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Dragon Quest XI

GarlandExCon

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During the 10 days I was off my feet I was able to get back into this and got to the part where I get the ship. It really has opened up.
 
Vorark

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Ivan said:
all in all though, I do wish the Act 2 ending was where the game ended. While cute, not really a fan of recycling the scenarios from that same Act. Most don't even feature new battles.
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Yep, I ended up just reading what happens. Act 3 cheapens the character development that happens during the previoud act. The ending was mighty cool, though.
 
Ivan

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Finally finished this, actually had to beat calasmos twice since I accidentally quit the game thinking it would autosave.

All in all, once you get Omniheal (heal all hp for whole party) this becomes doable.


I loved this game for the art, the character arcs, the music, it was a total blast. I hope the rest of yall enjoy it as much as I did.
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Fred

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Ivan said:
I'm in the postgame and am ready to wrap it all up. Going to attempt Calsmos at ~Lv. 60. I feel like after a fantastic meal, the post game is like extra food that while savory, would ruin my appetite. Kinda the same deal I had with Yakuza 0. The critical path is so satisfying, that by the time I'm done with it, I feel full.



I guess at this point I feel like I should start playing the "classics." Would FF4 be a good option after this?
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Most FF and DQ games from the 4th one (from both series) are very playable. FF/DQ 1-3 are too but they're really retro.

FF4 is odd, a lot of people consider it the best game of the serie and one of the best game of all time, but I personally dislike it.
But you can't go too wrong with any of FF6-5-4 (I love the silly sprite animations of 5-6, while FF4 has a very serious tone), even 7 which introduced the silly "I have 500 HP and enemies hit me for 7" is good anyway because the music carries the game to the end.
DQ 4 to 8 are all good (DS remakes for 4-7, PS2 version for DQ8 for the orchestral music).
Chrono Trigger would be the first I'd play tho if you never played any of them.
Chrono Cross and FF8-9 deserve a playthrough too I'd say. A lot of people dislike FF8 but I like it for its system.
 
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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
I cannot be fucked to fight calamos, I'm actually done with Dragon Quest combat RIP
 
Fred

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Ivan said:
who cares, hope it sells like hotcakes
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It sold 4 millions as of 2 or 3 months ago (portable version excluded), which is nice (I think ?). The sad part is the distribution is 3 millions in Japan and 1 for the rest of the world (which is still a good sale number, but still it should be 10 times that)
 
GarlandExCon

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I just got past that part where you fight in the tournament with the did who runs the orphanage. I was kinda disappointed when he didn't join my party, but the old man and that hot chick he's hanging with who were also in the tournament would also be cool. I liked the old man's spell when we were going through that dungeon with the spider.

I don't even remember how many people usually end up in a party in DragonQuest games but it seems like there was at least enough so that there were two that could be taken out of the line-up.
 
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holy shit, through a ridiculous method (check out a related thread I just made in SCIENCE forum about how to power an HDD with a seperate power supply) I actually managed to get the fucking save game from the HDD it was on.

Un-fucking-believable! Woo.
 
Jinn

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aweigh said:
holy shit, through a ridiculous method (check out a related thread I just made in SCIENCE forum about how to power an HDD with a seperate power supply) I actually managed to get the fucking save game from the HDD it was on.

Un-fucking-believable! Woo.
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Carry on! You're at a great part in the game and where the exploration really starts to "pick up."
 
Grampy_Bone

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Ivan said:
Is it a JRPG trope for the games to end with a fake Act 2 and feature a "secret" Act 3 endgame?
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I recall Lunar 2 did and it seemed incredibly novel at the time. It seems very rare to me, I can't think of many other games doing this.

DQ 8 didn't have a full epilogue really, it had a single postgame dungeon that changes the ending.

RDR 1 and 2 did it to some controversy. Go from massive gun battles to herding cattle and shoveling shit.

I liked DQ 11's postgame because it gave you a reason to max out your characters, even if a lot of the content felt recycled. OTOH I don't like it when games reserve all the super awesome gear for the postgame with no story element, like Xenoblade Chronicles X did. You can spend a lot of time in that game building the best mecha and fighting the superbosses but there's no payoff for it.
 
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