Glad to see people of Culture here.

been playing sparingly like 3-5 hours a day. hope to finish it soon

Yea I got it yesterday with my first check in a long time along with until dawn(friends have been recommending it forever at this point since they know I like horror games) and black ops 3(I've been curious about the mixed reactions on single player) I got dq11 to play over my holiday break but I started it just to see and then I ended up ignoring not only until dawn and black ops but spiderman and other games Im working on. Its just done so well and environments are a lot more open than I though. I got to the kingsbarrow dungeon last night. Can't wait to jump back in but work and school are gonna prevent me from playing too much the next few weeks.

The total opposite for me... I played Spiderman first, then hopped on this... Im just about done with the final DLC story for Spiderman, and im eager to get back on DQ11

This was literally me but also kinda vice versa for Spider-Man at times

It should be noted this scared me more than it excites me haha

Wild Link Don’t Be. Time wise it IS about 30 ish hours for post game story, but the story is just fantastic. If you’re a long time DQ fan, or if you just got super invested in the story of 11, you owe it to yourself to do the post game story. That’s where a lot of the more subtle moments of the story reach its payoff.

@@scenedikemon oh dw i am all in. I just have my first child coming in 4 weeks so its just a scary time. Got me worrying i wont be playing like i used too haha

Wild Link Congratulations :D not going into spoilers then, but this IS dragon quest, so perhaps some of the themes in the game will really speak to you. Best wishes :)

@@legendofkailia5596 Good luck with your first child!

pc players can dl a mod that sorts out the music issues :)

By "you guys", I hope you mean the ever illustrious Brandon Jones.

@@salikraees9690 By the "you guys" he means the editor (Ian), the reviewer (Ben), and Brandon as well.

But Ben wrote the review and captured the footage, and Ian edited the video. Blood probably liaised with Square Enix as well given the issues with the audio.

Brandon is from GameTrailers, which he used to do great reviews for. I just found out that he moved to EasyAllies (never watched an EasyAllies review until yesterday), I'll be going through a ton of reviews for the next while!

I stopped the review when I thought it was pretty much over. "What the hell is this guy talking about??" :resume playing: "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

Who's Ian?

Those 2 options turned on are exactly what I use and it's perfect. I wish Ni no Kuni 2 had that on launch.

Daniel Hollis you can’t go wrong with either it seems

To swipe from the Kotaku review: this game is chill as heck and is great for winding down or before bed. I'm binging it, but I'd recommend playing it after a solid Spiderman session; wind down from all the webslinging and such

Or make the this quest even more grand get rid of spiderman. And give 100 % to DQ 11 total focus and after play spiderman. (:

Watch the (absurdly long) Kotaku review. The reviewer's played through it all the way 3 times since the Japanese version came out, and he suggests playing it about an hour at a time. The game gives you a recap of what you've been doing when you open it up, so it's surprisingly good for smaller, more separated sessions

@@harrylane4 1 hour at a time is a bit too short. But 2-3 hours is perfect.

don t get your expectation to High, Dragon quest Is the grandfather of Jrpg, no joke, all tropes were invented by this franchise so dont go expecting to be a persona 5 killer, a hardcore shin megami tensei game or a edgy emo final fantasy game.

How about me? Im 35 years old, like a good sprawling RPG but bounce right off most JRPGs due to the main cast frequently looking about 14 years old and everyone talking like theyre in a saturday morning cartoon. Ive also never seen an episode of Dragon ball Z or Pokemon or any of the other cultural touchstones. Will I like it? I've yet to see a review from someone who isn't already into all that stuff.

ShoutingStone I mean, watch the video to judge the character designs, but as far as dialogue goes you probably won't like it.

@@nykcarnsew2238 oh I have, and yeah all the familrr jrpg trappings are there. I just wondered if all these 9 out of 10s would mean I could look past it this time. I suppose no one can answer that but me though

@@shoutingstone no one can answer that to you but you but by what you're saying I'm thinking this is not the game for you. This is the grandpa of all JRPGs, this is where all those tropes you mention were born. The game is quite long, the voice acting is like a Saturday morning cartoon, it is not too difficult, it is not open world per se... What I can tell you is that towns are masterfully designed with sprawling architecture and lots of verticality, the world building in dragon quest games is excellent and this is no exception, attention to detail is very good (although many things will be passed I'd you're not looking for it), the different cultures and dialects is very interesting and the amount of content is vast. Dragon Quest is to JRPGs what Disney is to animated movies. This particular game trimmed lots of the things most people get turned off by in previous offerings and the JRPG genre as a whole. If you've enjoyed any JRPG from 1990-2004, then you'll love this game, but if you don't relate to those things I think you won't like it very much and will face disappointment after so much hype.

@Mic Dy yeah its pretty impressive. for me things really got good once you get to Gallopolis.

Same.

Awesome. Came here just for this, Iiterally just posted asking if this was easier than 8 was so cheers to you m'sir. Grabbing my copy tomorrow!

Dragon quest is the most consistent and respected Jrpg Franchise in Japan, Square better Not Screw Up this franchise, which they don t. Final fantasy on the other hand...well....it all began After FF 12.

FFXV is pure garbage

BackdriftNightfall Here's a thing, every other big developers will always have "the pressure" of developing their big franchise games. SE is neither special nor exclusive. FFXV is just a bad case of bad complications for years from problematic game engine, the story, concepts, management, etc. This is even more worse with SE really stubborn on making FF game like advent children with the over the top actions but RPG too in general & has been happening since FFXIII or so.

Final Fantasy XV isnt even a J Rpg for my Opinion.

Andy Kolb Dude, it’s a JRPG because it was made in Japan lmao. What are you trying to pull here? 😅

Which Yakuza is that from? I have 0, Kiwami and Kiwami 2

Brodo21 Difficult to trust reviewers who gave the very average NNK2 a 9.5 and DQXI a 9.

You do know that a different ally reviewed Ni no kuni 2 and that every review is subjective, right?

I don't trust them anymore. I bought Nino Kuni 2 after watching their review and they lied me. And in no way was it 9.5. More like 7.5.

@@mishikomishiko9088 then why are you here? Just to suffer?

@@MikeRedead333 youtube decided that this video might be interesting for me.

Brian McCallister I’m playing this way also, I love it so far!

Rune Soldier Yeah, I had a hard time with that one, the spider boss, and Tentacular so far on Draconian. I actually decided to grind for 30 minutes and get Kabuff for Serena to stand a chance against Tentacular in particular, since you’re constantly getting hit by physical aoe. I’m pretty sure I was underleveled as well, since the party members I was getting ended up being a little higher than my crew, so it’s not like I was grinding for every single boss if that’s a concern for anyone.

Yes i also started with it and i think it’s the perfect difficulty level. I recommend everyone to play that way

It should be noted that the Draconian Modifiers weren't in the original japanese game and aren't balanced at all. The recommended way to play is just not to grind and take the bosses at the level they were intended too, or just underleveled. That said the Draconian modifiers "Harder Enemies" and "No XP from weaker Enemies" are just a grind extensions in a way. If you like the combat and prefer to have to do more of it before experiencing the story, these are the modifiers for you. Beware that the "Harder Enemies" adds quite a bit of RNG though.

Yes, I'm playing with all the modifiers on except "no armor" since I thought it would be a bit lame not being able to use the armor that I craft. The game is quite challenging but enjoyable. I just barely managed to defeat the Desert Slayer earlier today (on my 5th try) but it was sweet.

Really.. I was just thinking about picking that up, which led me to this video because I’m looking for a new game. Never played a Yakuza game.

@@shineinouzen7412 Do you like Japanese games?

Miles Williams I like persona 5, Nier, Souls games, and a couple others.

@@shineinouzen7412 very Japanese is about the only way I can describe it. I think it's great. If you don't like long cut scenes and story then it's probably not for you. It's got some almost Metal Gear length scenes in it.

@@mileswilliams4807 after playing it I can agree that very Japanese is the best way to describe Yakuza

I loved that game lol

Don't trigger Jones, now.

Just check out the Kotaku one lol

Eliseo Rocha soon my friend. Soon.

I think whenever I get the game, that'll be the only option I choose. Maybe the one for little exp for easy fights, as well.

@@War624 go with both

You might not want to and get it for the PC. There are quite a few loading screens, you are basically constantly travelling after the first few hours of the game, and I doubt the Switch will handle them as fast as a SSD.

I also find it a bit lacking. DQVIII had some really good tracks, despite it being MIDI. I also think it's a crying shame that the overworld doesn't have a night version of the travel music while the towns do. Pretty sure VIII had one. I also think it's way too upbeat. Which makes the lack of a nightime version even more glaring.

Unless I'm mistaken, the Japanese version of DQ8 had midi soundtrack but no voice acting and the international version had a proper orchestral version, but with fewer tracks, and voice acting (that was great, by the way).

To be fair, alot of the Dragon Quest games suffers from that. The composer of the series has been reuse alot of themes in any area.

Agreed

Not Square Enix's fault, that piece of shit Sugiyama (the composer) owns the rights himself and causes the problems. He's also just a terrible human being outside of music composition, hence why I called him a piece of shit lol.