Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
In Dragon Quest Heroes, the protagonists must rise up against insurmountable odds, challenging swarms of enemies and conquering gigantic monsters in an exhilarating action game. Filled with characters and…
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Armor Project, released 26 February 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Armor Project and released in 2015. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
When a dark shockwave sweeps through the city of Arba, the monsters that once lived alongside the people in peace are driven into a frenzied rage. As either the hero Luceus or the heroine Aurora, the player joins forces with a cast of fan favorites from previous DRAGON QUEST titles, such as Alena, Bianca and Yangus, to bring the rampaging hordes of monsters to their senses and restore order to the kingdom.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is the 64th of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. It arrived 7 months after Dragon Quest X: All In One Package. The next entry was Theatrhythm Dragon Quest in 2015. Its critic score of 78 is 5 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest VII Reimagined at 92.
How it was received
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i7 870 2.8GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 5770. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below launched on 26 February 2015, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Cities: Skylines. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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