It does a great job of keeping to the traditional sights that you're used to from giant castles, colourful port towns, and grand waterfalls to quaint villages with thatched roofs amidst rolling hills. When the Dragon Quest Heroes games released, I marveled at how stunning the familiar universe looked on a modern console and I got that feeling all over again when playing Dragon Quest XI. Those Sham Hatwitches definitely look too stunned to move! The premise of a teenager leaving a small town that they've never left in search for adventure isn't anything unique when it comes to JRPGs but given the exciting opening of the story, you know that you're in for an interesting adventure once he walks through the village gate. The initial goal of his adventure outside of his familiar village is to follow the directions given to him in a letter from his mother that was kept in the basket he was found in and head to the city of Heliodor to speak to the king. It doesn't take long for our protagonist to get an itch for exploring the world once he makes the climb to the peak and sees what he's missing. At this time, he's about to go on a trek up a mountain along with his childhood friend to complete the coming of age trial. Cut to 16 years later and the same baby is now a teenage boy living in a small village with his adoptive family. □ Dude, I just asked where the bathroom is.ĭragon Quest XI opens with a dramatic scene showing the city of Dundrasil being attacked on a stormy night and a young girl trying to save a baby as they're soon washed away down a river amidst the chaos. │ Nothing causes more disappointment than hype so at Video Chums, we avoid hyping games prior to playing them for ourselves. Players have the ability to acquire horse manure as in inventory item one cutscene depicts a character placing a lump of feces in a creature's hand.Reviewed by Mary Billington playing a PS4 on September 24, 2018Īfter I wrote an article about why we need more Dragon Quest, Square Enix thankfully fulfilled my (and many other fans') wishes by finally releasing the latest mainline game in North America. Some characters are depicted drunk (e.g., slurring their speech, hiccupping) in pubs and/or party environments. During the course of the game, characters can enter a casino and bet tokens on games such as slot machines, roulette, and poker. The game contains some suggestive material: female characters wearing low-cut tops or bunny outfits male characters caught with “girlie magazines” (e.g., Ogler's Digest) innuendo in the dialogue (e.g., “Wilt thou sample the sensual puff-puff for a mere 20 gold coins?” “Art thou not alive with pleasure?” “Does that feel good? You'll tell me if it hurts, won't you?”). One enemy is called “Bloody Hand,” and is represented by a disembodied hand dripping with red, slime-like blood. Cutscenes sometimes depict characters getting impaled a handful of scenes depict dead soldiers on the ground. Combat is turn-based, with players selecting attack moves/skills/items from a menu on-screen characters perform short animations for each action, using swords, crossbows, and magic spells to defeat enemies (e.g., slimes, dragons, robots, demons). From a third-person perspective, players explore towns, complete quests, and battle fantastical creatures to advance the storyline. This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of a hero who must defeat an evil force in the land of Erdrea.
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