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#Dragon quest tact multiplayer series#

These turned out to be invaluable as the sum total of 30 random draws using premium currency only netted two A-ranked monsters, two B-ranked ones and a pile of mainly useless C-ranked monsters.

Luckily, a couple of special tickets rewarded for completing challenges provided a pair of S-ranked monsters during the beta. Once past the first story chapter, anything ranked C or lower falls quickly behind any other party members. Monsters are ranked from F to S, with S being the strongest. While some serviceable monsters are obtained through the story, without the ones obtained via the monster scouting gacha mechanic, the sudden difficulty spike will quickly prevent players from getting more than a couple chapters deep into the story. Getting new party members is the main collection aspect of Dragon Quest Tact and what players will likely spend the bulk of their premium currency on. Convenient mechanics such as showing exactly how much HP various attacks will do and clearly understandable enemy strength and weakness icons make battles a fun time even for SRPG novices. Moving monsters around the battlefield is intuitive as is selecting attacks and targets. Most levels also give premium currency, gems, as rewards for finishing battles in under 10 moves, under 5 moves, and finishing without a party member dying. Rewards for winning include alchemy items, gold, and occasionally a new monster party member. Often the goal is to completely defeat the opposing teams, but occasionally battles will end with the defeat of a single leading monster. They play out on a grid overlaid on colorful locales complete with environmental blockages such as boulders, crates, and trees. The battles are the core gameplay mechanic and are done well. To win the tournament, players must build a team of up to six monster companions that can defeat other teams of monsters in tactical battles.

#Dragon quest tact multiplayer for free#

Traveling to see the local king to ask about the rod is complicated by the fact there’s a long waiting list for an audience, but conveniently a monster tournament is taking place, and if one can just pass the gold level, the king will happily meet with them.īattles allow for free movement before combat and show important resistances of opponents. The trio immediately begins trying to figure out why the protagonist has a rod that allows them to control monsters. The chapters available in the beta test involve the player making friends with a pink sanguini monster and the slime, Majellan. Players find themselves as an unshown, silent human protagonist dropped into a world inhabited solely by Dragon Quest monsters who are quite surprised to see a real, live human. Tact’s likely won’t engage players a great deal, but there is a decent enough attempt to not knock it. Story isn’t typically the strong point of many mobile RPGs, if indeed they have one. After closing out Chapter 6 of Tact, effectively finishing the beta in a dozen or so hours, I was pleasantly surprised how far tactical DQ has come, but was bored of the repetitive grinding and unforgiving gacha mechanics about halfway through that time. Having nothing but so-so feelings about the forgettable 2009 barebones DSi title, Dragon Quest Wars, I wanted to see a more fleshed-out tactical experience.

Needing nothing more than a mobile device to try out a beta version the new Dragon Quest Tact, I was excited to start. New Dragon Quest titles have historically been system sellers for me, so when a new title is released on a platform I already own, it feels like a huge bonus.

#Dragon quest tact multiplayer series#

If you enjoyed Dragon Quest of the Stars or Fire Emblem Heroes and are looking for a new mobile game in the series or genre, Dragon Quest Tact quite likely will scratch that itch.