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Dragon Quest Heroes II Sequel Game Announced
posted on by Karen Ressler
Square Enix announced on Thursday that a Dragon Quest Heroes II is in development for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.
The sequel game will again be developed in collaboration with Koei Tecmo Games' Omega Force team, which also developed the Warriors series of games.
Square Enix shipped the first Dragon Quest Heroes: Yamiryū to Sekaiju no Shiro game for PS4 and PS3 in Japan on February 26. In addition to being the first action RPG in the Dragon Quest series, the game was also the first title in the series in ten years to be released on a PlayStation system. Yuji Horii served as the general director of the game, and Kōichi Sugiyama composed the soundtrack.
The story takes place in the kingdom of of Elsarze, where humans and monsters work hand in hand, and everything is peaceful. However, one day, the monsters turn violent, and begin attacking the humans. Captains of the Imperial Guards Akt and Mare stand up in order to bring back the original hearts of the monsters, and bring peace back to Elsarze once more.