Current Events > Dragon Quest XI is one of the most boring JRPG I played recently

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I'm 28 hours into this game and I'm really trying my best to finish this game but holy moly does this game feel so uninspiring in everything. From the combat system, to the story being a giant cliched, the music being too jumpy and repetitive, dull characters, terrible dialogue, and boring side quests. The only good thing about this game is the graphics, Slyvando (probably the only fun character in the cast, with Raab and Veronica because they seem to be only characters with any personality), and the forging mini game. At least with Octopath Traveler and Persona 5, while not perfect games, does more to engage me with the game than Dragon Quest XI can ever thanks to their excellent battle system that constantly keeps me in their toes and always trying to find ways to change up the gameplay. I'm honestly trying to find out why Dragon Quest XI gets so much praise when it been done before, except so much better in other JRPG's.

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Prestoff posted...

I'm honestly trying to find out why Dragon Quest XI gets so much praise when it been done before

Warm socks right out of the dryer.

try DQ7. That game takes like 100 hours to get going

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Prestoff posted...

From the combat system, to the story being a giant cliched, the music being too jumpy and repetitive, dull characters, terrible dialogue, and boring side quests

yup, that's dragon quest

Prestoff posted...

I'm honestly trying to find out why Dragon Quest XI gets so much praise when it been done before

because it's dragon quest

Prestoff posted...

I'm honestly trying to find out why Dragon Quest XI gets so much praise when it been done before

It's basically a game built around nostalgia and the fact an entire country will buy it as long as it's called Dragon Quest

Prestoff posted...

I'm 28 hours into this game and I'm really trying my best to finish this game

The game is like 80+ hours long

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Axiom posted...

It's basically a game built around nostalgia and the fact an entire country will buy it as long as it's called Dragon Quest

Are you calling it the FIFA of Japan?

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Prestoff posted...

Are you calling it the FIFA of Japan?

Maybe three FIFAs at once.

DQ is like the national game of Japan and they dont want big changes, same basic game.

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It's a big budget old school style RPG in an age when those are practically unheard of.

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The best AND worst thing about the Dragon Quest games is they're the most traditional and basic JRPGs you'll ever play, and has remained largely unchanged for nearly 35 years. This is either positive or a negative depending on the person.

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I love DQ XI but if you aren't enjoying it now you won't enjoy more of it, maybe you should just give up on it.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

Maybe three FIFAs at once.

I don't know man, FIFA sells like hotcakes in EU regardless of how garbage and glitchy each entry gets.

solosnake posted...

The game is like 80+ hours long

Oh god, it goes on for THAT long? Yeah I'm probably just going to drop it than. At least I bought it when it was on sale, so I didn't pay full price for this game.

Wetterdew posted...

I love DQ XI but if you aren't enjoying it now you won't enjoy more of it, maybe you should just give up on it.

I'll admit, the reason I put so many hours into it because I thought it would be like Tales of Symphonia where the game doesn't get good until they reveal the other world tethealla, in which the game's story really does pick up and stops being cliched. But yeah you're right, I think I did a good enough job trying to get through the game. Next time I'll do more research before buying a game instead of giving into hype.

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Prestoff posted...

Oh god, it goes on for THAT long? Yeah I'm probably just going to drop it than. At least I bought it when it was on sale, so I didn't pay full price for this game.

Sure, why not?
If you're not enjoying yourself, just stop and move on to something else.

Prestoff posted...

I'll admit, the reason I put so many hours into it because I thought it would be like Tales of Symphonia where the game doesn't get good until [], in which the game's story really does pick up and stops being cliched. But yeah you're right, I think I did a good enough job trying to get through the game. Next time I'll do more research before buying a game instead of giving into hype.

I mean you are a bit right, I haven't played Tales of Symphonia but DQ XI's story does change significantly at a certain momentous point (with higher stakes and a big change) and you haven't gotten there yet.

But if you aren't enjoying the game now, I don't think you'll enjoy it after that story point either.

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The interesting thing is I found it an enjoyable experience when I played it because at that point all the RPGs I had played recently were weird or trying hard to be unique, so a standard by the book jRPG like that felt fresh and fun.

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If you get bored, you can try Trials of Mana

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Wetterdew posted...

but DQ XI's story does change significantly at a certain momentous point

Twice!

Stick with it until Act 2, you'll know when you get there. Battle system will stay the same but story and characters will have a pretty big defined shift.

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I'm also playing it right now, and I've got the Stronger Monsters mode on. I had heard how easy the game was, and it probably would have hurt the game for me.

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Also, if you don't have any draconian modes active, the fighting is beyond easy and would probably be a part of why you aren't enjoying the combat. Unfortunately they don't let you set it to hard in the middle of a playthrough :/

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Have you never played a Dragon Quest game before? They're designed pretty exclusively to be a by-the-books oldschool RPG. Dunno what you were expecting.

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LostForest posted...

Have you never played a Dragon Quest game before? They're designed pretty exclusively to be a by-the-books oldschool RPG. Dunno what you were expecting.

He also had no idea it was 80+ hours long. I think he just had no idea what he was getting into, bought it based on hype alone.

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Prestoff posted...

I don't know man, FIFA sells like hotcakes in EU regardless of how garbage and glitchy each entry gets.

Oh god, it goes on for THAT long? Yeah I'm probably just going to drop it than. At least I bought it when it was on sale, so I didn't pay full price for this game.

I'll admit, the reason I put so many hours into it because I thought it would be like Tales of Symphonia where the game doesn't get good until they reveal the other world tethealla, in which the game's story really does pick up and stops being cliched. But yeah you're right, I think I did a good enough job trying to get through the game. Next time I'll do more research before buying a game instead of giving into hype.

What? Tales of symphonia is a cliche game even until its ending

Wetterdew posted...

Also, if you don't have any draconian modes active, the fighting is beyond easy and would probably be a part of why you aren't enjoying the combat. Unfortunately they don't let you set it to hard in the middle of a playthrough :/

I don't know, I don't think a hard mode would even make me invested in the game. I honestly wouldn't mind generic gameplay if the story or characters were at least good. The Last of Us plays like ass and The Telltale Walking Dead games are literally point of click games, but the story and characters kept me interested enough to play until the very end. I need something at least to cling onto to finish, otherwise I feel like it's a chore to get through. Sylvando is a lot of fun, but unfortunately I don't think he's enough (and I'm not sure what he can do) to carry the characters and story. The only real fun I really had in the game was the black smith minigame because it was something I don't think any other JRPG has done before (and I was addicted to try to get perfects on all of the crafts). Then the minigame gave you more tools which opened up more options, the only reason I don't spend more time on it is because I have to farm (or buy) parts lol.

TendoDRM posted...

He also had no idea it was 80+ hours long. I think he just had no idea what he was getting into, bought it based on hype alone.

Yeah, I went to another forum and asked people to list their favorite current JRPG's and the consistent top 3 was Dragon Quest XI, Persona 5, and Octopath Traveler. I played both Persona 5 and Octopath Traveler to the very end (though Octopath Traveler had a real bitch of an ending boss, talk about a major spike in difficulty) because they both had at least something that kept me interested in the game. Dragon Quest XI is the only game I played so far that I couldn't understand why people liked it, but I guess it does have the old school JRPG nostalgia feel to it, so that does answer my question. Next time I'll ask people why they like the JRPG on their list, which I admit is fully my fault for not asking and just blindly buying.

AntiNoob posted...

What? Tales of symphonia is a cliche game even until its ending

I didn't think so. I think it was the first JRPG I played that subverted the "chosen one" trope really well with the twist that helped spiced the story up and made me wanna know what will happen next.

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