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Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Earns Strong Early Reviews Before Feb. 5 Release

Early reviews praise its modern systems alongside a handcrafted diorama look ahead of the February 5 launch.

Overview

  • Critics highlight the Moonlighting dual‑vocation system, on‑demand job changes via the Career Sphere, visible field enemies, faster battles, and adjustable XP, gold, and difficulty settings.
  • Reviewers commend the toylike diorama presentation that preserves Akira Toriyama’s designs, with Unreal Engine tech and reports of very low PC minimum specs.
  • Assessments note trimmed or optionalized content that reduces the main run to roughly 75 hours while preserving substantial optional depth.
  • Common caveats include stretches of slow pacing, some backtracking and repetition, occasional reused models, and the presence of DLC that some found incongruous.
  • The remake launches February 5 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and PC, with OpenCritic showing an 85 average and 97% critic recommendation rate.