Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition demo & preload out NOW
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Kind of a silly question:
A lot of people are saying the demo is 10 hour long, does this mean that after exactly 10 hours of playtime the demo ends? Or is it just that all the content will last roughly 10 hours to be completed?
A lot of people are saying the demo is 10 hour long, does this mean that after exactly 10 hours of playtime the demo ends? Or is it just that all the content will last roughly 10 hours to be completed?
It looks good with close-ups/small areas, a testament to the visual design.
It ends at a particular point:
When Serena and Veronica join your party.
You're basically playing the full game up until a very specific point in the storyline. It's not that it's got a strict 10-hour-total time limit. :) So what they mean to say is, getting thru all of the content should estimate at around 10 hours. You could play well beyond 10 hours if you wanted, and this is one of the most robust demos I've ever seen (and still barely scratches the surface of DQXI due to how big the game is).
Okay wow I am not one to be turn off by lower resolution games but this is too much for me. I stopped playing the pc version when this was announced but I can't do it.
The game looks so good in higher resolutions because of its clean look. This game is just a mess. They should have dropped some effects or something. Fire emblem looks clean this does not.
The game looks so good in higher resolutions because of its clean look. This game is just a mess. They should have dropped some effects or something. Fire emblem looks clean this does not.
I like it I really do but I wish he had a sheath for it like his regular sword while he was running around town.
I only ever run Harder Monsters to make the difficulty exciting, it's crazy how much tougher some fights get with the way the stats scale!
I REALLY love the new one where NPC's occasionally lie to you, it's an absolute Riot!!!
When I pick this up eventually, I think I'm going to do a double play through. One with just Hard Monsters and Townsfolk Lies, and the other with ALLLLLL OF THEM, so I can see how much of the game you can beat using personal experience and hard work when everything is working against you.
I love how Shypox kicks in when you try talking to people sometimes, it's adorable. I'm sorry for anyone who has that happen to them in real life.
So, I was not feeling this when I played this handheld at home last night.
When I played it on the bus this morning it was actually fine...
I guess it's the fact that my face is not right on the screen when I'm on a bus, the bus is moving instead of me laying stationary in bed, and there's a lot more ambient light around? Idk...
When I played it on the bus this morning it was actually fine...
I guess it's the fact that my face is not right on the screen when I'm on a bus, the bus is moving instead of me laying stationary in bed, and there's a lot more ambient light around? Idk...
I wouldn't have thought so. I did that with Octopath and it was 100% fine.
Beat the demo with about 8 hours. First hour or so was me getting used to the slight blur on the graphics, but after awhile I got used to it. Wish it was slightly prettier. Wish the demo also had the 2D version in it, would want to try that out but I'm clearly already in. I was always gonna get DQ11 but I was just waiting for it to be portable and this is that.
I went greatsword hero, and the last one you can get comes with a sheath so finally I can have my ugly swords covered up in public.
I went greatsword hero, and the last one you can get comes with a sheath so finally I can have my ugly swords covered up in public.
Fire Emblem was exclusively made for the Switch, Dragon Quest was not.
Fire Emblem's visuals are so basic in comparison, so the head room for native res was much greater.
Same.
I've put over 120 hours into this game on the PS4 and I'm still floored by how good this looks handheld.
This was already a day one but now I can't wait to get back into this game.
I don't know. Character portraits and some of the character models are so tremendously more expressive than anything that appears in DQXI. There's a ton of absolutely fantastic stuff (like great character portraits with expressions for 40-50 characters) in FE that gets overshadowed by the bad, but overall FE is the larger, more varied game with some great artwork for the central cast that is several times the size of DQ's.
I think there is a lot of great stuff in DQXI, but it gets totally overshadowed by the fact that
going through much of the areas three times, normal, red, and green versions and seeing all but a single town of the game in its first third.
DQXI would have been the absolute best game in the series if it were a 40 hour game, but the next 30~40 could have been massively compressed.
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It's not great, resolution is very low, more noticeable after playing the PC version at native res. It's a good port for portable tech from 2015, but instead of porting the PS4/PC version I wish they had remastered the 3DS game, something like what Capcom did with MHGU (but better). It would have looked very good in 1080p/60fps.
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DQXIS runs circles around FE visually, bar the resolution.
Parts of DQXI looks great, particularly the open-world. It also blows almost its entire budget in the first 40%, and generally has massively below par portraits and general character expressiveness. Now do a comparison of the 80+ character portraits with expressions vs. what DQXI has. You're just shamelessly cherry-picking the parts that XI looks great in. The visuals aren't nearly as flattering if you pick areas like the jungle, or areas from Act 2 in general.
I'm not defending Fire Emblems aliasing. But goddamnit I am defending the S-tier character portraits that go above-and-beyond virtually any other release of the last five years. That it has a larger main cast than 95% of RPGs, and that it has variable expressions, and that is has a time-skip that actually visually changes their appearance is wildly more ambitious than most RPGs, and totally pulls it off.
It's not great, resolution is very low, more noticeable after playing the PC version at native res. It's a good port for portable tech from 2015, but instead of porting the PS4/PC version I wish they had remastered the 3DS game, something like what Capcom did with MHGU (but better). It would have looked very good in 1080p/60fps.
People want big vistas and scenes to remember than they want higher framerates and resolutions.
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You must have low standards if this IQ is great to you. It's clearly sub resolution with huge aliasing issues. That said aliasing is an issue all platforms, and given the hardware this looks pretty good. The IQ isn't close to being great either way.
Isn't the PS4 version 900p? How is 720p on Switch a big deal? Outdoor areas do look soft in handheld mode (indoor is still beautiful; maybe a dynamic scaling trick), but...it's on a fucking 6-inch handheld, not a VCR-sized console.
Ya'll wilding trying to say Fire Emblem looks better. I love Fire Emblem and I appreciate its crisp resolution, but it's nowhere near as impressive looking as Dragon Quest on Switch.
Ya'll wilding trying to say Fire Emblem looks better. I love Fire Emblem and I appreciate its crisp resolution, but it's nowhere near as impressive looking as Dragon Quest on Switch.
Playing on a big TV, yeah, it's pretty rough... but handheld I'm kinda floored by how nice it looks. Granted, I don't have the best eyes (FE's text is almost unreadable to me handheld... WHY CAN'T I CHANGE ITS SIZE?!?! (sorry)), but I think this port really shines on the small screen.
You'd need the PC version for both of those, but with all the content and QoL stuff they've added here, I'd definitely pick the Switch version over the PC version at this point.
A switch save is a switch save. The same save works for digital and retail.
The highlights, IMO, of DQXI are the fantastic monster designs, that have very soft shading that works well regardless of the resolution.
People aren't saying it looks bad, they're saying the IQ is bad which is referring to how sharp the game looks and the aliasing. The character models have clear aliasing and grass shimmering is terrible. The entire image is has a soft sheen to it because it's sub resolution. This is clear for everyone to see. It doesn't mean the overall end result is bad looking but the IQ specifically isn't good which is typically the issue for every Switch port.
The highlight For me is the whimsical monster animations which you need to run at 60fps for them to truly shine.
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If it had all three modes it would have been the dream scenario for me, but it having 2D mode is the next best thing.It's not great, resolution is very low, more noticeable after playing the PC version at native res. It's a good port for portable tech from 2015, but instead of porting the PS4/PC version I wish they had remastered the 3DS game, something like what Capcom did with MHGU (but better). It would have looked very good in 1080p/60fps.
Game looks fantastic in handheld mode, not nearly as impressed on my 4k TV. I did play the PC version on the same 4k TV so that's probably why and the grass shimmering/aliasing is much more noticeable on a large screen. I wish the 2D portion was enabled since the beginning content seems identical so far. Was the automatic dialogue/button press in the original game? I wish I had known.
No, I'm certain that the auto dialogue is a new feature.
I've played through the game on PC as well, so I'm wondering what I should do with this. Not sure about getting it on release day but I'm interested in the 2D version and new solo character story content. It looks pretty good on the handheld, haven't tried it docked yet.
Almost 6 hours in and I'm before repairing the bridge but the fight is giving me too much trouble, guess I'll have to grind as much as I can despite all Draconian mods activated.
Also I thought you could at least equip shields but nope, should have out skill points on greatswords instead.
Also I thought you could at least equip shields but nope, should have out skill points on greatswords instead.
Thought it was gonna look a lot worse but it's pretty nice looking docked. Probably top 5 best looking Switch games for sure.
Image is a little shimmery, but thank god it's not an awful postprocessed mess like Xenoblade 2. And it seems to run a lot smoother than, say, Fire Emblem. Overall I'm pretty happy with the IQ... it's not perfect, but it's better than I expected. I'd even go so far as to say it's quite impressive, given the hardware... I've seen way simpler UE4 games look lower res on Switch.
as long as you're using one handed swords, you can equip shields. don't know about Erik, but I guess he can as well when using swords
Physical version it is. Can play it and share with with my girlfriend now, at least. I'm double dipping so I'm looking for reasons why this is smart purchase on my part
I guess some people are just less sensitive to low resolution IQ? It sure looks very low res to me in handheld mode. I still like the handheld IQ better than something like handheld Xenoblade 2 though.
"10 hour demo"
I feel cheated, it only took me 5 hours to reach the end. Still, I had no interest in this game before and now I want to buy it. So... good work, I guess? I didn't even particularly rush, I went and did some grinding and looked around for all of the Shiny Spots.
I feel cheated, it only took me 5 hours to reach the end. Still, I had no interest in this game before and now I want to buy it. So... good work, I guess? I didn't even particularly rush, I went and did some grinding and looked around for all of the Shiny Spots.
Not sure most people would have been happy if that was the case, and the Switch also would have been a laughing stock.It's not great, resolution is very low, more noticeable after playing the PC version at native res. It's a good port for portable tech from 2015, but instead of porting the PS4/PC version I wish they had remastered the 3DS game, something like what Capcom did with MHGU (but better). It would have looked very good in 1080p/60fps.
Got it! Thanks! I'm playing it right now and it's really outstanding
Yeah, really the designs and how well they animated are where the game truly shines. More of this thread should be gifs of the monster animations and monster variety, and not 2 out the 3 areas that actually look pretty good.
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