Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Developed/Published by: @SquareEnix
Clocking in at over 160 hours played I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age- Definitive Edition. DQXI has a fantastic cast of characters, and unlike a lot of games DQ takes the time to develop them without taking away from the overall story. JRPG fans for years have been singing this games praises and I can see why now. It’s a game that encourages the player to explore with an interesting but traditional open world design and has a simple but effective JRPG combat system. While not revolutionary in any way, DQXI nails what it’s trying to accomplish. The player during DQXi will travel between towns and dungeons via country sides, snowy mountains, a vast ocean and more. They will encounter a wide range of monsters, allies and enemies on their journey and unless the player is a completionist the game will never feel repetitive or stale through its different biomes and dungeon design. Dragon Quest XI is a game that fans of RPGs should play. Containing over a hundred hours of content to get lost in, an incredible world that’s well fleshed out, and written DQXI is a joy to play. I played DQXI on Xbox Series X via Xbox GamePass.
Pros:
Characters (companions etc)
Story
Battle system and combat
Soundtrack
Cons:
Menus
Grinding for completionist requirements. The RNG.
Played on: Xbox Series X via Xbox Game Pass
Review score: 4.5/5
Developed/Published by: @SquareEnix
Clocking in at over 160 hours played I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age- Definitive Edition. DQXI has a fantastic cast of characters, and unlike a lot of games DQ takes the time to develop them without taking away from the overall story. JRPG fans for years have been singing this games praises and I can see why now. It’s a game that encourages the player to explore with an interesting but traditional open world design and has a simple but effective JRPG combat system. While not revolutionary in any way, DQXI nails what it’s trying to accomplish. The player during DQXi will travel between towns and dungeons via country sides, snowy mountains, a vast ocean and more. They will encounter a wide range of monsters, allies and enemies on their journey and unless the player is a completionist the game will never feel repetitive or stale through its different biomes and dungeon design. Dragon Quest XI is a game that fans of RPGs should play. Containing over a hundred hours of content to get lost in, an incredible world that’s well fleshed out, and written DQXI is a joy to play. I played DQXI on Xbox Series X via Xbox GamePass.
Pros:
Characters (companions etc)
Story
Battle system and combat
Soundtrack
Cons:
Menus
Grinding for completionist requirements. The RNG.
Played on: Xbox Series X via Xbox Game Pass
Review score: 4.5/5