Yes, I love ridiculously detailed video game towns! They are my favorite part in any RPG. :)
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Dragon Quest XI Review Thread
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Yes, I love ridiculously detailed video game towns! They are my favorite part in any RPG. :)
Great scores so far, nice! Also, a few weeks ago on the Kotaku Splitscreen podcast Jason said that he was really enjoying the game and was looking forward to talking more about it when he could.
Edit: Speaking of Kotaku, reading Tim Rogers' glowing review now, am even more hyped now.
Edit: Speaking of Kotaku, reading Tim Rogers' glowing review now, am even more hyped now.
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Ridiculously detailed video game towns are one of the best parts of a good jRPG.
How hard is this compared to 7 and 8? I found those two to be the perfect difficulty so I'd be disappointed if this was easier.
The remasters gave X a good amount of sales, but XV is almost certainly going to outsell it. And XIII wasn't that far off either really if you exclude X's remasters. It's sitting somewhere between 7-8 million at the moment. The remaster bump has brought up 12 to around the 7 million mark too now.
My most anticipated game of the year. For good reasons!
Dragon Quest may be the most classic modern game there is, but if you want to dive in an adventure there's nothing better.
Dragon Quest may be the most classic modern game there is, but if you want to dive in an adventure there's nothing better.
Might blow your mind that a lot of people would consider it valuable to hear the opinion of someone new to the franchise.
??? I'm pretty sure DQ games almost all have better reviews than most spiderman games. What are you taking about?
Kotaku review was great, yeah.
Decided I'm gonna go with the PS4 version for now and buy the PC version somewhere down the line when I feel like replaying the game. By then I'm sure someone has figured out how to replace the music with the orchestra versions, plus maybe we'll get some neat mods or something.
Decided I'm gonna go with the PS4 version for now and buy the PC version somewhere down the line when I feel like replaying the game. By then I'm sure someone has figured out how to replace the music with the orchestra versions, plus maybe we'll get some neat mods or something.
This will be my first real DQ experience. I played Heroes, which I enjoyed but never finished. I also played VII on 3DS but couldn't stand the platform so I didn't get far at all. I may have tried another on mobile, but I forget.
I know local shops will have it this week on PS4, but I think I'm holding out for the PC version. Native 4K and 60+ fps, as long as it's optimized, will be worth waiting a few extra days.
I know local shops will have it this week on PS4, but I think I'm holding out for the PC version. Native 4K and 60+ fps, as long as it's optimized, will be worth waiting a few extra days.
It's much easier than those two (although Draconian Mode makes it significantly better in terms of difficulty).
When is the release date for this game? I thought it was on September 1st but that lands in s Saturday.
Might blow your mind that the thing I quoted is the only issue I have in his review. His overall opinion is fine, DQ is not for everyone, but spouting bullshit like that quote permeates throughout every DQ thread
Maybe I wasn't clear, I was talking about DQ11 and Insomniac's Spider-Man not historical trends.
I think it's pretty obvious that the gaming community expects Spider-Man to review pretty well(high 80s) but I didn't see many people expecting DQ11 to do so well even in the first page you had someone saying he came in expecting high 70s. I definitely did not expect 90 or high 80s especially with voice acting being an afterthought.
By the time you finish this game you will look at RPGs different. I'm building a PC, will get this on steam as well when it's done.
Yeah, I just did a search and that sucks. I really thought it was September 1st for some reason. No time at all to play it before Spider-Man .
4K output. Not 4K resolution mind you, the HUD is in 4K while the rest of the game is something lower.
What gave you that idea? Voice acting isn't an afterthought and is really well done.
It's ok to mistakenly think that they'd put the game in a position to succeed. Unfortunately, they did not.
You are still not clear since ever DQ game gets reviewed highly and that comparison to spider-man to a game which doesn't even have reviews is just bizarre
I didn't look through all the pages to see if someone else had posted it, but HappyConsoleGamer put up his review of it, he's a big fan of the series like a lot of us. Surprisingly positive (happy!) about the voice acting too, compared to some others:
He claims XI > VIII :O
VIII for PS2 is my favorite in the series.
He claims XI > VIII :O
VIII for PS2 is my favorite in the series.
What he meant is that people had no expectation on those titles except for Persona 5. No one expected Nier to reach 1 million and the game reached 3m.
I mean, you hate Dragon Quest as you said before so I don't think this comparison is good. lol
That's not going to happen because BD3 is an action-RPG division, while BD6 and BD11 are more varied. And of course, there's no reason to change it when FFXV was an absolute success, more than both together.
Doubtful. Many of the stronger points of the franchise aren't relatable to western audiences. They would need to change many aspects that make the franchise to reach that point.
But of course I agree that the game should have much more marketing. Unfortunately, Square Enix Europe don't do that with most of the japanese games except for FF and KH
That's a popular opinion. From friends who played XI, seems like main thing VIII have XI beat in is difficulty balance, and I can imagine that being a nightmare to do right for everyone in XI since you can skip random battles.
I think its completely dependent on the reviewer at waypoint. If you see Austin, Patrick or Danielle reviewing something, you know you'll get a well thought out review. Others...tend to be poor imo
