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When this game was announced, not gonna lie, I was PISSED with Atlus, specially since what happened with SMTV, the game looked like trash (oh how I fucking hate that weeb shit) and nothing alike the OG soul hackers, lets be honest, this game is just Tokyo mirage sessions but they are using the name soul hackers JUST BECAUSE, just Atlus saying fuck you to the fans, happens sometimes, no company is perfect

Now, even with me PISSED over this, since I am a dumbass (got a switch OLED just to play SMTV btw, I hate myself, terrible game) I actually got the pre-order as soon as it was available on steam, as much as I hate the first impressions, Atlus deserve my trust, FOR NOW, strike 2 atm

So, after 65 hours of gameplay, after getting the platinum, I did everything the game has to offer, I can say:

The game is not AS bad

Story AND characters wise:

But the thing is, its not good either, the story is lame, and that is something I cannot enjoy, specially on a Megaten game, I have too much respect for the franchise to accept a bad story

Bad characters, yes, its really annoying when the ONLY decent character on the game is the damn shark teeth one, the most anime character is the only one that is decent, well, fuck me

Now, the gameplay is actually the one thing I can say that I really enjoyed, the sabbath system is quite fun, would love to see it again

I do recommend anyone to get the game and play for yourself, don't take my shit as a fact, besides the story and characters part, that is factually correct, they are bad, the rest? yeah, just my opinion, play it and tell me if you agree

Anyway, the game is better then I imagined, honestly I was expecting to be TRASH with no redeeming qualities, but well, it has some, so I guess its alright, don't regret paying for it.

I will say the same i did in my steam review and playstation one, since i platinum this game in every single version possible

"Atlus clearly did not care about what they did here, this is just a upscale port, and it shows, it looks horrendous, only in the steam deck this looks decent, guess why...

No changes to the game, no quality of life improvements, a simple lazy mess, a slap to the face of every fan, DO NOT BUY THIS, just emulate the game on PPSSPP, or even better, play FES on ps2 emulator, you better off then paying the same amount that persona 4 golden lmao this has to be a joke"

Honestly, after the remake was presented and its for next year, download the PS2 emulator or just wait for the remake, no female fanfic lead character, no terrible upscaling art, its up to you to play this terrible version or wait for the next definitive version of such a great game.

A great resident evil clone indie, interesting story, the usual resident evil clone shanenigans, i enjoyed, def recomend

Like, the only things i didn't like, like, really didn't like it, was a puzzle that was "inspired" by resident evil where the walls are closing and you have to do a shity made puzzle, horrible AND a boss fight near the end of the game, where FOR SOME REASON the person that created this game decided to make, if you play this game YOU KNOW what boss fight I am speaking about, I have ZERO idea why would you put such mechanic on this game, makes no sense, is so bad that almost makes you just close the game and not play again.

anyway, not a perfect game, but given that it seems to be made by 1 people, its quite the game.

ONLY reason i shall give this game a positive review is because it looks great and as a remake, they did the correct thing and didn't take anything out, as a REAL remake should be, great graphics

Unfortunately it ends here, for some reason its filled with technical issues, bugs for days, for days, countless times i had to close the game because of a game ending bug, cars flying, enemy AI going crazy the true 2K experience

I would recommend getting this game because its MAFIA, one of the greatest games of all times, MAFIA 1 and MAFIA 2 are a must for ANYONE, so buy it, but try doing on a sale, do yourself a favour.

For the platinum lovers out there, this is a good one, chill and not that long, just one missable really, but you can just replay missions so its perfect.
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Finally after a while i finish the platinum for DQ11, it was a good one, for an RPG its not really that long, no missables, you can take your time and finish anything in any order pretty much, def one of my favorites

the only dragon quest games i played before was the DS and 3DS ones, mostly because FINAL FANTASY DIED after X, so i was looking for a real RPG and not the bs that final fantasy became, and yeah, dragon quest thankfully been delivering since forever, and i will play every single one of them now because i got curious given that you go back in time to the previous luminaires on the game, i want to know how much of that i can pin point in each game

I don't really mind the random combat RNG, but i also don't hate the enemies visible and you can choose which battles you take now, actually i think it would be amazing if you could choose just like this one, you can choose playing 2D or 3D, amazing choice and i will prob play again in a different way because of this

The story is rather simple, but the characters are very interesting, its aways the high point on Dragon Quest, the party is aways very interesting imo, I only played in the OG language, Japanese, so i cannot tell you about how the Dub is tbh, but i never heard anything bad about it. There are plenty of very unexpected surprises in the story, with most of them being genuinely well written and well delivered, it had a few fake outs for and end, but the plot twists were not that bad, so i didn't mind that much, and in general, even if the game does overstay its welcome a bit by the end, it feels like a fun adventure with ancient mysteries, i am a big fan of how you keep in touch with the previous luminaries and stuff

Dragon Quest XI (S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition) is a fantastic game and an experience worth of your time. It does many things perfectly right. It looks good, sooooo good, and even better, it feels good.

Def recommend for those individuals that enjoy the superior tastes of a TURN BASED RPG, they still live out there, go save the world!