It’s very rare to discover a game that doesn’t contain either a dragon or a quest. Take Skyrim – an entire world in which even the molecules of the air are probably made up of sulphurous dragon-guffs. Read the lore. It’s all in there. Among all the clutter of dungeons and dragons that are scattered throughout PC gaming’s past, it is perhaps surprising that the venerable Dragon Quest series is a stranger to our particular Windows on the world. All of that is about to change in September, when Dragon Quest X arrives on Windows. Unfortunately, this may not herald a new era of slime-slapping jollity – the tenth game – which is probably the 167th in the series – is an subscription-based MMO. And it’s currently only set for release in Japan.

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