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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (2017)

Square Enix Business Division 6

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4

4.25 from 1220 ratings · #176 top rated on Grouvee

3688 members have it in their collection · 413 playing now · 1299 backlogged · 869 wish listed

How long? Main story 61h · with extras 91h · 100% 135h (from 80 logged playthroughs)

Dragon Quest XI continues the gameplay of previous games in the series, in which players explore worlds and fight against various monsters, including the ability to explore high areas. Before entering battle, players can also toggle between the 3D and 2D graphical styles. The game features the series' traditional turn-based battle system.
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Details

Developers
Square Enix Business Division 6
Publishers
Square Enix
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Fantasy, Open world
Franchises
Dragon Quest
Series
Dragon Quest
Event
Square Enix E3 Showcase 2018
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jul 29, 2017 (Japan) PlayStation 4
  • Sep 04, 2018 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Sep 04, 2018 (North_America) PlayStation 4
  • Sep 04, 2018 (Europe) PlayStation 4

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Rating distribution

5 stars
604
4 stars
397
3 stars
157
2 stars
46
1 star
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Blkhai

Review Blkhai 5/5 · Mar 13, 2020

One of the best JRPG of 2019

Good turn base JRPG with great world building and monster design. The gameplay is very easy if you don't turn on Draconian mode. It will take a lot of time if you want to complete everything. The game has good storytelling, the Switch version adds some extra contents which it's great. Overall it is a good game for any JRPG …

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Good turn base JRPG with great world building and monster design. The gameplay is very easy if you don't turn on Draconian mode. It will take a lot of time if you want to complete everything. The game has good storytelling, the Switch version adds some extra contents which it's great. Overall it is a good game for any JRPG fans. I've spent more than 100 hours playing and enjoy every minutes of it

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SailorV

Status SailorV Feb 5, 2020

Started playing this last night, and my interest is growing. I think I set the camera speed too fast though because I got a headache 30 minutes into the game.

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raddleman

Status raddleman Oct 14, 2019

I played this game when it came originally on PS4 and after a couple hours it didn't grab me for whatever reason and I never made it past the first few hours. For whatever reason I decided to pick this up on a whim to play on my new Switch Lite as I've always preferred long RPG's on a handheld …

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I played this game when it came originally on PS4 and after a couple hours it didn't grab me for whatever reason and I never made it past the first few hours. For whatever reason I decided to pick this up on a whim to play on my new Switch Lite as I've always preferred long RPG's on a handheld since I grew up playing Golden Sun and Final Fantasy ports on my Game Boy Advance. I'm 20 hours in now and absolutely hooked on this game! I love the characters and story because it reminds me of a combination of the old school RPG's I used to play with the animation and story telling of some of my favorite anime. This might be just me but the character and enemy design reminds me of Dragonball Z and the story telling in the way you show up to this city looking for something and of course it's the prize for a fighting tournament and of course there's something sinister influencing it and you're the only person who can stop it just screams every anime I used to watch on Adult Swim. I did have to update some of the options to make the game a bit harder as the base combat can become a little trivial without it. I'm constantly looking forward to the next opportunity I get to sit down with it for a few hours!

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BMO

Status BMO Aug 26, 2019

I don’t typically care about this, but the graphics hit in Switch feels like it might be enough to justify playing it on another platform. I know the advantage is you can take it with you, but the world is so lush and vibrant it’s kind of sad to see lose that in the Switch version. Everything looks much flatter …

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I don’t typically care about this, but the graphics hit in Switch feels like it might be enough to justify playing it on another platform. I know the advantage is you can take it with you, but the world is so lush and vibrant it’s kind of sad to see lose that in the Switch version. Everything looks much flatter on Switch which drains a lot of the life from what are otherwise very nice visuals. Question is, are additional features and portability enough to justify a muddier looking port?

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BMO

Status BMO Jun 13, 2019

So, is the consensus that the best platform to get this game for is the Switch?

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HafizDamji

Status HafizDamji Nov 5, 2018

These games were fine when there wasnt an opportunity cost of being able to play the much better games that are out there. I tried, I just couldn't do it, the mute protagonist and the general childishness of it all, probably done with this series forever. just not worth it for me, at least, for the time commitment

2 years …

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These games were fine when there wasnt an opportunity cost of being able to play the much better games that are out there. I tried, I just couldn't do it, the mute protagonist and the general childishness of it all, probably done with this series forever. just not worth it for me, at least, for the time commitment

2 years later...

I played this again on gamepass and now I like it, yes its still childish but its fun~

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dreadnoughtus

Status dreadnoughtus Oct 5, 2018

I really appreciate that this game doesn't give you random encounters like past iterations I've played of the series. It's so much more fun and satisfying to get to choose who/when you're fighting!

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peter

Status peter Sep 16, 2018

I'm very early in, but I can just tell it's a very well made, beautiful looking JRPG. I have no idea how grindy it's going to get, but so far, it's just a very good JRPG. The combat is solid, there's a cool skill tree, your character is "the one." It's kind of everything a JRPG normally is, just in …

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I'm very early in, but I can just tell it's a very well made, beautiful looking JRPG. I have no idea how grindy it's going to get, but so far, it's just a very good JRPG. The combat is solid, there's a cool skill tree, your character is "the one." It's kind of everything a JRPG normally is, just in a really beautiful, well put together package. I'll keep updating whether or not it stays enjoyable.

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thewritingj

Status thewritingj Aug 25, 2018

This gaame looks like it could be really fun, but I haven't played a Dragon Quest game since gameboy color, lol. Does anyone know if the combat here will be turn-based or hack-n-slash? Some of the pics show a character swinging a sword at a goblin, but I don't know if that's actual game footage or not. (SIGH).

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