But if you're hoping for another Dragon Quest installment that gives you lots of control over your party builds via a job system (think Dragon Quest III, VII, and IX), you might be a bit let-down by Dragon Quest XI's mostly hands-off approach to building up your party. Like VIII, Dragon Quest XI emphasizes travel, story, and characters. Is that good? If you enjoyed Dragon Quest VIII, it's very good.
It's not inaccurate to call Dragon Quest XI a bigger, better Dragon Quest VIII that's liberally sprinkled with callbacks and cues from other well-loved entries in the series. As for the core of Dragon Quest XI itself, it most closely resembles Dragon Quest VIII-right down to a bonus set of "Trodain Togs" that might be in your inventory if you buy certain editions of the game.
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The opening movie alone is threaded with "Hey, 'member this?" moments, including a glimpse of Loto's sword, a logo that echoes the first game's, and a quick flash of a flying creature that vaguely resembles at least one of the legendary animals that carry you in previous Dragon Quest games (I'm not telling). In fact, it doubles down on familiarity and nostalgia by design.
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That's why Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age for the PlayStation 4 and PC is as dependable as Dragon Quest gets. He's even capable of surprising you from time to time he just prefers to serve up something he knows his company will enjoy instead of taking big risks like his brother. Does that mean he's boring? Far from it: He's steadfast, dependable, and great company for extended periods of time. Other times, Square-Enix is forced to scrape up what's left of their son and haul the slop home to reform him into something bigger and better.ĭespite being only slightly older than Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest isn't prone to nutty leaps and weird stunts. Sometimes Final Fantasy lands beautifully after performing a flip, and we all gasp and applaud his grace. There, he climbs to the top of the backstop fence behind the baseball field, screams "LOOK AT ME, I'M BAHAMUT" and leaps. Whenever he feels like it's time for the world to give him the attention he deserves, he drinks a bottle of absinthe, puts on crazy clothes, and stagger-runs to the park. Though he's over 30 years old, Final Fantasy never settled down. Square-Enix has delivered many children unto us across the decades, but the world takes special interest in two of its offspring: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
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