had no idea that people hated on Moonbrooke. It seemed fairly obvious to me that it was the best part of the campaign. Thanks for the comment 👍
I don’t think people hated the place. They mostly hated the npcs for how they ***slight spoiler*** treated your companion. Otherwise it provided the biggest area to build and had Easter eggs from previous games
@@elektrasterling1603 Is that why? That's kind of a petty reason since it was explained in the story, if I recall correctly. I mean, you have a moody being of destruction as your partner, so it should be expected that there will be some ups and downs lol
@@LowestExpectations Honestly the only major complaints I had seen about Moonbrooke was about the npcs lol.
Thanks for the content, been waiting for DQB3 since, DQ3 Roto's adventure is my fav and also my first DQ game in NES. Still waiting for the DQ3 HD Remake and hope they will follow a DQB3 too.
Hey thanks for watching! Dragon Quest 3 is pretty awesome so having the DQB3 inspired by that game gives it so much potential to be one of the best games ever. Don't forget to check out my follow-up video to this one if you haven't yet. Cheers 👍
I actually enjoyed the episodic formula of DQB1 better than the interconnected world of 2. Each world was like it's own unique, self-contained sand box. DQB2 was a bit too much. It felt less satisfying to build each world's town.
I don't think it made that much of a difference but that's just me. Thanks for the comment 👍
it really surprised me when the npc started cooking after i built kitchen , and even served the food if we have tables . not only that,the toilet ,swimming pool also used by npc
Oh yeah, the amount of complexity they developed for this game was very impressive, which is why I really hope they will expand upon it even further by making a third game. Thanks for the comment 👍
Hoping they add an endless survival mode with timed horde attacks in the next 1
Hey that would be fun, as long as they improve the combat.
I liked both builders game quite a bit, they easily my favorite game in the genre which is saying a lot given how much time I've put into terraria
Nice. Both DQB games are incredibly fun despite their shortcomings. I haven't played Terraria before, but maybe I should try it someday.
I've beaten both of them on PS and switch a dozen times.. been waiting for a third one forever.
Yeah it's probably my #1 most wanted game.
this is what Minecraft Legend should be
I haven't played that but it looked interesting. RTS mechanics could work well in a game like DQB too.
That Vivec was AWESOME
Thanks! So sad I couldn't finish it 😭
We need a petition!
science i tried the demo of dragon quest builders 1 in nintendo switch in january 2018 i couldn´t wait for it to release, i remember the exact day 14th of april i waked up at 7pm just to play it early, befor i go to school, so i finished the game in less than 2 weeks and i couldn´t stop playing it, and scvience the release of dqb 2 in june 2019 i still play it ocasionally, definitly my fauvorite game.
It still amazes me how great DQB2 turned out. Definitely understandable for you to pick that as your favorite game. But I still think that if they made a DQB3, it could be even better! I'll have a new video out soon about what I want them to do with it so stay tuned 😉
This is the only Dragon Quest game I spent too much time on.
Same!
2 can be resequinced to fill the island of origin map
couldn't agree more. I never got into minecraft either because i just can't get past how awful it looks. and I still adore dragon quest builders 2. I want more people to play it. and I want a 3rd one REAL bad.
Heck yeah, I hope the third game happens too. And even though the visuals put me off, I'd probably still get really addicted to Minecraft if I played it lol.
@@LowestExpectationsMinecraft is fun but kind of hollow.. it's like builders without any story at all, and more annoying combat.
Played today for the first time. Utterly bangs on a steam deck, no idea how it's rated by valve as unsupported and how it's not more popular.
I think Steam Deck compatibility is tested and confirmed by developers, not Steam, so if they haven't touched the game since the Deck came out, it will say unsupported by default.
Best game
U sound exactly like me
>dropped DQ8
irrelevant opinion on any topic, for ever, without any possibility of redemption whatsoever
Lol
I really thought I would get bored
I was wrong
I have 40 hours in already and I just started 3 days ago
Yeah it's addicting isn't it???
Wait there's no mod support on PC? I'm actually surprised to hear that...
Yeah, it's possible to make mods I think, but there is no scene, when I searched I literally only found one mod and it was a color rebalancer lol
I blame @kokuei7765 for this.
I played through DQB1 3 times, and got the platinum for it. I couldn't even make it past the first world in DQB2 because I was bored out of my skull. The same for FF7 Remake and Rebirth. Both sequels have people saying they're better than the first in every conceivable way, and yet the first in each series were so much more satisfying and complete-feeling to me. More things =\= better game. Keep it simple, we don't need endless complexities.
As much as I love DQB2, I will admit that the campaign is slow as hell. Though I much prefer having more complexity and options at my disposal, so you probably wouldn't like what I had in mind for what I want if they made DQB3 lol
are you trying to do a tim rogers impression or is that on accident
I don't know who that is lol
😂
@@LowestExpectationsmaybe it's because he made a dragon quest builders video as well but also your cadence and the way you pronounce the end of sentences is similar
@@LowestExpectations i highly recommend his stuff. he's one of my favorite youtube gaming essay guys
@@felixvids7238 Are you talking about the Kotaku guy...? No thanks.
I have zero interest in Minecraft, but love dragon quest. Thought this video would’ve sold me, but it didn’t lol game seems so pointless. And this is coming from a person who put down Tears of the Kingdom because the building / crafting was too much, I just prefer JRPG style gameplay
Yeah if you think the building in TotK is too much, this game probably won't be for you. But I thought it wasn't for me before I tried it too, and look at me now lol. Thanks for the comment 👍
Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, TotK's building is not comparable to DQB at all. You can like one and not like the other, easily. DQB at least allows for a lot more creative freedom to do what you want, though unfortunately with some limitations Minecraft doesn't have.
rimworld, Dwarf Fortress has the NPCS, detailed building mechanics but not the 3d buildings. Minecraft has the 3D buildings but you are alone and often has to use your "imagination" of what that block surpose to look like and often has to rely on glitch, trick. This game is the middle the ground, i love it but the story pace suck and i can't skip any of it, the moding community of this game is none existence.
Damn it, it is tough to love a game too few people know about, you aint get that skyrim treatment.
Yeah, it's unfortunate. There is a lot of potential the DQB series has to be awesome, and if they did a little bit more with it, it could be great. idk if you saw my follow-up video to this one, but I did mention the slow pace of the story along with a lot of other things that could be improved to make a DQB3 amazing. Thanks for the comment!