Current Events > Should I play Dragon Quest XI or Final Fantasy XII next?

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DQ XI is the Echoes of an Elusive Age version, FF XII is the Zodiac Age version.

I've never played either of them before. wat play
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Play Dragon Quest XI and give me an opinion on it. It's in my backlog and I've been putting it off. Tell me if it's worth it or not.

DQ, I could never get on the 12 bandwagon, and I even bought zodiac age to give it another shot.

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NotYou posted...

Play Dragon Quest XI and give me an opinion on it. It's in my backlog and I've been putting it off. Tell me if it's worth it or not.

It's basically one giant cliche, which isn't to say that's a bad thing. It's fun, has decent characters, and the most traditional of JRPG turn-based combat which you can't really screw up. Does get a little repetitive towards the end though, but it's worth a playthrough.

If you like traditional JRPGs, you'll like it, but otherwise it may not be your cup of tea. Nothing special or great or fantastic, just good across the board.

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dq11 is better imo

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I started both these games and stopped. A tale as old as time...

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Never played FFXII, but DQ XI is not a game I can call good at all. 2 words that best describe it is generic and boring. Someone on this board best described it as the FIFA of RPG's. But if you like old school JRPG's, it should fit your fancy, just not a game I can recommend. Persona 5 and Octopath Traveler are both far superior JRPG's (not to say they don't have their faults either, but both do different things to make the game... well not generic or boring). I'm planning on trying out Trials of Mana though, that looks interesting.

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Prestoff posted...

Never played FFXII, but DQ XI is not a game I can call good at all. 2 words that best describe it is generic and boring. Someone on this board best described it as the FIFA of RPG's. But if you like old school JRPG's, it should fit your fancy, just not a game I can recommend. Persona 5 and Octopath Traveler are both far superior JRPG's (not to say they don't have their faults either, but both do different things to make the game... well not generic or boring). I'm planning on trying out Trials of Mana though, that looks interesting.

Strong disagree on octopath, thats the most generic jrpg ive played this decade other than maybe some of the tales games

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You've got to try FFXII
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also if you play DQ11 you need to activate the hard mode otherwise yeah you will probably find it boring

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DQ is immensely better

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12, dq11 fucking sucks

FFXII The Zodiac Age.

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They both overstay their welcome by the end.

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KDTProjekt posted...

They both overstay their welcome by the end.

that probably accurate, but at least DQ has good pacing with the story. FF12 i always forget what the fuck is going on by the end and give up, its happened like 3 times

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I'm playing DQXI right now. It's good, but like every other DQ, it doesn't do anything unique that you haven't seen before. That's part of the charm for many people. Just try turning on Stronger Monsters before starting because it's really easy.

I don't like FFXII very much, but it's been improved in recent releases, and a lot of people like it, so IDK. Both are insanely long too.

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solosnake posted...

Strong disagree on octopath, thats the most generic jrpg ive played this decade other than maybe some of the tales games

Eh, I think it does enough stuff to make it fun particularly the battle system where every fight plays like a puzzle trying to find a way to break shields and using your BP to either help break shields faster or do more damage. It does enough to make fights more varied and interesting, along with great voice acting, beautiful looking 2D mix 3D graphics, excellent OST, and side quests done right. The only 2 big things that almost made me drop the game was the segmented story (and how formulaic it gets) and the fact that you have 8 unique party characters that rarely interact with each other... other than those awkward moments where you have to press + in a middle of a characters story that are missable. I would honestly call it far from generic, but that's just me.

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Huh, more varied opinions than I was expecting.

Since I just finished up with FFIX, I think I'll give DQ a spin first.
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