They do some pretty cool things with that franchise. Dragon Quest Builders surprised me big time.
You build a town that gets increasingly more detailed. Yeah you can drop blocks down, but then if you put blocks in certain patterns you've created a specialized building. NPCs then use those building, and you've got a rpg town with different item shops and other stuff. All while defending it from monsters. And you go out and explore the world to find new materials to build new things with.