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Dragon Quest XI:Echoes of an Elusive Age |OT| This One Goes To XI
Shouta
Member
It's basically a love-letter to the series so you'll see a lot of things that will remind you of other games.
Tevious
Member
Played for a few hours last night. Enjoyed it so far. I really love the enemy designs in Dragon Quest games. I've played several other Dragon Quests before, but I only ever finished DQ4 (DS). In past games, I just eventually get tired of the repetitiveness of it all and lack motivation to finish when I'm not hooked on the story. It's also difficult for me to complete long games as I get busy with other things and lose interest. I hope I can finish this one. I've already got Spider-Man per-ordered, but I'll hold off playing it if DQ11 keeps me interested.
My GTX 1080 is around 70-90% utilization on 1440p and 1.2 scale everything on max at 60fps 99% of the time. Haven't done any benching on my media-computer with a 1060 3GB at 1080p or my laptop with a 1050Ti but both run smoothly at 30fps.
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kinjx11
Banned
IGN reviewer decided to insert his own politics in his review. Gamers are having none of it.
care to explain ??
MayauMiao
Member
megatronium
Member
I tried to name my character Erdrick. Using that name isn't allowed...
sublimit
Banned
Yeah that surprised me as well.
Vawn
Banned
Hmmm. Would putting the entire PS4 in rest-mode fix this? I'll have to try this later when I'm home. Hopefully, the game isn't just simply reading the clock of the PS4 to judge playtime.
manfestival
Member
This slightly bothers me too. Simply because I fall asleep too much during grinding sessions in games hahaha
nowhat
Gold Member
I won't be getting this immediately - I already ordered Spider-Man, and have still some side quests to clear in Kiwami 2 before that.
But that doesn't mean I wouldn't have a JRPG itch that needs to be scratched every now and then, and this has got good reviews. How approachable it would be to someone who hasn't played any of the games in the series? Would I need to dedicate a few nights to reading wikis and watching lore videos, or could I just jump right in?
But that doesn't mean I wouldn't have a JRPG itch that needs to be scratched every now and then, and this has got good reviews. How approachable it would be to someone who hasn't played any of the games in the series? Would I need to dedicate a few nights to reading wikis and watching lore videos, or could I just jump right in?
LukeSkywater
Banned
You can just jump right in.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
Only about an hour or so into the game, but enjoying it so far. I've been trying out the pre-order bonuses, and it's nice to see that they aren't OP. The little healing trinket has been handy while doing a bit of grinding. It makes for a decent quality of life improvement while doing stuff like that instead of having to constantly go back to camp to heal.
bigedole
Member
Is there a way to pause while playing that will keep the play timer from increasing? I've got 2 young kids so if I play while they're awake there's a lot of putting the controller down and walking away for 5-10 minutes. I usually don't care much about the playtimer but I'd like an accurate view of how long I've been active in the game if possible
hecatomb
Banned
he's getting down votes cause he's complaining about optional quest in the game which you don't even have to do or get, and the puff puff was a joke. Yet again just shows how much hypocrites they are cause they always give GTA games good scores and other games that have 10 times worse sexual content in them. Ign also has complained before about dragon quest games not changing their old school combat, yet they never say anything about Pokemon games, and Pokemon has been using the same rpg combat since red and blue.
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sublimit
Banned
When you're not very familiar with a series of a game you're reviewing and the time is pressing you to finish a huge amount of the game's content as fast as possible while also having to write a text with a minimum-maximum set of words then one of the "tricks" reviewers have been using ever since the '90s was to ape popular opinions they had heard from the majority of mainstream players. Of course the problem is that the majority is never too knowledgeable or too informed so it's very dangerous when you ape their opinions especially when you write in big media outlets because that way you help spreading those misconceptions and misinformations which can end up ruining a series for all the wrong reasons. As they say half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.
My point is that great series have died in the past (or changed to the point they are not recognizable anymore) thanks to that neverending cycle of aping ignorant but popular opinions between fans and reviewers. And as long as people continue to ape popular beliefs without a critical thinking of their own many more will die in the future.
My point is that great series have died in the past (or changed to the point they are not recognizable anymore) thanks to that neverending cycle of aping ignorant but popular opinions between fans and reviewers. And as long as people continue to ape popular beliefs without a critical thinking of their own many more will die in the future.
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HAHA So I guess IGN needs to be the next site that is getting rid of scores?
Also I love how these are actually iconic parts from the Dragon Quest history
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hecatomb
Banned
even if you are not familiar with a game, theres really no reason to complain about side quest, and optional gear that you don't even have to get. Also theres way worse things that are sexual in GTA games and other games, so complaining about it in other game just makes you sound like a hypocrite, he shouldn't have even brought it up. You also don't need to keep reminding people about old rpg combat if you are going to give a game like Pokemon(which also has the same old rpg combat) a 9 out of 10 every time.
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Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I'm actually doing the same. I trying specialize my MC for phisical damage like I did with Olberic in Octopath.
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LukeSkywater
Banned
How do I
get to that damn cat on the roof?
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
You see besides some building there are bunch of boxes stack to each other you use those to top of some buildings and then there are ropes you can walk on.
Pretty good, actually. I can play it on max graphics with my i5 6600 and RX470 and the framerate is steady 60 everywhere except for a few drops in the towns when there's stuff loading in. No crashes in 6 hours either, all in all, pretty pleased with the port.
Pejo
Member
Nice, thanks for the impressions, I'll snag this when I get home. Did you get it on Steam or through GMG for a discount?
Revolutionary
Member
Just loading times, I think.
On PC the loading is so fast I can't even read the tips that are displayed
Vawn
Banned
Perhaps read my post directly above yours.
TLZ
Banned
The last DQ game I played was on DS, so I know I'm going to be so very pleasantly surprised
RPGCrazied
Member
So where are the costumes? I got Serna one. I just got Sylvando.
bigedole
Member
I mean, I don't want to suspend the game and put my ps4 in rest mode just because I step away for a few minutes... I assumed there had to be some real way to pause, kind of surprised there isn't. Not a big deal though, just means my play timer will be inflated
Catphish
Gold Member
Just want to jump in and say I'm really enjoying this game. I'm not sold on the story yet, but we'll see how it fares. Also, I have the music turned way the fuck down.
But I love the combat, and the visuals are quite lovely. All in all, I'm happy with the purchase thus far.
But I love the combat, and the visuals are quite lovely. All in all, I'm happy with the purchase thus far.