Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

I enjoyed so much about the game it’s hard to go into detail about everything, but Dragon Quest XI made for a wonderful first-time 100+ hours experience. I played the game “vanilla”, essentially without the additional challenges offered before starting, and still found it challenging but fun enough for a beginner like myself. I loved being able to switch out between all party members while in battle, allowing a chance for each character to be used rather than get immediately benched, and I’ve since started a second playthrough with all challenges in play which makes playing through the game again feel different and refreshing but still enjoyable.

Dragon Quest XI is a classically-styled RPG, with lots of turn-based combat, talking to NPCs, and easily offers 100+ hours of gameplay. If you're a fan of the old school design, then you'll have plenty to enjoy as you journey across Erdrea and facing its many perils. Definitive Edition offers a number of improvements over the original release, as well as a host of extras that will make it a worthwhile trip for newcomers and even veterans of the title. Combat is a very traditional affair, but extremely rewarding as you unlock skills and abilities for your party and master strategic use of their powers to decimate the monsters and many powerful bosses. There's even a 2D mode for the truly retro-loving crowd who want to experience the adventure as if they've been transported back to the days of SNES.

People ask if it's worth it. Already a colossal adventure clocking in at over 100 hours, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age just got even bigger, and, crucially, even better. … Fortunately, all of the improvements that Dragon Quest XI S brings to the table are well worth paying the price of slightly worse visuals.

Nintendo loves Dragon Quest, and wants it to be successful here in the United States. From the days of giving away the first NES game along with Nintendo Power subscriptions, Nintendo has published numerous Dragon Quest games on Enix/Square-Enix's behalf over the decades. Every once in a while, Square-Enix will publish Dragon Quest entries on their own; this is one such example on the PS4. (Note however that the same title was published by Nintendo on the Switch.) It updates the original PS4 release with orchestral sound, Japanese voiceovers, additional side-story content, 2-D mode, adjustable battle speed, and other quality of life options. All these adjustments along with the wonderful story and characters make it well worth double-dipping. One caveat is that the graphics have been downgraded compared to the original PS4 version of the game, but to me all of the other added content more than makes up for it.

This Version of DQ11 is definitely the definative edition in my oppinion. Some may argue that the graphics are worse than the original DQ11 but the difference is so miniscule that it doesn't even matter. Most of the chages graphically are just lighting based and I honestly like what they did here better plus the game runs at 60 fps instead of the original 30 fps which is a massive upgrade. I can't stand when games are only 30fps and that's the only thing that kept me from beating the original DQ11 but now with the definitive edition in 60fps I'm definitive gonna enjoy this journey to it's fullest extent.

Great game, many hours of story and play time! They added a lot of extras in this definitive edition! The visuals and music are great!

This game was the first Dragon Quest I played. I absolutely loved this journey. Playtime after all content was somewhere around 110 hours. The gameplay is reminiscent of classic final fantasy games, but more modernized. The voice cast is wonderful, and the story was well worth the time investment. Wish I could play through the game for the first time again.

Great game, works well, loadign times arent too bad, even for ps4 game. The 2d is neat and it has a great sound track.