“Dragon Quest Treasure Hunting Expedition” embarks on a treasure hunting journey with monsters! Experience the joy of collecting treasures | 4Gamers

When it comes to the Dragon Quest series, many players think of JRPG works such as “Dragon Quest XI”, but in fact, there are many Dragon Quest series like “Dragon Quest Creator 2” This kind of rumored derivative works, the gameplay of these works is not inferior to the orthodox RPG, and some works are even more popular with players.

The “Dragon Quest Treasure Hunting Expedition” introduced in this article is a rumored work launched with the characters “Camus” and “Maya” in the main story “Dragon Quest XI” as the protagonists.

Focus on treasure hunting

The official definition of the type of this work is “treasure hunting RPG”, and the game is indeed about treasure hunting. However, treasure hunting is not a puzzle-solving treasure hunt that requires brainstorming, but a fairly easy pure exploration treasure hunt.

When the monster partner detects that there is a treasure, the player can use the treasure roulette to identify the direction of the treasure. When the distance to the treasure is close enough, the player can further grasp the location of the treasure through the perspective of the monster, and different types of monsters will have Different perspective characteristics, for example, the perspective of bats will be black and white, and the perspective of mud hands will be full of mud.

The main line of this work is to find the “Dragon Stone” treasure. In addition to the Seven Dragon Stone, there are more than 700 treasures to be collected by players on various maps. Items, ranging from basic weapon props to statues of well-known characters, are bound to bring back memories of previous games for veteran players who have played the series.

The world is divided into strongholds and five maps of different styles. Players can freely explore and find treasures to bring back to the stronghold for appraisal prices. Accumulating enough appraisal prices will increase the “team level”. Raising the team level can bring many benefits, in addition to things like In addition to basic improvements such as appraisal value and the number of treasures that can be placed, the most important thing is to unlock new game functions.

“Dispatch team” is a very important new game function. When you talk to a specific NPC when you are in the stronghold, you can designate monster partners to go to the selected island to find treasures and materials. This will not only increase the efficiency of treasure collection, but also Reduce the sense of homework caused by repeated exploration and printing of materials.

In addition, the stronghold can also unlock the “canteen” function. Players have the opportunity to obtain recipes when exploring. Using the canteen function can make use of the recipes and consume specified materials to allow players to temporarily improve their abilities. The monsters in the middle and late stages are quite powerful. The necessity will also increase.

When the progress of the game reaches the middle and late stages, some special events will happen from time to time. For example, if the stronghold is attacked by other treasure hunters, the player must face the treasure hunters. The value of the treasure.

“Monster partners” closely related to exploration and combat

There are 74 types of monsters in total. Different types of monsters not only have different combat abilities, but also have different types of treasures that can be searched for, and the number of treasures that can be carried is also different. It is worth mentioning that there are many monsters of the same type but different The setting of rarity means that the appearance looks very similar, but the ability value and skills will be different. For example, there are at least five kinds of slimes.

In addition, the very important “Joint Exploration” skill when exploring is also determined according to the type of monster. There are five types: big jump, sprint, glide, burrow and search. There are many terrains on the map that require specific joint exploration skills to reach , so choosing monsters with different exploration skills as partners is beneficial to exploration.

The way to make monsters become partners is quite simple. As long as the player wins the monsters when exploring outside, there is a chance to return to the stronghold to recruit monsters. Therefore, even if the player’s level is very low, through some skills to fight monsters later, he can catch monsters in the early stage. to high level monsters.

It is worth noting that this work is mainly about exploring and hunting treasures, and does not belong to the “Dragon Quest Monster Wonderland” series that focuses on cultivation, so there is no “monster synthesis” system in terms of cultivating monsters.

The monster’s ability value can be improved not only by leveling up, but also by using “equipment coins”. Coins are divided into four rarities: copper, silver, gold, and rainbow. In addition to the general monsters that have a chance to drop In addition, you can also get equipment coins by exploring the dungeon of the stronghold. Since the coins can be unloaded and loaded at any time, it is enough without special farming in the middle and late stages.

Combat system for casual players

In terms of combat, this work is a type that can be easily used by light players. The player’s role is biased toward assistance, and the monster partner is the main damage output. In addition to the basic melee attacks, the player mainly uses weapons with special effects. Long-range weapons control the battle.

The monster partners do not need to be controlled by the player, they will automatically attack and release skills, so when facing monsters of the same level, players can win without even doing anything.

In addition to the basic attack, the player can consume the meter bar to perform the “romantic skill”, which is the ultimate move of the monster partner. Since each exploration can choose 3 monster partners to accompany, so there will be three different romantic skills during the battle. technology can be used.

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The more in-depth part of the battle lies in the setting of “skill chain”. Players and monsters can use specific combination attacks to cause a lot of damage, such as slashing, stabbing and other combinations. However, since monsters cannot be manually controlled, it is necessary to To use the skill chain, most of the time it is the player who cooperates with the monster partner.

epilogue

This game is designed with treasure hunting as the main axis, and the design of the map and the monster partner system add a lot of fun to the process of exploring treasure hunting, but the battle and cultivation are relatively simple.

In terms of cultivation system, there is no monster synthesis system in “Dragon Quest Monster Wonderland”. In terms of combat, it uses monster automatic combat gameplay, which is slightly insufficient in depth.

On the whole, it can be seen that this work is more suitable for light players. If you are an old player of the series and want to experience an easy and fun exploration and treasure hunt, this game is highly recommended to play.

“Dragon Quest Treasure Hunt Expedition” is now available exclusively on Nintendo Switch.