I'm still on the fence about this one - someone tell me their thoughts on the overall story/plot of this game. Is it good? Is it extremely childish? I play RPG's for a mix of good storytelling and challenging yet rewarding combat. From what most people are saying about the combat in this game, it seems pretty easy and not too complex maybe minus the kingdom building stuff. What about the story though? I just want to know if the game is worth full price or wait until it drops about 50%. Thanks guys. I'm actually considering going back and getting Dragon Quest Heroes 2 instead as I've heard it was a pretty solid build on the original Heroes foundation (which I didn't love) - both games are clocking in around $50 as the best prices I can find them for.
Combat isn't very deep. You can get away just by smashing one button if you wanted to and make it through the required fights. If your looking for challenge, there isn't much here. The draw here is variety. You have normal combat/quests/treasure hunting, a bit of crafting (armor, weapons, spells, higglidies), you have the tactical siege combat (which is also not difficult), and you have the kingdom-building aspect of the game. The game is open ended enough and paced well to allow you to pretty much focus on whichever aspect you enjoy the most, without overly pushing the ones you don't like down your throat.
The story. It's not a bad story. If I had to sum it up in a word, it would be "Optimistic". It plays out like a Ghibli Studio G-rated cartoon - not that that is necessarily a bad thing. It has some complexity and nuance to it, but it's told from the viewpoint of a very naive and inexperienced child king. This is right in line with basically everything put out by Ghibli - that's about the best way I can describe the type of story. If that's worth full price or not, well, go check out a Ghibli flic and that should answer your question.