The Video Video games You Ought to Play This Weekend – November 7

With the digital launch of the Dragon Quest VII Reimagined subject this week, which I wrote the duvet story for, my head continues to be in a Dragon Quest house. Yesterday, whereas I used to be writing an upcoming Dragon Quest historical past breakout story from my 90-minute interview with collection creator Yuji Horii, I discovered that the unique Dragon Quest is out there to buy on Swap (and playable on Swap 2), and it is on sale for $2.99 till November 20! As somebody who’s been consuming lots of Dragon Quest content material this month, I used to be thrilled to stumble throughout this – I had no concept I might play the unique Dragon Quest so simply on my Swap 2 (and for thus low-cost, too)!

Anyway, it’s undoubtedly an RPG from the Nineteen Eighties, however man, if there isn’t one thing extremely charming about enjoying such a now-primitive recreation. It’s a reminder of how vital it’s not solely to look ahead as somebody who loves video video games, but additionally generally to look again and dive into the previous. It’s been an illuminating expertise up to now enjoying this basic, and I like to recommend you do the identical in case you’re trying ahead to at some point leaping into the lately launched Dragon Quest I & II: HD-2D Remake (I nonetheless gotta end III) and the upcoming Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. 

Whilst you might actually go old-school and dig into an older model in case you’re in search of the pure expertise (see Wesley’s entry above), the brand-new HD-2D remake of the primary two Dragon Quest video games is an outstanding approach to expertise these video games, whether or not it is a return journey or a primary go to. The brand new visuals are vibrant and thrilling, the musical rating feels epic and basic, and the journey itself makes it clear why these video games helped to launch the complete JRPG phenomenon. Whereas easy and trope-filled in some ways, the storytelling is participating and enjoyable, whereas the fight and exploration set up the tone you will acknowledge from many different later video games that always did not do it as properly. At the same time as these two remakes do an incredible job of recalling the originals, there’s additionally a wealth of updates throughout all the things from dialogue to quality-of-life options and extra. It is exactly what this duology ought to be – a improbable rebuild of a few foundational classics.

I’m desirous to dive into Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment each for enjoyable and for evaluation (preserve a watch out for that quickly!) this weekend. I typically like musou video games. I’ve reviewed fairly a couple of throughout my time right here at Recreation Informer, together with no less than one Dynasty Warriors, the primary Hyrule Warriors, and each of the Dragon Quest Heroes video games. I additionally reviewed the second Fireplace Emblem Warriors recreation for GameSpot throughout my time there. I’m primarily simply desirous to be again on this planet of Tears of the Kingdom, even when it is a spinoff. I’ll say, although, that I discovered the earlier Hyrule Warriors recreation, Age of Calamity, to be an enormous narrative disappointment. I actually, actually dislike the ending of that recreation. I will not spoil it right here, however the builders at Omega Drive (and Nintendo is to be blamed, as properly) had the chance to create an unimaginable, and probably stirring, lead-in to Breath of the Wild, one of many biggest video games of all time, they usually fully whiffed it. I’m actually hoping an analogous mistake is not made for Age of Imprisonment. I’ll let quickly!

Because the yr winds down, I have been venturing again to The Bazaar, an auto-battling pseudo-deckbuilder I bought into, then out of, all through the course of 2025. It has been by means of some ups and downs in growth, and I figured, why not see the place it is at as we deliberate over end-of-the-year subjects?

Issues change and nonetheless keep the identical. The Bazaar has lots of alterations, largely to how its development and randomness are utilized all through runs, and what levers gamers have to manage it as they match up in opposition to others all through every day. The brand new character Jules has an interesting mechanic the place objects on her board change properties relying on whether or not they’re scorching or chilly, which throws a wrench (in a great way) into board-state planning. I’m unsure if I’m again on the fever pitch I used to be with The Bazaar in comparison with earlier this yr, however I do assume it’s value dipping again in in case you fell off, simply to see how Tempo has up to date it over the previous couple of months. It’s made for a pleasant end-of-day wind-down recreation.