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Anonymous
interface > japanese plz
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Edwin
For those looking for HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE
Open the steam_emu.ini file with notepad
It should be located as below
DRAGON QUEST XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv148\Win64\steam_emu.ini
changing the line Language=english
or to any language u want (check steam page for languages this game supports)
And here's the site for you to check the language code
for example changing it to traditional chinese using tchinese
Language=tchinese
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/localization
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cling09
it doesnt work, still english interface
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alexsct22
pls fix link !!!
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yuggyutgi6765557
DRAGON QUEST XI Echoes of an Elusive Age Intel UHD 630 (Low End PC) Benchmark
https://youtu.be/bnb0wly6rqY
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yuggyutgi6765557
DRAGON QUEST XI Echoes of an Elusive Age RX Vega 56(I3-10105) Benchmark
https://youtu.be/ZzRbE0B0M7E?si=pdccHsSdHafpwQ-L
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DRAGON QUEST XI Echoes of an Elusive Age GTX 970(I3-10105) Benchmark
https://youtu.be/3_VGFYcXmxE
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yuggyutgi6765557
DRAGON QUEST XI Echoes of an Elusive Age GTX 960(I3-10105) Benchmark
https://youtu.be/D5sUoGFaq-Q
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HELP!!
I got 3 system errors while opening the game after installation: code execution cannot proceed because XINPUT 1_3.dll, X3DAudio 1_7.dll and XAPOFX 1_5.dll were not found. I downloaded the files from the MegaUp.net link and installed the game without disabling my firewall. Can somebody help me, What am I doing wrong here!??
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C#
you need to install/update the directx in your computer
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VRDraco
those are dll you lack on your computer. Just put their name into google and you can download them. then you go to Local disk/windows/System32 and/or SysWOW64 (i usually put them in both since i don't know which is supposed to actually go into but it doesn't cause problems) that will resolve ALL dll problems
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Khezu
even joytokey not working. any fix with the controller issue?
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h4lex
hey there is a password on the winrar file what is the code?
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Davy
Works perfect for me. 3 hours played. ♥
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piraterawr
does this version has any bugs or errors? the old one was unplayable, so how is this one?
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Joker
There is no sound during the cutscenes
I am with the voice´s level on the max level but it still doesn´t work
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klggh
google drive death link death
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nick
Anyone Noticed that the definitive edition didn't give erik's costume? I already Claimed the trodain and boar costumes. but erik's costume is no where in sight even in the claim special rewards tab.
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ChaseCid
Did anyone here set-up controller support?
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someguy
Press the Y/square button when inserting your name in a new save file to open the Draconian Quest menu, there's some fun challenges to activate akin to Nuzlocke but the one I really recommend is "Stronger Monsters", basically the Hard Mode of this game, the default difficulty is kinda easy but Stronger Monsters really challenges you
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Kuro Kuroky
The game is running in slow motion.. seen others that have the same problem anyone know how to fix this?
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link71086
i have the same problem with all my games in my pc bcoz of its low specications.. the only way to run my games is to adjust game settings in low parameters like graphics etc.. that way i can play the game.
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John Peter Tigerheart Heart
yes its download time dragon quest xi s yes yes yes yes
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Hanyuu
Hi, anyone knows how to make controller work? I'm using generic controller q.q
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Skizz Menz
Here use DS4 for windows
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Manzor
Does someone know where to find the save files? I have an already started game and I wish to continue it with this version, but I can't find where the save files are stored.
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Chia-hao Hu
is all files working?
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VIPTrustedHelperCraxton
so they make this but the devs for Legend of dragoon still aint made shit on a return :(
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Dongarippo
Just did a quick google, but seems as like Sony is the villain there, and not square enix or playstation, switch, stadia etc, as they had nothing to do with it. True the game did get released to Playstation 1 apparently.
Never heard of the game myself though
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Dongarippo
I've been playing slot machines for 3 hours now, and have begun thinking of analogies between slot machines and life. I think I might use cheat engine soon :)
Edit: the middle one in blue area is definitely best! Machines with 10min and max 90 tokens ofc!
Btw, the metal mode jackpot gives 200k tokens, and free life analogies!
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ari wiguna
this game turn based game is old system game still exist 2021 i like system game like a Ni No Kuni 2 Revenant Kingdom
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PembacaMurahHati
That shit ass sequel game made me fell asleep after 30 mins of playing i prefer the 1st one
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xskulldrill
First one was shit aswell, the game was unbalanced af
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Ash Syams
It's ok that you bought the original game. The choice you made, helping the developer to improve.
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Anugrah Yuri
so your mean is why buy when there are free ones, if yes i recomend you to play FIFA 21 or 20, since it's still not cracked yet
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soniiiety
WOW STUPID TURN BASED GAME! I HATE TURN BASED GAMES!
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Dongarippo
Tell me, where does these erupting feelings of anger derive from?
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soniiiety
im no good at turned based games, I rather it would have been arpg/jrpg, like Ys series, Ys 1 & 2 chronicles does what most rpgs dont, give you free on how you want to fight including Ys origins and Ys ark of naptism.
I cant win in turned based games, im either grinding, which seems to take forver, I want a dragon quest game to have an element of freedom while fighting, to move around, I dont want to be stuck in place, its unfair, i mean seriously, it would be way funner, its just like pokemon, you will die alot and loose alot, just like chronos trigger, i get frustrated with turned based games easily, I mean its not balanced, the enemy is more likey to win, unless you do unnecessary backtracking and hidden secret spotting. this is my criticism, thank you for reading.
I havent played a turned based game that I liked, unless there is a balanced one out there somewhere
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SkallaNel
Play Dragon quest heroes
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SkallaNel
Play Dragon quest heroes
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someguy
You sounds like you just keep spamming default "Attack" hoping everything ends well. You can get by in most turn-based RPGs past the 16-bit era without any grind:
1- You don't need to stop in a single spot, just fight most enemies in your path through the story (not all of them, but at least 50%~ of them)
2- Talk to NPCs and explore the maps, try to complete most of the sidequests if there's any.
3- Try using different skills and items, if the game has a "Guard" command it may be more necessary than you think, try to adapt to each enemy instead of expecting the enemy to adapt to you.
4- Search on google "[X game] stats description", most of the time a gamefaqs thread exists explaining what each stat does, so you can conciously invest in certain stats or equipments, it becomes a bit more strategic to know what is going on with the stats.
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Ash Syams
yeha but the story is impressive
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YgorC14
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Ash Syams
This game imitates the suikoden series concept.
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Misan tropo
how? this is nothing like Suikoden, i only downloaded this because of your bullshit comment btw
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Johnny Castillo Ramirez
oh really ...i will check it ..i reallly dont know that game
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Skeltom
If nothing else you should play the first 2 suikodens.
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someguy
Press the Y/square button when inserting your name in a new save file to open the Draconian Quest menu, there's some fun challenges to activate akin to Nuzlocke but the one I really recommend is "Stronger Monsters", basically the Hard Mode of this game, the default difficulty is kinda easy but Stronger Monsters really challenges you.
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Jeff Bepoint
The game run in Slowmotion. Someone else ? ANd exist other Langugae as English ? im german
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Ramirez Julais
"I'm german" is no excuse. English is by far more widespread and that's not likely to change in your lifetime so studying english would be a more rational approach :) Also your bIrthday is coming up in three months (and two days).
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Jeff Bepoint
that should not been an excuse xD I just want o Play a Game in German, if German version Exsist
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Dongarippo
runs good, and languages are English and Japanese.
I thought Germans knew English? I even think the French does but they are assholes who refuse to use/speak it, could be wrong ofc!
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La Caserne
French don't speaks english because a large amount of thing are translated in french. For example, I'm pretty sure this game is avaible in french, and it's the same with a lot of japanese content. France was the 2nd manga consumer for a while, behind Japan.
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Manzor
People feels more comfortable playing in their own language. I am bilingual and even I can understand that. There's probably some way to change the language. Almost everything is in German, Spanish or French, if you actually look for it.
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Alvis Lavrus
What is future trunks doing in dragon quest
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RocketZX
if you guys want the game to look more awesome check out the tweaks you can do form here:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dragon_Quest_XI_S_-_Definitive_Edition
makes the game look so much better, especially those who find the switch graphics inferior
careful if your PC isn't top-notch some tweaks take massive power
if you're running a GTX1050, intel i5 and 8gb RAM like me you'll have to lower some of those custom values.
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Wang Yi
Damn now I feel dumb for buying it on Microsoft Store... They just removed DRM so it finally got cracked
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RocketZX
square enix appreciates the support lol.
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Wang Yi
yup stupid me bought the game twice i hope they use my money to make better FF games
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Fabiano Rodrigues

Somebody could help me, please?
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Dongarippo
crack it! Open the folder named Codex within the disc (.iso file), Drag Engine folder from disc to your install dir location, and replace the files. and voila.
Not native English, but best I could do as for explaining.
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RocketZX
before anyone says "But its WORSE WAHHH"
read this fat list of changes and additions:
https://dragonquest.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Quest_XI#Definitive_Edition
also graphics are unnoticably different maybe some SLIGHT lighting change other than i see no difference
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Dongarippo
Maybe if one put two screens next to each other one can see a difference, but there's no bigger difference for sure. I don't see any difference myself, it looks just as I remembered it.
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BeansNMayo
unnoticeable??? bro....
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Bowie
Yes, unnoticeable
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Veodris
They're not unnoticeable, let's be honest here. They're just not that much of a deal breaker unless the only thing that matters is graphic quality...
Which, if one is playing an RPG for its graphics, then there are far greater issues to be addressed first.
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mitsunari
Is there Japanese in the language setting?
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Bowie
For the voices, yes
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mitsunari
Thank you very much!
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Chuck The Cryptid Hunter
Thanks a lot for this!!!
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Chopu-chopu
Do I have to play Dragon Quest I-X to understand this???
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RocketZX
nope not at all
in some ways each DQ game is self contained with some reference, like final fantasy.
to be exact though the following do sort of connect
DQ3, 1, 2 in that order starting with DQ3 have a somewhat continous story where 3 has you play edrick/Roto, the hero mentioned quite a bit across DQ1 and 2
DQ monsters/terrys wonderland is technically before DQ6 (terry is the main char who is also in 6)
DQ monster 3/caravan heart is probably before DQ7
thats as far i know and paid attention to
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love love game
I won't write in detail because it will be spoilers
This is the culmination of the series released so far.
You can enjoy it even more if you play other series.
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GCM3
not at all, just like Final Fantasy each game is its own standalone story. Square Enix still haven't realeased 10 outside of Japan yet either.
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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
The Dragon Quest games are like the Final Fantasy series. Aside from a very few most are completely different storylines. Maybe some cross overs or inside jokes but nothing than makes it so you "need" to play the other games to understand what's going on.
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Dongarippo
never bothered with FF series. I tried it long time ago, FF7, which was supposed to be the best. If memory serves I quitted it within the hour, I saw a train, at a boss or such and just.. NO :)
Probably a great game series, but I can't see how FF7 can be one of the best, even at the time I tried it, probably 10 years ago if not more!
They are doing remakes of all but that one too about? or?
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Neki Kun
no
every dragon quest had different story
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Misan tropo
Isnt lovely when they put all those laurels with perfect scores from random reviewers you never heard of
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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Well I mean if they put up scores from big name reviewers we all have heard of none of us would care or believe them anyway. lol
I'd trust a random review from "Game Skinny" which I've never even heard of more than I would an IGN score.
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foofoo3344
Why though? Didn't famous sites give this game very good ratings?
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GCM3
they did
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love love game
Engine-> Binary-> Third Party-> Steamworks-> Steamv148-> Win64-> steam_emu.
I changed it to Japanese, but it was impossible.
Isn't there a Japanese file originally?
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yunogod
I'm also in trouble because I can't write in Japanese.    It was the same at Kingdom Hearts, but is it impossible this time?
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Allen Walker
wait did I hear somebody just say this is a switch port to pc or something like that. despite graphic on pc it still the same as switch play on pc which is bad. did I misheard?
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RocketZX
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dragon_Quest_XI_S_-_Definitive_Edition
use the graphics tweaks here to make the game look even better than the original.
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RocketZX
you'll not notice a difference unless you go looking for it
and even then it's not game-ruining
you got LOADS of new features for a prob slight graphics downgrade
didn't make a difference to me at all i thought it looked the same
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GCM3
Dragon Quest 11S is the Switch version which they ported to PC
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Chuby Cobain
when they made a switch port they added stuff like full orchestral score and a 2d version of the game (like the old games) now they are putting that stuff back into the previous consoles/pc.
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The Potato
that key features tho..
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黃奇文
pls , how to change Chinese
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Mike Dee
Anyone get motion sickness from this game?
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alepiu saja
Me!
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Lecaton Baumeister
Very good game, thanks for uploading it.
https://youtu.be/JTFXPK_p06o
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Chronofox
I just finished this game today. It is a very long game, especially if you want to complete all of the achievements. I still enjoyed it though, but the length of the game was slowly getting to me.
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RocketZX
funny its nowhere near the longest DQ game and i'm saying this playing the original DQ11 not DE, which had no speed up battles or 2d mode or even sprint running.
not to mention difficulty was a joke until postgame, and postgame its super easy to max level everyone through metal slime spamming
DQ7 on 3DS (!!) took me over 200 hours to 100% finish, that's supposed to be FASTER than the original ps1 game by a large margin, i didn't even max out all the classes cause i burned out after fighting "God"
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someguy
"not to mention difficulty was a joke until postgame"
Don't forget the Draconian Quests, the Stronger Monsters is basically a Hard Mode and I really recommend for this game, the default is below average for DQ, but with Stronger Monsters the vibe completely changes.
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Armando Salgado
This game wasn't cracked, the company removed Denuvo. I guess Denuvo won this battle,It seems that Denuvo is getting hard to crack. I'm still waiting for Yakuza like a dragon.
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agentgingerman
even if you remove denuvo, it still has to be cracked, besides theres no way they sold enough copies of this to warrant denuvo, seeming as this is technically a re release
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Allen Walker
I just want to share something on my personal feeling. somehow I don't feel like playing these game so Denuvo wins or not. I'm not really that care.
but I do care if Dragon: Like a Yakuza Denuvo wins.
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Akiha
Bro same. Yakuza's Denuvo is as strong as Kiryu I swear to god.
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Armando Salgado
Seemingly The empress started to test the crack for the game. Maybe in a couple of weeks the game will be finally cracked.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/nlpgu4/empress_next_crack_update/
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Ryo
English only?
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Mr. X
If I recall correctly, the text language is applied accordingly to your pc's system language.
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Lecaton Baumeister
Unfortunately not, in my case at least I had to change the language in steam_emu.
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Ryo
Is it difficult without some knowledge?
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Istvan
This game is soooo boring does it get better?
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RocketZX
actually one of the quicker DQ games out there
the original DQ11, the main story's a joke in difficulty, the postgame is the real "game" so to speak
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Amy Symilton Gamequeen
No, the post game is where the hardest difficulty start coming especially the boss fight after you finished the main story of the game. The difficulty of entire main game is still easy but after the ending, the difficulty starts increasing like hell just to get the true ending that would infuriates you unless you tried kill spam metal slime in case you encounter one though the chances are rather low too. The post game is where the real game difficulty comes in so better raise the entire party level till max to get through hell difficulty even if you had set the game difficulty setting to easy
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Istvan
thanks, the game got better the gay guy is really funny sylvando or so, I think im gonna buy this game on steam on seales, thats why I like cracked games u can test them before u buy it.
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someguy
It starts slow but gets better once you start getting new party members, you can also double the battle speed in the options.
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Istvan
yeah u right its getting better, and changes the settings to fast u were right thanks again!
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Mr. X
The 2d content is a refreshing paint to this game and pretty good if you are having some 2d nostalgia. Other than that it's pretty much the same exact game as the original release apart from it having some minor performance improvements on low end systems compared to the original release.
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Istvan
What was the point to remaster the already existing game? money?
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Bowie
They added A LOT of stuff to this version. Remastered graphics and music, the 2d version, more companion quests and more. And isn't that always the point of a remaster? To make money?
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Istvan
sure thanks again!
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Max
The fact we can change the "field song" made my day. DQ8 has the best soundtrack ever (in my opinion) and listen it while i'm playing DQ11 is amazing. Thank you master Sugiyama. And also the game is very nice optmized. Good job, Square.
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Istvan
The music sucks donkey cock, I switched totally off, the silence is so much better, than those tutttaaatutaaaa tuuu buu biiii
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Max
Dude, I don't know if you are a retard or just a loser looking for attention, but nobody asked or care about what you think. Do whatever you like to your version, you can even put inside your fat ass if you prefer, but your dumb opinion will not change the fact the game is great and the songs are too. Ps.: You should go to a psychologist, your interest in "donkey cock" isn't normal, you have a serious problem. Goodbye.
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Istvan
and i dont know where are u from? maybe Africa!? But we live in a world where most of the part u have the right for freedom of speech! U are even way to dumb to articulate your self a half normal way!
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Dongarippo
We live in a world where most of us have the freedom of speech*
You are even too dumb to articulate yourself in a normal way*
Could go further, but forums are forums, no one cares if one begins with capital letters here and there etc. I'm not native English or claim to be an expert but....
Edit: The person seems to be right about you and attention though.
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Istvan
because? he is way to primitive and immature to articulate himself in a normal way! And he is right about me? are u stupid too? I hate the music because its way to noisy and irritating. Its my opinion I said it in a half normal way but this guy is just insulting.
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Benz Shah
"I switched totally off, the silence is so much better, than those tutttaaatutaaaa tuuu buu biiii"
You typed like a fucking cave man you sick fuck.
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BaguetteOuttaHere
do you ever finish any games?
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Juan
I finish some like CONTROL and Cyberpunk 2077, but for the most part I just put the beginning of the game on my channel.
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Wdf1987
Holy fuck, what a nice surprise! That's two requests in a row I've gotten fulfilled, not like I had anything to do with that, but that's awesome. Next up is Graven Early Access lol
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Blue Bomber
aw yeah, can't wait to play in 2D mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bnU7vYZVCs
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Leonsp45
i buy this game ps4 ver over 1 year,and i still not finish that
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Blue Bomber
yeah bro, the main story takes around 55+ hours to finish. i already finished using trainer on PC lol ^^
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android 17 wannabe is back with another variant
edit: butthurt downvotes
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Bowie
You DO know it's the same person that designed them both right?
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i dont understand your point
i am aware that he was made by the same person
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Nanocide_9
I thought this was switch only?
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Otoha Yosuke
Even Monster Hunter Rise is going to release on PC next year, I don't see a reason they keep this for such a garbage handheld.
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Mr. X
Won't matter, I'm definitely buying Monster Hunter Rise for PC when it comes out on PC. Being able to play at High 1440p settings at 144fps along with support for 4k hd texture mods is gonna be the true definitive version of the game.
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Bowie
Garbage handheld are you quite insane? The Switch is a fantastic console
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Otoha Yosuke
Fantastic or not, it's still a handheld which overheats like a bitch, capiche?
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Bowie
No it doesn't. I've had my unit since day one and tried a fuck tons of games on it, it's never overheated a single time. Heck it doesn't even get warm after intense play sessions
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depend of the game
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Mr. X
It's crap compared to the performance and graphical fidelity you can get when playing games on PC. No one wants to game at 720p or 1080p at 30fps on low settings.
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Bowie
First of all you don't speak for everyone. Second of all that does NOT make the console BAD. You can compare ANY console to the pc, they will all have lower fidelity BUT that doesn't make them BAD. Not everyone has the budget to buy a high powered machine for those kinds of graphical things(Especially since not everyone is a graphical whore). Also 30 FPS? The Switch handles every game at 60 FPS, VERY RARELY does it dip any lower than that, now you're just talking bullshit
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Mr. X
I'm sorry I don't speak for people that can't afford pcs that can out perform current gen consoles. Even a budget R5 3600 + GTX 1080 Ti pc can out perform all current gen consoles.
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Bowie
I'd very much like to see that kind of PC outperform a ps5 or an Xbox Series X or even the Series S. Because THAT is current gen
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Mr. X
That pc build has been playing games on the same settings as the PS5 and Xbox series X at 4k60fps for years now even before those consoles hit the market. That same pc build can play the same games at 1440p 144fps+. The new upgraded R5 5600x+RTX 3080 has double to triple the gaming performance of current gen consoles in 4K.
Then you have the ticking time bomb on a hardware level drm lockout on sony and xbox consoles, with sony consoles having the cmos battery console death and xbox with offline drm lockout where you can't even play physical disc offline.
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Diego Luiz
i don't know if you know this but compare the pc with the nintendo switch and say that the pc has better performance which makes the nintendo junk console ends up including the ps5 and xbox because the pc is superior than that of all consoles .. . that is according to you all consoles are rubbish lol
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Mr. X
The PS5 and Xbox Series X are just non upgradeable pcs playing games at either 60fps on medium settings and a few games with support at 120fps. PC is the far superior platform to play games on since you basically have no limitation to performance and graphical fidelity if you have the money to build the best of the best pc money can buy. You're comparing a Toyota Camry(consoles) to a Ferrari(PC).
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John Snake
I dont mind pirating this one after they didnt give a free upgrade, not about to buy the game again. smh.
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philhartmann
It's not even much of an upgrade. Hope you like uglier Switch graphics on your PC.
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Mr. X
It's not necessarily uglier version, the original version and the Switch port version barely has any real graphical difference. Both versions look ok at best in 2021. These games aren't meant to be graphically impressive when we already have games like COD and RE Village which are graphically PHENOMINAL.
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philhartmann
Even less reason to make DQXI look worse. And believe it or not I happened to really like how the old PC version looked. The environments could be really beautiful.
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Mr. X
People who are downloading this game now just want to play the 2d content. No one cares about the minor visual downgrades in certain parts of the game when the original version was not graphically impressive in the first place.
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philhartmann
The 2D version is its own issue. As you said the 2D version is the only reason most people download it.
30 GB of data just to play a 5 MB SNES game equivalent.
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Mr. X
Doesn't even matter when you are downloading the game for FREE.
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philhartmann
That's no excuse to go easy on Square for being sleazy, greedy, and worst of all lazy. That shit should never go rewarded or praised, and not everybody's getting this game for free.
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Mr. X
Greedy and sleazy how if you aren't spending money on this port? Who's praising this port when it's pretty much the same exact game as the original version aside from the addition of the 2d content? If people want to spend money on something, that's their business. It's like telling people to not gamble at a casino with their own money.
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philhartmann
"Greedy and sleazy how if you aren't spending money on this port?"
Are you saying that Square put this cracked game out and promotes piracy in general?
Man, they must feel dumb for spending money on Denuvo if that's the case.
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Mr. X
What does that have anything to do with greedy or sleazy? Any and all game developers wouldn't want their game to be pirated, if the game developers can afford to pay for denuvo to protect their asset for as long as possible that's their business. I'd buy this port if I haven't played the original version already and if it went on sale for like $20 regardless if it had denuvo or not.
Denuvo is the least of your concern when Steam or Epic is DRM itself.
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philhartmann
That was obvious sarcasm because the question I quoted was nonsense. My not spending money on this port doesn't make Square Enix any less greedy, sleazy, or lazy. In fact it's why I don't regret pirating it. They're counting on people actually paying for the game, and putting out next to no effort to justify their pricetag.
Since you're getting more confused and frustrated for whatever reason I'll rephrase my argument to be more simple. Read carefully this time:
This is a lazy port of the lowest quality console version of a game. Square was wrong to release this so-called special edition when, instead, they could've just released the 16 bit version of the game and the extra clothes and sidequests for every platform as DLC. That way people who already bought the original version didn't have to pay for an entire game all over again.
Even worse, they nerfed the graphics for every platform just so it could play decently on a Nintendo Switch. They openly lowered the quality for everyone just for the sake of one demographic, and charged out the nose for it. It's insanely poor business, and is easily summed up with three words: sleazy, greedy, and lazy.
You might enjoy slurping on Square's ass for pulling this shit, but I'd rather call them out for it if it's all the same to you.
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Mr. X
You keep saying lazy and sleazy when you are getting this port for FREE on this site. If you had paid for this port full price then I would agree with what you are saying. You have some issues complaining about shit that don't matter when you can get it for FREE cracked. It's like being a hobo living in a homeless shelter rent free and then complaining about why the homeless shelter isn't a full blown 5 star hotel.
Complain about this game on Store fronts that are selling this port after you have bought it.
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philhartmann
So your whole argument is that Square is somehow above above any criticism if a critic was smart enough not to get suckered into buying the game.
Sorry, buddy. That's not how logic works. If you'd agree with what I said just because somebody else said it, then guess what? You agree with me, simple as.
Your analogy also doesn't work. There actually are calls to improve the quality of life in homeless shelters from people who don't even use them, and they're perfectly within their rights to criticize them provided they have legitimate reasons.
Just like I'm perfectly within my rights to call Square's executives a pile of sleazy assholes for downgrading a game, throwing in some DLC gimmicks, and selling it like it's brand new all over again.
Doesn't matter who says it, that shit's sleazy, greedy, and lazy.
That is the simple barebones truth of the matter, and I have every right to tell it.
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Mr. X
No where in any of my statements have I said Square is above criticism, you are just doing it at the wrong place. As I have already stated do that on store fronts like Steam as a review after you purchase the game. Igg-games is a place for downloading cracked games with no care about what game developers or publishers decide to do with their games. There are much older titles from Square that deserves more flaming compared to DQXI on PC like FF8, FF8 Remaster, FF13, Nier Automata, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana and so on and so forth. This place isn't where you want to complain as it does NOTHING, people just want to download the game for FREE and PLAY regardless of the underlying issues with games.
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Dongarippo
So Mr.X we who got it for "free", but not really for free, we pirate it. Could you listen to this without thinking of that? Just the whole idea of them re-selling a game, exactly as it was and is, more or less? If it's such a no big deal, why are you bitching? Clearly it's just wrong, you don't have to say anything? Or maybe we can have a say in it? Say that paying for something that people should've gotten for free is bad? Outright they should've gotten these in game features? It's not a DLC?
Mr.X? this isn't for free, we are all doing something illegal, but this download is probably the most legal download of all times?
Also, want to know who complains about this? People who want to pay?? True pirates just pirate? The ones who complain wants to pay or did pay!! I mean get real!
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Mr. X
If you did pay for it at a store front, then you probably already did complain about it in your review in a place where it actually matters. Complaining about it here will not and does not affect the game, game developer and game publisher in anyway.
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philhartmann
"Complaining about it here will not and does not affect the game"
It's sure as hell affecting you, lmao
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Dongarippo
that makes no sense?? then why are you here? to be the guardian of company? fanboy? if you don't pirate games, then leave? find a forum more for you?
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Mr. X
The only reason I'm here is to download the game for free and to play it, I only add to people's comment that complain about shit when they are getting it for free on a place that won't do anything to change the game for the better. Complaining about a complainer is bad? Get real.
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Dongarippo
it's still not for free? how hard is it for you to understand this part? You presume people want to be criminals? If i had all the money in the world, i would not pirate, this is true. Believe it or not
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philhartmann
Didn't realize I was talking to Superman this whole time.
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Dongarippo
but they complain because they feel it's wrong, and most likely wanted to buy it or did? How do we want the world to work?
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philhartmann
lmao there's no wrong place to criticize a game company. Hell, a piracy site is probably one of the most likely places to tell a game company to fuck itself. It does that just by existing.
And no. I'll say whatever I want with or without your permission, princess. If you don't like Square getting dumped on, then don't read the posts. Nothing's saying you have to. Sure as hell don't make the mistake in thinking you speak for everybody here. IGG-games doesn't exist for you.
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Mr. X
Sure thing Mr. Hobo living at a homeless shelter rent free, keep complaining about why your homeless shelter isn't a 5 star hotel under the bridge. I'll go download more games for free and have fun playing them.
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Dongarippo
A good sign that one is losing a discussion is calling people names, or other lowhanded tactics. just saying.
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Mr. X
That's not name calling when that's exactly what he's doing especially on a site like this where you get games for free.
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Dongarippo
not free, he complains becuase he wants the system to be better, or so i believe anyway
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philhartmann
"Name calling isn't name calling when I do it!"
-Mr. X
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Dongarippo
i think we could have a constructive discussion, if we all lay down our defences or not.. Mr.X might be too biased.
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philhartmann
Wow, real mature, you sure showed me. And reusing a dead as hell argument to boot. It's the kind of post-modern genius I'd put on Darksydephil or Tommy Wiseau. Good job!
Now I'm just wondering why you'd take such offense to me saying that this port is an example of Square Enix's business division at its worst. It's certainly not a lie. Is it really because you've decided that I have no right to criticize? Considering that logic is insane I sincerely hope not.
It's such a weird statement to get this angry about in any case, when you could've, you know, not given a shit.
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Dongarippo
ey mate, i'm bit drunk atm, but this is kind of fun.. but you shouldn't get side tracked when people put words in your mouth.. calm down :) I do mean what I am saying ofc
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philhartmann
I'm just screwing with the guy at this point. I don't think even he knows why he got mad in the first place.
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Mr. X
Right back at you Mr. Hobo. I took no offense at what you are saying about the game, however it makes zero sense to do it here when it contributes to nothing. I already have said there are more games under Square's name that also deserve flaming more so than this port which does not have any performance issues at all. But complaining about those very exact games on igg does nothing at all.
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philhartmann
Now you're blubbering, insulting, and repeating yourself.
None of your arguments make any sense or hold any water no matter how often you say them. Chill bro. Take a nap or something.
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Mr. X
You should take that advice for yourself and complain about the game on your Steam review and Steam community forums where it actually matters.
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philhartmann
The funniest thing about this shitshow is that this clown thinks Square has ever given a shit about steam comments. They only adjust when their profits are threatened. In other words, not paying for this is worth more than every Steam review ever written.
At any rate, this has gone on long enough. At this point you're just clearly here to complain about internet comments that you don't even have to read because you have severe delusions of grandeur and think anybody cares about your made-up rules. Blocked.
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Mr. X
Says the clown that thinks complaining about anything actually contributes to something on this site when in fact it does nothing to change the game for the better, where negatively review bombing on store fronts actually affects game sales directly.
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someguy
The game actually has new content besides the addition of the 2D mode, new stories focused around each main character, new costumes, being able to double/triple the battle speed, new endings, new post-game content, etc. also the original JP release didn't have voice acting, it was first added to the western release.
The reason the Switch version was made is because the creator of the franchise (Yuji Horii) promised to Iwata when he was alive that he would make a DQXI port for a Nintendo console, they had to rebuild the game from the ground up because no way the Switch would be able to run DQXI without some hardcore optmization, the result is downgraded graphics somewhat, this story is kinda lost with the PC release, it would be a lot of effort to mix to develop a third version fusing the two engines for PC, so they released the Switch version as it is with few changes.
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Bowie
The graphical changes aren't even THAT bad but I suppose that to a graphical whore, even the tiniest bit of a change is a huge downgrade
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Max
Nice :D
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Yaya
So this is how it feels to have bought a game and then seeing it get cracked some time later ... well at least is nice to see that Denuvo eventually gets removed from games.
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Dongarippo
A good game should sell without Denuvo. In fact it should sell even better without Denuvo.
I don't buy games without testing it first. Except for a few trusted exceptions.
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Nanocide_9
same lol I just bought mine 2 days ago
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Spoofman
This is one of the reasons why I don't bother with the hottest new games.
There is a lot less risk of "feels bad", e.g. buyer's remorse (if one bothers to shell out a single fucking cent), when playing a game years after the fact.
That said, I wouldn't be touching this one. I can already see the complaints about this legally dubious package of game not running well. Ports of Japanese-developed games are notorious for having unstable "free enterprise" versions, not because they have copy-protection (hah!), but because they need a machine that is already tightly prepped to play them in the first place.
That, and because their developers are terrible at documenting the exact prerequisites, e.g. any other software that needs to be already installed in the player's machine in the first place.
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Do you know da way
That's alot of words for ''console developers make lazy buggy pc ports''
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philhartmann
To be fair, developers in general need to stop making lazy buggy PC ports. Or lazy buggy games in general.
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Spoofman
That's what I would have just said years ago - but I have long since learned that it's not that simple to port stuff.
Getting code to work on other platforms is a complication, to cite an example. The burn-out from this work is real.
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Mr. X
People just want to complain about shit when they are getting it for free on this site. People don't realize how much work and time it takes to look over a shit ton of code to fix bugs. Fix one bug then a new one comes out. This applies to emulation too as regression can happen when you fix one thing.
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Yaya
I mean when I bought it it wasn't a hot new game. I got it like at 60% off a month ago I think. Still as an student I am not really swiming in cash exactly.
And as for the game, I played both version to completion and they run fine in my PC, in Fact I kinda love japanese games ports for PC but you do you dude. If you don't want to touch the game fair enough.
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tashsensei
My download should be done in 2 years wtf I be uploading at 6mb and downloading at 0.4kbps
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SH
If you use torrent, try from other sites. I can't put links, just google codex torrent.
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Spoofman
Some fucking tracker sites stick an upload debt to your client upfront for some torrents. Infuriating.
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Mr. X
As long as you are seeding while downloading at the same time it shouldn't be an issue. No reason not to upload during a torrent if it speeds up the process for everyone else on the same torrent.
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Erik Aditya
What difrent with original version?
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Bowie
There are new side stories for companions
You can play the entire game in 2D mode
Visit the 16-bit World of Tickington
You can play with a Japanese voice track
It has orchestrated music
There’s a new ultra-fast battle setting
There’s a photo mode
Cosmetic-only options
Crafting is also faster and more convenient
A new quick command menu helps keep things moving
And that's about it
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Istvan
can u fuck your teammates?
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Do you know da way
I like the way you think
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Bowie
You can ROMANCE them, yes
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Arialist
i think thats not the point he ask cause even on original version u can romance them too,,
so by FUCK it means,,,,,,,,
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Mistoltean Hikikomori
Mostly quality of life. Added contents are insignificant.
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Redo
a graphical downgrade, since it's based on the Switch version.
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philhartmann
That's what bothers me the most. If you're gonna make a PC port, give it the good graphics along with the Switch content. No reason to just lazily port the inferior looking version for machines that are generally twice as powerful at least.
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philhartmann
Another example of game devs making players do their jobs for them.
This shit's gotten way past old.
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Benz Shah
its DQ game. Graphic is not the main selling point, fuck face.
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philhartmann
No, Square's main selling point is forcing people to buy an entire game twice just for DLC. That's the problem, cocksucker.
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Yaya
Oh boi where do I start...well from the top of my mind:

  1. A fully orchestrated soundtrack so no more midi Ost .
  2. Ultra-fast battle setting, so grinding takes less time.
  3. Photo mode.
  4. New cosmetics and cosmetic armors can be use any time so you can look good and have good stats.
  5. Crafting is more convenient since you can use fun Size Forge at any time
  6. Japanese voices option.
  7. you can play the entire game in 16bit version.
  8. Companions run along side you in the overworld.
  9. . New side stories for companions.
  10. You can marry the other girls in the post game. And the guys... kinda not really
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philhartmann
  1. You can mod in the orchestral score in the old PC version.
  2. Grinding wasn't an issue with this game by any means. If anything there was less need to grind than I was used to with DQ.
  3. Kind of shitty to add photomode on a graphically downgraded version.
  4. That's alright, good addition.
  5. I liked the crafting in the original. It didn't reward savescumming and made you really think about what you were doing. This change feels more like a difficulty nerf than a QOL improvement.
  6. I think that was also an option in the old PC version. If not you could also mod JP voices in.
  7. This would be the only reason I'd play this again to see how they handled things in 16 bit. Seems like a waste to download an entire 30 GB game for that though, considering huge SNES RPGs like Chrono Trigger are generally under 5 MB. Maybe Square could be cool and release the 16 bit version as a standalone.
  8. Kind of meaningless but cool I guess?
  9. Another good addition.
  10. That's a real shame since Gemma's best girl. Won't be getting anything out of that one.
    Most of these, aside from the 16bit mode, extra costumes, and new sidequests, seem to me to be either superficial or already on PC if you know where to look. Just doesn't feel like it's worth the nerfed graphics unless you just plan on playing entirely in 16-bit.
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Dongarippo
Thank you for the list, gotta re-play this game now :)
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Rance
damn I love JP vocie
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P∪ssy Apostle
idk it might be worth the graphical downgrade for all of this
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philhartmann
Square could absolutely have added all of these things to the better looking version. Downgrading for the sake of a less powerful console just because that console sells is what's wrong with gaming as a whole.
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Dongarippo
It's all about the money, it's all about the dum di dumdi-dum-di..
I agree though, and games nowdays aren't even better, just better graphics. Depending on how far back we go ofc.
They are kind of killing their own business though. If one wants to keep gaming industry good they should want everyone to play. Not only consoles, not only PC. The more people who can play the more money will go around and interest will be larger. More people will want to work within gaming industry etc etc. Trying to limit people to consoles, or that specific console or PC or mac etc will just take the edge off, bit by bit..
And the fact that we pay for the rights to play the game now, not an actual copy, pushes this even further. I for one will not buy a game from Tencent ever again.
Eeh do note, this is just my "in"experienced view though mind you, I'm no expert even if it may have sounded like it, it's just what I believe from what I've seen. Would gladely listen to your opinions too or feedback.. constructive feedback.
If it is as I say then it won't matter much, just replay the old good games and all good, and be a pirate :)
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philhartmann
Piracy's really been making a comeback and I'm glad to see it. It was actually starting to die out for awhile.
I'm with you on it all being about profits. And if you can make them with the least amount of effort possible, then all the better. It's not pretty.
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Yvson Lohan
Is this real world?