![]() The first Dragon Quest Heroes offers up a tight experience with a lot of tower defense-style battles, where defeating enemies rewards you with their coins, which you can use to summon those monsters back to the battlefield on your side. The unique flavors only come out when you view the games as a whole. Sure, the basic gameplay loop is very similar, but the same could be said of most RPGs as well. While Warriors games often seem like they’re retreading old ground, the Dragon Quest Heroes games prove that that assertion is only skin-deep. In this case, though, those combatants are the slimes, drackies, and golems you’ve been hunting for experience for decades. The Dragon Quest Heroes games were marketed as proper action RPGs in the Dragon Quest universe, packed with fan-favorite characters, leveling systems, equipment crafting, and in the sequel, even a job system! But when you start a playthrough, you’re immediately dropped into that familiar Warriors rhythm, alternating light and heavy attacks to tear through hundreds of enemy combatants. Luckily, we have a couple of games that the developers at Omega Force have already deemed their first forays into full-on RPG territory.ĭragon Quest Heroes offers up the same slime puns you know and love from the core series. Let Nathan Lee’s glowing review sell you on that one. But while it’s proving to be a heavy hitter, it’s still a bit fresh at the time of this writing. Of course, there’s the obvious Persona 5 Strikers, a full sequel to Persona 5. ![]() Let’s start with the low-hanging fruit: the gateway games, those titles you’ve already played or have eyed whenever they’re on sale. Exhibit A: Several of Them Are Already RPGs ![]() And while it might generate some rolled eyes whenever a new property gets the Warriors treatment, I’m here to tell you not only why they deserve another look, but why they might be the perfect action game for RPG fans. ![]() Whether they’re wooing traditional RPG fans with games like Dragon Quest Heroes, adventure fans with the Hyrule Warriors series, or tactical RPG fans with Fire Emblem Warriors, there’s a solid chance that the Warriors games have branched into a series you care about. While they’re easy to dismiss as simple, repetitive action games, their occasional forays into some beloved franchise or another has brought them a fair amount of attention. Of course you have! Ever since Dynasty Warriors 2 landed on the PS2 back in the olden days of the year 2000, the one-versus-one-thousand brand of beat-em-up has been a staple, hitting every major console release, most minor console releases, and a metric ton of spinoffs. You’ve heard of Warriors (or Musou, if you’re feeling fancy) games before. ![]()
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