A minecraft-style survival game with an actual story and real progression based on what you build? YES, PLEASE!

This game is ridiculously fun and super easy. The graphics look amazing on the tv or even hand held. No lag what so ever and the music is very nice. Easy to get lost in the game for hours. Super fun game for all ages. Side quests are fun, and battling dragons. Much better than Minecraft. Can't wait for the second one to come out. Highly recommend this game.

My wife and I stream video games on Twitch and we had asked our chat to recommend a game that we would enjoy. They mentioned Dragon Quest Builders on the Nintendo Switch. After downloading the free demo off the Nintendo eShop (which I highly recommend you do), we both instantly fell in love with the game and immediately purchased the full version. NOTE: Your progress in the demo does NOT carry over to the full game, so if you are playing that and enjoying it, your best bet is to then hold off until you get the full game so you aren't replaying too much of the story. You play as the Builder in what I would say is a cross between Minecraft (for the building) and an RPG set in the Dragon Quest universe. You'll face off against many recognizable enemies from the mainline series, including the Slime! The game is broken up into four distinct chapters. You cannot carry over your progress from chapter to chapter BUT you can return to your previous chapter town if you want to build more (or go after the hidden challenges). At first I didn't like this feature but then you get used to it. Look at it this way, even though you build up your first town in Chapter 1 and gain all of this experience in what you can craft that won't carry over into Chapter 2, you are instead given another clean slate that you can design from the ground up in a completely different way than you did your previous town. There is also a mode unlocked after completing Chapter 1 called Terra Incognita which is an entire world you can craft without having to go from Chapter to Chapter. It's more of a free open-world mode without the story to drive you forward. The more main chapters you complete, the more you can unlock in Terra Incognita to play. Your mileage with this mode will vary...we both haven't played much of it as we both have been enjoying progressing through the story since that gives you more of a purpose. All in all, I would highly recommend Dragon Quest Builders! If you never played any of the Dragon Quest games before, that will not affect your enjoyment of this one. And with Dragon Quest Builders 2 right around the corner (which, if you have save data from Dragon Quest Builders, you'll unlock a few cool goodies in the new game) it's the perfect time to jump in and start building! :)

Overall fun game. Not the greatest port from PS4, but still looks good and I love the portability of the switch. It sucks that Best buy got rid of their gamer club. It made buying games from them so much better. I love the game play and the story of rebuilding a world destroyed by the possible bad ending to a rpg. You will go through hours of gameplay and not notice the time. It's like mine craft just without the multiplayer element. With rpg story thrown in. Has all the familiar characters from dragon quest...well the NPCs. Enjoy!

This game kept getting great reviews, and I finally I ran out of games to play so I figured I’d try it out. This game is not Minecraft, there is a clear goal and really you only have to build what is required. But... they suck you into having fun while building. They give you designs to build and you’re like, I could make it better than that. And before you know it you’re making your defenses better than the minimum. Finding the side quests and unlocking new armor and weapons. Bigger and badder enemies with bigger and badder rewards. And it is impressive just how much you can manipulate the world. With a great story that sets you up right at the beginning as NOT being the hero. An idea that intrigued me. Highly recommended!