Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a
hack and slash game developed by
Omega Force and published by
Square Enix. It was released for
PlayStation 3 and
PlayStation 4 in Japan in February 2015,and in North America, Australia and Europe only for PlayStation 4 in October 2015. It was later released in December 2015. The game received generally positive reviews, with a sequel
Dragon Quest Heroes II being released in Japan during May 2016.
Dragon Quest Heroes would later be released with the sequel in a compilation for
Nintendo Switch in Japan.
Dragon Quest Heroes mixes the
hack-and-slash combat of
Koei Tecmo's
Dynasty Warriors series of video games with the characters, monsters, universe, and lore from
Square Enix's
Dragon Quest series. The game is much more heavy on RPG elements than most of Omega Force's other titles. The game has a roster of 13 characters that the player can choose from, each having unique weappons and abilities, some of these characters are fan favourite
Dragon Quest characters but many other characters show up as NPCs.
Dragon Quest Heroes mixes the
hack-and-slash combat of
Koei Tecmo's
Dynasty Warriors series of video games with the characters, monsters, universe, and lore from
Square Enix's
Dragon Quest series. The game is much more heavy on RPG elements than most of Omega Force's other titles. The game has a roster of 13 characters that the player can choose from, each having unique weappons and abilities, some of these characters are fan favourite
Dragon Quest characters but many other characters show up as NPCs.