A different take on the hack and slash genre, but let down by sticky controls, dropped inputs and terrible voice acting.

Dragon Quest Heroes 2 is a Musou game set in Square Enix's enormously popular RPG universe. The one with the blue slimes and the Dragonball hair, not the one with the Calvin Klein models swinging huge swords at each other.

Delicious Musou combat; Tons of characters with unique abilities; Distinct Dragon Quest flavour

Character growth is so boring; Non-combat quests interrupt momentum; Some combat quests felt padded

Hours of fighting beasts and bad guys. Best game ever.

Dragon Quest Heroes already proved that the musou genre mixed well with this classic RPG series and that formula has returned with a few tweaks to make it even better in Dragon Quest Heroes 2.

Fans of Dynasty Warriors or the Dragon Quest series will enjoy this second-edition genre mashup. Dragon Quest Heroes 2 strikes a great balance between complexity and action and weaves an entertaining story through and around its fast and furious battles.

The new team-up between Square Enix and the makers of Dynasty Warriors offers four-player co-op and the promise of genuine change.

The game almost plays like a proper action role-player now, with open world areas, switchable classes, and increased gameplay variety; Four-player co-op is very welcome, if awkward to use

Highly repetitive in most of the usual Dynasty Warriors ways, including the brain-dead combat and non-existent artificial intelligence; Highly simplistic and cliched mission design

Japanese developer Omega Force, the creators of the Dynasty Warriors series, has been churning out hack and slash games for over 20 years. It has taken the tried and true formula of its main series and applied it to various established franchises with games like Hyrule Warriors , Attack on Titan ,...

Honors the Dragon Quest brand; Great variety of vocations/skills; Combat is fast; fluid; and fun; Good presentation

Uneven difficulty spikes; Tags

This review is long overdue, and all I can do is apologise. I've been going through a rough patch, especially these past few days, but with the help of fun game, any kind of stress and anxiety can float away. A fun game is what we all need from time to time.

Large roster of Dragon Quest Heroes; Nice balance between free roam and battle sections; Some great boss fights; Lots of collectibles and extras to do

Lock-aim only works for bigger enemies and isn't all that great; Vocations are fairly redundant; Some of the voice acting is off; Skill trees are limited

My husband loved it and he is a long time dragon ball Z fan!

There are far worse things to do with an afternoon than spending it on Dragon Quest Heroes II . For instance, playing a game that doesn't let you fight with warfans.