95%Nintendo Switch

Amazing classic JRPG that reminded me of the games I enjoyed growing up. Some quality of life improvements, like the TACTICS allowing auto-combat, were really great. The traditional fantasy, power-of-friendship story was right up my alley and I smiled for much of the game. Pretty much loved all the characters and even though I’ve rolled credits, I’ve got to play the “post game” stuff

80%Nintendo Switch

jrpg에 재미를 느끼고 본가를 느낌
너무 정통? 뻔한 느낌이 너무 많았지만 그래도 재미나게 플레이함

90%Nintendo Switch

Got to the first ending, gonna set it aside for now.

80%PC

Nao completei o Ato 3

100%PlayStation 5

Standard Difficulty
All Storyline quests, Calasmos
All Tickington quests, End of Time
Timewyrm and Timewyrm's Tail Bossfight in 99 Actions (4th try)
Forged All Evolution/Endgame items.

Thanks for a fantastic playthrough!

80%PC

The story and characters are incredible. Despite the simple gameplay and grindy side missions, I believe the story for this game makes up for it in a huge way and proves that games can tell stories just as much as any other piece of media.

90%Nintendo Switch

Fun, classic JRPG adventure with amazing, lovable characters. Great pacing and a fine-tuned turn-based gameplay. Absolute masterpiece. Thanks, Akira Toriyama!

100%Xbox One

Dragon Quest XI S was such a fun game. I enjoyed the game from start to finish. Sometimes the completion could be frustrating, but there was so much to do during the whole game. I thoroughly enjoyed the game.

90%PC

Génial même si c'est juste mon premier jrpg fin de mémoire

90%PC

post-ironic cliche tropes done right with some Yoko Taro influences (don't ask me why)

ultimate bedtime fairy tale with great characters and fantastic vibes living in a world of Akira Toriyama's artwork

- music is a letdown but you have an option to use the DQ VIII overworld theme so do that
- default overworld music theme is rage quit inducing EAR CANCER
- i'd recommend using "stronger monsters" draconian option because the default game is too easy in the beginning
- Act 2 was a drag but for a reason
- Act 3 is not a "post-game"
- Act 3 is what really makes this game special and unique, it IS essential to the story and actually pretty amazing and extremely satisfying
- this game is better than final fantasy VII remake

could have been better if not the ear cancer music and strange difficulty curve, but you know what?

I don't care

85%Nintendo Switch

Good RPG but a bit long winded over time.

90%Nintendo Switch

I think this is a very good game for an rpg. The bosses can get pretty nasty in difficulty. But thankfully it doesn't require you to get to level 99 if you just want to finish the main story. The characters are very fun, and the story was nice. There are some moments of trying to get a certain material or find a certain enemy for a quest which can be very annoying. Overall, the issues are minor and it certainly is a great rpg to play for fans.

100%PlayStation 4

One of the best RPG I have ever played in my life.

100%Nintendo Switch

One of my favorite jrpgs of all time. Next playthrough will be a 100%. Still waiting for DQ 3 Remake

95%Nintendo Switch

Act 1 was generic and boring, but the story in Act 2 is really interesting and at this point the gameplay picks up. However it's very long, and boring for the first 30 hours.

If you like 90's era JRPG's, this is basically the only modern game with that type of gameplay. Best of the Dragon Quests, but can be improved if they allowed more skills to be learned earlier and if the later quests weren't such grind fests.

9.5/10

95%Nintendo Switch

Pinnacle of JRPGs. Truly a great game that stays true to the formula but does enough to distinguish itself and not feel stale but also prove that the DQ team are at the top of their game.

60%Nintendo Switch

It's the most traditional rpg ever. I got really bored like 3/4 of the way through it and just stopped to play better things.

90%Nintendo Switch

It's funny to remember now that within the first few hours I felt slightly disappointed. Dragon Quest is well known for being very conservative, but XI is the first official episode to bring absolutely nothing new to the series. I ended up considering that the answer, in fact, was perhaps there: almost 15 years after the last true Dragon Quest, Square Enix returned with a perfect synthesis of everything that the series is and doest best: epic storyline, characters quickly turning into good friends, old-school but refined gameplay, great music and Akira Toryama. Did we really need something else?

75%PlayStation 4

Had to abandon Dragon Quest XI at 95% of completion...it's annoying that despite I'm at level 99 with all characters and have some of the best equipments in the game, in order to beat yet another secret boss of the game I have to spend like 20 hours at the game casino playing poker or the roulette getting tokens to acquire some materials. then I was supposed to spend other dozens of hours finding other materials in the dungeons where these materials pop up once per run

These are the things I hate about games...it's not about being able to play well, ability, or anything...just do stupid things to get stupid side-equipments that are used only for one specific boss. and even with that equipment, you need luck that the boss doesn't target specific members of the party otherwise you have to start all over again

80%PC

solid classic DQ experience, did drag a bit in the end there with the new content

100%Nintendo Switch

Gameplay 3/3 really really great version of the classic turn based jrpg combat it feels like the definitive version of this combat. Really great minigames as well. With fun exploration too.
Story 3/3 outstanding
Visuals 2/2 great art style great locations and great character and creature designs. Lots of variety
Audio 2/2 fantastic music great voice acting

Highly recommend 100% completion for the gameplay even the casino is really fun

90%Nintendo Switch

Un grandisimo Dragon Quest, magnífico jrpg clásico donde descubres la historia del héroe de Luminalia con un elenco de personajes carismático, muchas sidequest por cumplir y el aliciente de jugarlo en 2D de manera clásica.

90%Nintendo Switch

fantastic game, awesome music, good story, nice set of characters, very charming game

100%PC

Beautiful Game

90%Nintendo Switch

an epic adventure for all JRPG lovers... a timeless classic that "without" renewing itself is completely renewed and reinvented in a fantastic world

80%Nintendo Switch

I kind of ended the main story feeling kind of whelmed. While the story had some highs and interesting twists to the classic adventure story, it still felt very safe and unoriginal. The gameplay was also good but I wouldn't say it was exceedingly captivating. The characters were well designed and had cool backstories, but I didn't really connect with any of them.

80%Nintendo Switch

There is a lot to unpack here.

The game is a great tribute to the series as a whole, and while it is quite a slow burn, its pacing is not bad at all. There are tons of things to do and most of them are fun (not you, pep quests, you suck). It is interesting how much this game draws from Final Fantasy X, which is also considered by many as a turning point in a franchise (although the equivalent to DQ 11 would actually be FF 9).

Sadly, most of the things that were taken from FFX are not really great. The sphere grid level up system was improved for DQ 11, and retains part of the individuality of each character, also being more rewarding to grind. The segmented, corridor-world however is a major step back from DQ 8. It sure is pretty, but claustrophobic and surprisingly dull. The world feels much smaller than it actually is, albeit harder to navigate.

The story has some major tonal shifts and mind bends, and sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but mostly they fade into the hype of the next big thing. This might frustrate some, to me it just felt a bit like Dragon Ball, which is not bad, just unusual. It also made me think that maybe something that leaned more towards Dragon Ball would be an interesting new take for the series. But I digress.

Another step back in relation to DQ 8 is the Fun Sized Forge when compared to the Alchemy Pot. The forge does have its strong points, but they take very long to shine. That being said, there is no reason for one to eliminate the other, as they are not exactly do the same thing. It just feels like an unnecessary trade-off.

Coupled with this, we get the mobage-like equipment. This I just disliked in general. Why would a piece of equipment have 5% more efficiency agains an enemy type? I understand this might make a difference when talking huge damage outputs, but that's not the case in the first dozens of hours, where most of this type of equipment appears and can be improved on the forge. The same goes for skills, which also might be downplayed depending on the builds. Pieces of equipment, as they are ever so numerous, should be more meaningful. The alchemy pot had a partial solution for that.

Even with all the drawbacks, DQ 11 really shine by having a few charismatic characters, great atmosphere to the world and tons of things to explore. It does feel like much of it could have been better, but it's still one of my favourite entries in the series. It is definitely not DQ 8 or DQ 5, but it was a great return to form, and makes me look forward for the next iteration.

80%Nintendo Switch

It's good but it's too long - no way I'm spending 100h with that kind of basic gameplay.

50%Nintendo Switch

Not my cup of tea

90%Nintendo Switch

I thought I'd drop after the first 8-9 hours and I'm glad I didn't. I really liked the main story, the characters, some plot twist I didn't expect in such game. Overall a very good experience (it was my first time playing a DQ game and it won't be the last)

90%Nintendo Switch

Bien que je ne sois pas aller au bout de la fin secondaire j'ai adorer ce Dragon quest, surement le meilleur de la serie (avec le 5 =))

100%PlayStation 5

Loved everything about this game. Cannot recommend it enough to RPG lovers

80%Nintendo Switch

Dragon Quest XI has been clogging up my backlog for the last 5 years. I always envisioned it as this massive untouchable JRPG that I could never hope to conquer. And for may years that was the case. Never getting too far into the story and always hitting this wall where it seemed as if I wanted to continue, I would be forced to grind for hours on end. But readers, let me tell you I have finally climbed to the top of this mountain. I have seen the light of Yggdrasil for myself, finally after all this time. However, that light may be a little bit blinding. After spending nearly 60 hours with the game, my largest complaint lies in the fact that the story could have been told in half the time, if not even less so. A significant chunk of this game is told through cutscenes and lengthy scenes of dialogue, but there are many moments where the story feels like it is intentionally trying to draw out the length of a segment. If you cut all of the unneeded fat off of this game, you would save about 10-15 hours easy, and that's not including reducing the amount of repetitive gameplay either. It's crazy that a JRPG can still release these days and not have any time saving ways to cut down on grinding, or even different accessibility options. With that said, all of these being my biggest problems with the title, I still couldn't be more excited for DQXII. I hope to see the team improve what was done here, and hone it into something that I can truly call a modern masterpiece. DQXI is without a shadow of a doubt, a fantastic and wonderful experience. I'm so glad I finally got to see it for what it is, but even after going through it, I still don't know if I can say that it was worth all the time spent.

100%Nintendo Switch

Goat

75%Nintendo Switch

I've heard people explain this game as JRPG comfort food. I think that's the perfect way to put it. The story is basic, the battle system is basic, the whole game is basic. But there's something enjoyable about it.

I've played to a certain point in the game in English but I've replayed to the mid point in Japanese. There are definitely differences so it's hard for me to talk about the English version. However, if you want what is basically a bedtime story in long form this is the game for you.

80%PC

Pretty fun, but I felt I was done after "beating" the game, but not moving on to the considerable end game. I know that it's a major part of the experience and I might get back to it eventually, but that was enough for now.

It was very easy, but it allows you to skip battles by seeing enemies on the map. I basically skipped every single avoidable fight and was always at an appropriate level for a challenging but doable battle. Only 1 or 2 bosses required me to "catch up" by grinding a single level or two, and these were always because I needed a particular spell (a group heal, cure a status effect, etc., that I got at the next level up and was clearly assumed for the fight).

100%PC

Played this game on PS4. Want to replay on Steam.

95%PC

By no means flawless, this was however the best dragon quest game and the best jrpg I've played in a long time. The fairy tale atmosphere, orchestral music, great graphics, and traditional, yet maneuverable gameplay made this one of the best games I've played this year.

60%Nintendo Switch

Extremely repetitive soundtrack that plays goofy sounding tracks during what were supposed to be serious cutscenes, and an uninteresting battle system. I know a lot of people love this game but it just wasn't for me. Also the story was extremely campy.

100%PC

The culmination of the entire franchise; a modern gem with an expansive world, amazing characters, and a fulfilling narrative wrapped in the familiar Dragon Quest charm. The game fails to innovate much in terms of its combat, leaving late-game fights feeling a bit repetitive. However, it's hard to fault that simplicity--a mainstay of each installment.

Edit: After completing the post-game, I need to affirm that this game is a true gem of the JRPG genre, and I have updated my rating from 95% to 100% to reflect that.

I rate games based upon how well they complete their own creative objectives. Dragon Quest 11 excels at everything it aims to do: amazing characters, a fully-developed story with consistent narrative themes, an incredible soundtrack, lush visuals, and the like, all delivered with consistent quality throughout the near 100 hour experience I had with this game. Even my earlier criticism--seen above--is negated by the actual late-game challenges I hadn't yet reached at that point.

Dragon Quest 11 is the perfect distillation of a franchise and genre in almost every way. This is a game that may become as seminal as the games that inspired it, at least I can hope so.

If anything, it deserves the distinction as the first Dragon Quest game to break through to western gamers.

Dragon Quest 11 is a modern masterpiece.

100%Nintendo Switch

Well that was one well dressed whale

70%PC

Played in 2023
Stopped playing at the end of Act 2.
This was my 2nd Dragon Quest.

PROS
Embodies what classic JRPG are, without the unnecessary fluff a lot of modern game have.
A few great moments in the storytelling.
Visually neat.
Bestiary design.

CONS
Pacing issues. I really struggled to keep my motivation at the start of Act 2.
Side quests not really exciting.
Music is good but gets quickly repetitive.
Menuing still not optimal (but improved compared to old DQs).

100%PlayStation 4

10/10 Story
09/10 Level Design
09/10 Characters
10/10 Gameplay
09/10 Graphics
08/10 Music/Sound
08/10 Voice Acting

Battle System 10/10

Difficulty MEDIUM

Overall 98%

85%PlayStation 4

It was wonderful game for the first two acts. The third act really kills the pacing with the level curve and difficulty spike.

100%PC

played the non-s version a few years ago, then replayed the s version. nice qol stuff and a shitty endgame-super boss. but at heart it is a pretty standard jrpg but on steroids. make sure you give up all responsibility before playing

80%Xbox One

Very traditional JRPG except without the random encounters. A good beginners rpg with a ever story and music. The game is a bit easy and side activities aren’t that interesting. I would recommend this game to people just getting into JRPG and for those who already enjoy JRPGs, but for those who don’t like these kind of games this game will not be for you.

80%PlayStation 5

A heavily traditional jrpg with fresh gameplay. There are no random encounters and the robust skill trees for each party member allow for a bunch of party experimentation and min maxing for those that want it.

The thing I liked the most about the game is how happy it is. It isn’t embarrassed to be genuine. Just good storytelling with a wonderfully colorful world and cast of characters.

90%Nintendo Switch

Finished post game stuff

90%PC

great JRPG experience, loved the music and characters
only gripe is the post-game content as it felt pretty dry to the story and the final boss has a fairly steep difficulty curve that will likely require some grinding

100%Nintendo Switch

This was my second playthrough of the game, my first being the original release on the PS4, and this game's story is still an absolute delight. I'm always a fan of traditional turn-based combat, and the amount of detail, humanity, and love in this game still makes it one of my favorite games of all time. I will absolutely do a third playthrough someday.