Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, subsequent yr’s remake of PlayStation recreation Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Previous, will characteristic main upgrades and enhancements on the unique, Sq. Enix detailed in an replace on Thursday. Along with the “hand-crafted aesthetic” that renders the heroes and villains of DQ7 in miniature toylike type, anticipate huge adjustments to gameplay and a streamlined story.
It is the battle adjustments that may in all probability make longtime Dragon Quest followers essentially the most excited. Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined will let gamers battle (weaker) monsters within the overworld, with out having to enter pointless turn-based battles. Battles have been streamlined additional, letting the participant pace up fight by preset instructions and even use auto-battle to let the sport’s AI take over.
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined’s heroes will even have jobs… er, vocations that provide particular talents, stats, and spells — however heroes may also “moonlight,” taking up a second job. (Saving the world requires a grindset mentality, of us.) Every vocation has a novel perk that heroes can “let free” after the character is “labored up,” as Sq. Enix describes it.
Reimagined additionally has a brand new vocation, Monster Grasp, which lets heroes of that ilk summon monsters in battle.
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined will probably be launched on Feb. 5, 2026 for Nintendo Swap, Nintendo Swap 2, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X.