Speed Philippines – July 2019

Dragon Quest

Builders 2

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

Release date: July 12

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Windows

Release date: July 26

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If you’re one of the many who enjoyed the sandbox

world-building gameplay of the original Dragon Quest

Builders, then you’re going to be elated with this sequel.

It’s got a lot of new systems and mechanics like

gardening, which should help you grow certain items and

supplies for quests and such. You can now travel across

land, air, and sea—fast-travel included. Simple land

irrigation necessary for the aforementioned gardening

feature and creating water-filled sections like rivers and

moats are also available.

One major new feature is the inclusion of online and

offline multiplayer up to four players. This new feature

should make on-the-go building a more pick-up-and-play

affair especially if you get Dragon Quest Builders 2 for

the Nintendo Switch.

The story is also serviceable, as you and your buddy

Malroth go up against the Children of Hargon, a cult

dedicated to eliminating all builders off the face of the

world—a bit over-the-top, but it’ll do.

While the heroic exploits of one-man Nazi-killing machine and all-American patriot B.J. Blazkowicz have seemingly come to a close with

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and its beginning of a revolution against America’s Nazi overlords, the war with Nazi Germany isn’t over yet.

Set a couple of decades later, Youngblood puts you in the shoes of Blazkowicz’s twin daughters, Jessica and Sophia, who set off for Paris to

search for a missing B.J. while navigating through a new world of war. It’s not a major sequel—apparently Wolfenstein III is in the pipeline,

making Youngblood more like required filler—but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the same chops for Nazi-killing mayhem.

Whether you choose to go solo as either Jessica or Sophia or dive in with a friend or AI via cooperative play with both twins in tow, get ready

to come out guns blazing and raining bloody havoc. Wolfenstein: Youngblood is also a non-linear narrative experience—you get to choose your

missions in any order you prefer—for an otherwise leisurely trip.

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ERIK PAOLO ESCUETA