

I should note that, however, that my experience with the Dragon Quest franchise is limited to my time with Hero in Super Smash Bros. From my time with the campaign, the game also does a solid job balancing the ramp up in difficulty in battles along with the rank of monsters that you get from clearing them. Besides enjoying the designs of these monsters, I came to actually look forward to what sort of new abilities they’d have that I could leverage in combat. Throughout your journey, you’ll encounter new colourful creatures that you can beat and recruit, like a cute sabretooth tiger cub or plump bat. Further, its charming presentation - using the signature designs of famed Dragon Ball creator and longtime Dragon Quest designer Akira Toriyama - adds a great deal to the overall experience.īut what makes elevates the gameplay is the addition of monster collecting. All the while, you’ll hear the same kind of rousing music you’d expect from a Dragon Quest game.Īltogether, it’s an admittedly simple turn-based strategy system, but that’s what makes it laidback - and, therefore, appealing - on mobile. This lets you focus more on when your party members can go in between enemies’ turns. Sometimes, there will be rocks and other obstacles in the way, but for the most part, it’s a streamlined tactical experience. In it, you manage a party of five in grid-based environments and plan your attacks accordingly. Thankfully, the gameplay that’s much more intriguing. Beyond that, Tact seems to have a generic “go out and save the day, adventurer!” sort of mobile game story with fairly trite dialogue. Using a magical baton, you’ll need to defeat these creatures to later command them in battle.

In Dragon Quest Tact, you play as a human who wakes up in the monster-filled world of Orchesterra. Based on my time with an iOS preview build of the game, it succeeds in being a fun, laidback “tactical” experience. It’s a free-to-play gacha version of a tactics game, which opens it up to many players. That’s why I appreciate Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Tact. While I can definitely admire the depth found in games like XCOM and Civilization, they’re usually just not for me.
