![]() You can continue the long and storied quest for mini medals, learn series staple spells and hunt for the elusive metal slimes. If you've played a Dragon Quest game before, you'll have plenty to like about this, with myriad homages made to previous games dotted around the massive world. All of these nuances to combat creates a challenging system of character growth while still making it extremely accessible to players of any skill level. ![]() The characters all have a role to play in combat and it's wonderful how balanced they all are through the game if you find yourself struggling to get past a certain boss or enemy, you can take a look at your party makeup and switch another character out, or focus on survivability to give you more of a fighting chance in combat. Each character's skill tree advances with skill points and it's here where you can specialise them into a certain role: do you want you healer to deal some serious damage? She can wield mighty spears and still keep your party topped up with health. The party members have somewhat typical and unremarkable story arcs overall, but the beauty of the JRPG lets you create a part of the character and you can portray them as you like when you focus on their stats and skill trees. While your character pretty much stays the same, the story is emphasised by each party member, with them growing and changing as the story progresses. You yourself play as the typical silent hero, who is frequently dubbed The Luminary, or The Chosen One who is, get this, chosen to save the world. Not only this but there is a fantastic Japanese-esque town where all the residents spoke in haiku, which was a truly impressive and charming feat of creativity.Įvery character that joins your party in Dragon Quest XI are all beautifully animated and distinctive in their own right all having unique, if somewhat tedious, personalities. ![]() The localisation of the text is pretty amazing for a Japanese game and the game creators almost show this off with their amazing collection of English puns used in the game, ranging from monster names like the CruelCumber to the horse-racing event in the desert called the Sand National. ![]() I was always looking for an out-of-the-way corner of the map, and when I would bound towards it I'd happily say to myself "There's definitely treasure here!" and more often than not I was justly rewarded for my curiosity. One of the most rewarding parts of Dragon Quest is it's exploration: there are hundreds, even thousands of items just lying around waiting to be discovered and having played older RPG games I feel like I've developed a sense of where to find these treasures. The whole world of Dragon Quest XI is one big tapestry stretching off in every direction accompanied by a glorious orchestral soundtrack to spur your adventure forward. With these special mounts you can scale walls, leap over great distances and soar through the air to help you seek out useful hidden treasures.Īs you might expect from a traditional JRPG, exploring the vast world is greatly rewarding. Dotted around dungeons there are special monster mounts which you can capture and ride after beating them in combat. You're not just limited to riding your horse either. ![]() It's incredibly satisfying to ride your horse at great speeds into monsters and see the poor critter go flying through the sky. However, I often found myself choosing to ride my trusty horse through the amazing scenery and to hunt for items on the field. Further, monsters can actually flee from you, and it's hard not to feel incredibly powerful seeing all these stunning creatures flee but from a game design perspective, it serves as an indicator that you're too high level to fight these monsters and it would be a waste of time to do so.Īs in many Dragon Quest games you have access to the Zoom spell, which allows you to fast travel to each city of place of note you've previously visited. You always have a choice of which enemy you fight: if you don't feel up to battling a certain monster you can simply run away from them, thanks to the visual alarm indicating a monster has spotted you. There are literally hundreds of different enemies, some are simple colour variants but this colour change indicates a change in their abilities which is more than enough to keep things interesting and fresh as you tactically fight your way through the hordes of enemies. ![]()
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