Dragon Quest Swords The Masked Queen And The Tower Of Mirror Review

Five years have passed since the defeat of the Deathbringer, and the kingdom of Avalonia joyously celebrates what seems to be an everlasting era of peace. However, a closer look reveals that things are amiss. Calamity arises within the kingdom, as unfamiliar and powerful monsters invade the outskirts of the town. With the Deathbringer gone, what explanation is there for the onset of these monsters? And what of the queen, who has come to hide her face behind a strange mask? Make your way through the perilous journey, solve the baffling mysteries and return order to Avalonia. While the story is of the Dragon Quest standards the gameplay is not. Its FPS with wii mote slashes and what not. While this doesnt sound to fun and sound slike it wouldnt work well with the wiimote, your almost right. While a lot fo the stuff isnt as respnsive or as accurate as one would hope there is still some joy out of the game. Its a new twist to the series that seems to just be put out for the name selling and not the game, since DQ will be on the DS from now on or so we have been told. But this is another mediocre title for the wii brought to you by Square ENIX. Personally everytime they try something different like this it gets screwed up, look at Dirge of Cerberus for the PS2. But then again this wasnt suppose to revitalize the series its just to have fun and appeal to everyone, as it does. The wiimote is all that is used here, you use the motion to do strikes and slashes and the D-pad navigates you down the path. You use B to trigger your shield and 2 for your special attack. Very simple much liek the visuals, simple. The cute cartoony look that we love from Akira Toriyama is well present here. As well as the very soothing sounds of the soundtrack you will recognize from previous games. All very calming or intense depending on the situation at hand. While there isnt much to this game, it simplicity is what makes it unique. No worrying about turn based gameplay now your worried about making the correct hit on millions of differnt slime types. So check this one out if your a fan of the series like me, but if your not a fan of the DQ series it may not be as enjoyable unless your wanting to get in some good sword tech.