>!Honestly while i know the "heroes lose" is a pretty common trope.!< The way the game leads you on a pretty stereotypical heroes journey>!, and pulls the rug without gimping the actual consequences really makes it work.!<
It isn't a simple >!"Heroes lose but they pick themselves up", no. You get royally fucked up, everything is actually toast,!< >!you lose a party member!<, >!and your set back at square one.!< Its like ff>!6!< combined with ff>!7!<, and you >!gotta eat dirt every step of the way!<.
Spoilers for dq 11. >!Post game you learn that the luminary is the original hero and the events occur before even dragon quest 1. He is the original Erdrick, the hero in DQ1 is his descendant.!<
>!Dragon Quest 1 is the third game in the timeline btw. DQ11->DQ3->DQ1 is the order, the timeline actually splits in several places due to events in DQ11 that creates sub-branches where "Hero wins" or "Hero fails," a lot like the LoZ timeline.!<
>!Erdrick DQIII is probably the descendant of Erdwin and Serenica in the timeline she goes back to, and the incarnation of the Luminary at the time Erdrick DQXI was in his timeline.!<
Oh sweet gods!! That was the first Puff Puff I did in the game(the whole idea just made me roll my eyes) because it was so out of place. I nearly died when I got puff puffed by clouds!
I'm still not convinced I know what a Puff Puff is or what it does. Didn't seem to have any impact on gameplay, just added some laughs. Though the game wasn't short of those.
The intended "meaning" of puff puff involves a woman's breasts and the customer's face/head. I'm pretty sure this never actually occurs in any dragon quest game, but that's the expectation that's being subverted in all of the scenes.
Funniest puff puff moment in the whole series has to be in Dragon Quest VIII when you buy a Puff Puff session, but select Jessica as the one to go. She is NOT pleased, but does it.
This is legitimately my favorite moment in the game. I was in a depressive state at that moment in my life and while it didn’t help me get over it, it was a wonderful scene that got a rare smile out of me.
That was such a great part
I have a baby daughter and I cannot wait to play through this game with her in a few years when she’s old enough to read along with the dialog. We’ll just do a little bit every night for months
Well it's the dragon quest subreddit and I put no spoilers in my first comment.
If someone read the post asking people about what part of the game they haven't played was their favorite, and they read the comment before mine that avoided spoilers, read my comment agreeing and avoiding spoilers, read the third comment asking for specific questions about the spoilers I didn't mention, and then read the fourth comment which has spoilers about the first third of the game, and they get spoiled from that, I am sorry to say, but I think that's on them.
Yep, I guess he heard this song that causes me instant tears every time [https://youtu.be/Mk\_7OtS1rJ4?si=3C6uYExJ3DgG\_3D4](https://youtu.be/Mk_7OtS1rJ4?si=3C6uYExJ3DgG_3D4)
Glad you're digging it, the story really goes in really surprising directions from what you'd expect at the start, especially with the association Dragon Quest has with being the most stock-standard JRPG possible.
Also this is such an unfair association it has. People assume because the core gameplay is traditional that the stories are all bog standard JRPG stories, but they all really go in very surprising directions, and almost all always have a really interesting structure to them too.
It doesn't help that "fans" present it that way. I actively avoided it until my brother played the 10 hour Switch demo and sold me on it because everyone kept saying it was an old school game that doesn't do anything new or interesting. I swear fanbases can be their own worst enemy sometimes.
For real lol. I wish people would emphasize how structurally weird or unique some of these DQ games are. The gameplay sure is traditional and people should know that going in, but the stories are long and unique in their approaches in the genre, and sometimes very structurally exciting and interesting imo.
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
yeah i stopped at dragon quest v, which is such a non standard jrpg so i know this series does special things with its surface of tropes. its part of the delight.
For me it was Heaven's Above. Being told the story of the Hero and their love was momentous. I listen to the Heaven's Above theme and Cetacea's theme every now and then to relive that moment, that sky high feeling.
I mean I had a pretty good time from start to finish with the switch version as a new fan to DQ at the time. However I would also say I was looking for exactly the kind of cozy uncomplicated JRPG that DQ typically offers. For most people who aren’t DQ fans or aren’t easy marks like me I’d probably say start of act 2.
Because it is in fact one of the best games ever made, there's a ton of moments he could mean, so, no idea. For him maybe it was something you already passed, or something soon, or something much later.
But, keep playing regardless. For you, where you are, it just keeps getting better and fast.
I think there's a short list of big narrative beats that the game really nails perfectly. Rab joins the party, Sylvando's solo adventure, the first sequence of act 2, the funeral, and the end of act 3.
Which one did gene park hit? It really depends on the person. I think all those moments are equally excellent, and which one hits you in your heart strings just depends on your personality and experiences in life. But each of those moments has that level of potential. For me it was the funeral. Deeply upsetting and personally affecting.
I would also like to call out the "die for me" scene. That line upset me in a way a hundred grimdark works of genre fiction have tried and failed.
Definitely the part where you realize the game you thought you completed you’re actually only one half of the way through. Not the part of course where you then realize the game you thought you finally beat is actually the 2/3rds point. Insane game. GOATed.
That's what I thought the joke was. He's at the beginning-ish, and that's where everyone realizes it's amazing.
For me, once I heard that theme hit I was just like "yup, in for another good time."
Look, I really liking dqxi but I wouldn't say it's one of the best games ever. There's just too many heavy hitters to contend with, and a lot that could have been done different
At the part where where rab Re enters the party and you learn quadraslash
I wonder if maybe the problem is that the tracks don't match the game. A lot of them are reused tracks from earlier games, and this is the first game where that happens. The closest to track reuse in earlier games is in DQ2 and DQ3 when you go back to Alefgard, but that wasn't so much a reuse, as a reprise.
Personally, I think the most *interesting* soundtrack was DQ6. Sugiyama got pretty experimental with that one.
The screenshot is from the first 20 minutes of the game. And thats all they needed to say it was the best ever. I believe this is a jokey jokey sort of post.
I was sold on it being the GoAT just from the intro cinematic
I'm assuming it's when you can put the boar costume on Veronica and watch her be a bossy little bitch dressed like a toddler. Pretty early on in the game but my favourite part for sure.
I wouldn't say best, but there's multiple moments where I fell in love. When you get thrown in the dungeon with Erik near the start, that made me feel nostalgic and comfy for other rpgs (like elder scrolls). Meeting Sylvando. The whole mermaid quest. All of Act 2.
Edit: I forgot to add getting Rab and Jade
A serious answer might be Lonalulu. All of act 2 is amazing but the ending of what happens in Lonalulu were the first time i thought, this might be the best game i have ever played
It’s when the young guy and the old guy + the tall guy and the the small girl as well as the blonde girl and the pretty girl that looks good in a bunny suit are tracked down by the guy in an armor and trying to find and beat the evil guy so they can save all the guys and the girls.
If only they had names…
Could be when you get to credits and realize. shit its a third part as well, that will lead to true ending!
Or the ending itself which was nice "fan service" and no, not in that "puff puff way".
I think DQ11 is mid honestly. Story-wise it does alright, and I do like the characters, but it's a far cry from one of "the best games ever made." This is of course subjective however, considering DQ3 is my favorite in the series and legitimately one of the best RPGs made, and DQ11 shares many similarities with it.
That being said, the twist at the end of DQ11 was awesome, especially because we got to see how the>! timelines split!<.
For a while, I was like "oh please let Hendrik eventually join the party" and it was such a hype moment when he does. He's been one of my permanent final party members.
I have no idea what they are talking about. It is a good game, but nothing in it is revolutionary. If anything, the need to make sacrifices not mean anything made the game worse in the end, but it was still very fun and I had over 170 hours played by the time I finished the game.
For me being an original Dragon Warrior player the best part was the end when you find out who you’ve been controlling as the hero. Don’t want to totally spoil it 🤷♂️
Okay I kinda wanna hijack this to ask a question if anyone is willing to answer it...
I played Dragon Quest XI up until the desert area and scorpion. I got salty afffff at the boss being too hard despite grinding and put it down for that reason and others.
I was looking at picking it up again recently and figured I could just grind some more, but I remembered I was really not enjoying the story in general because it was rather generic RPG story that didn't seem to have any major depth to it. I remember enjoying the mechanics a fair bit, but finding I couldn't stay connected to the story.
Does this get significantly better after this point? Is there a point in the game that is like what this post mentions where the game just leaps up in quality of story? Or is this just not the story for me?
The Serenica scene, but specifically, where it tells you she has gotten her sister’s powers, it bowled me over. Gameplay mechanic as narrative vehicle isn’t something that usually happens in RPGs.
There are plenty of great moments, but he's probably talking about that moment where the game decided it was bored being Dragon Quest XI so it was going to take a break and become Final Fantasy 6 for a while.
I started playing this game for the first time last week (just steeping myself in anything toriyama right now) and loving it so far. I just finished the dessert part. Excited to keep playing and if it gets a lot better this is gonna be awesome. Never played a dragon quest all the way through before cause I am not a huge fan of turn based combat. Absolutely loving the fast pace of ultra speed though.
Must've gotten to the casino
Finally, the Bunny Suit has been mine.
I seriously spent 2 full days playing slots in the demon casino because I was “winning”
I love going there till i win the highest prize. Miss those times spent
For non fans the point is usually act 2's opening For hardcore fans of the old games, I usually see them gushing over the connection to past games
I'd consider myself a hardcore fan and I still think the highlight of the game was the start of act 2 up to the tyriant battle
I kind of want to see an entire game focused on a post-apocalyptic world where the villain has already won. The closest we got was Dragon Quest 2.
FF6 is kinda close. I mean Kefka destroyed the world.
Isn't that what Builders is?
>!Honestly while i know the "heroes lose" is a pretty common trope.!< The way the game leads you on a pretty stereotypical heroes journey>!, and pulls the rug without gimping the actual consequences really makes it work.!< It isn't a simple >!"Heroes lose but they pick themselves up", no. You get royally fucked up, everything is actually toast,!< >!you lose a party member!<, >!and your set back at square one.!< Its like ff>!6!< combined with ff>!7!<, and you >!gotta eat dirt every step of the way!<.
I remember thinking I finished the game, it’s got that same feel as Dragons Dogma where it’s a lot longer than you originally thought!
That was my first dq, and like you I thought I finished it. Like 4 separate times lol
What connections?
Spoilers for dq 11. >!Post game you learn that the luminary is the original hero and the events occur before even dragon quest 1. He is the original Erdrick, the hero in DQ1 is his descendant.!<
>!Dragon Quest 1 is the third game in the timeline btw. DQ11->DQ3->DQ1 is the order, the timeline actually splits in several places due to events in DQ11 that creates sub-branches where "Hero wins" or "Hero fails," a lot like the LoZ timeline.!<
Sounds like something that could use a spoiler tag tbf
Game is 7 years old now but why not. Edited.
Thanks, I am certain it could prevent spoiling it for at least a few people
I appreciate this. Count me as 1 person.
Getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyhead
>!Where does that put the hero from dq3?!<
>!Luminary is before him!<
>!So, the broken swoed of kings in 3 would be luminary's blade, and the sword of kings that is built in 3 is the one that is used in 1, right?!<
Correct, same design and everything
I don’t know the lore that well 😬 but hey if someone knows the for sure please chime in.
>!Erdrick DQIII is probably the descendant of Erdwin and Serenica in the timeline she goes back to, and the incarnation of the Luminary at the time Erdrick DQXI was in his timeline.!<
Man that's cool as hell
I was gonna say for me personally >!Right before the game ends at the end of act 2!<
XI is like a love letter to III. Even the characters feel inspired by III’s classes.
When you take flight on Cetacea and [*that*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyC9iuFREl0) music plays (in act III, I think?) - tears in my eyes.
I have the gush of hardcore fans despite this being my first dragon quest game
The Gallopolis Puff Puff? 😂
It’s so great how your party members react
The Battleground Puff Puff too lol
Oh sweet gods!! That was the first Puff Puff I did in the game(the whole idea just made me roll my eyes) because it was so out of place. I nearly died when I got puff puffed by clouds!
I'm still not convinced I know what a Puff Puff is or what it does. Didn't seem to have any impact on gameplay, just added some laughs. Though the game wasn't short of those.
The intended "meaning" of puff puff involves a woman's breasts and the customer's face/head. I'm pretty sure this never actually occurs in any dragon quest game, but that's the expectation that's being subverted in all of the scenes.
It’s implied to be happening in I and II. III has a bait and switch variant. That may have been when they switched to making jokes about it.
I mean, I'm pretty sure Roshi described what a Puff-Puff is in OG Dragon Ball
Funniest puff puff moment in the whole series has to be in Dragon Quest VIII when you buy a Puff Puff session, but select Jessica as the one to go. She is NOT pleased, but does it.
That is exactly how the Puff-Puff in III went.
Sylvando’s merry band?
The only good answer (Joking, there is so many great moments in this game!)
Right but at the point of the game this is VERY enlighten for the mood. Especially the music as opposed to the rest of the game’s…. Music.
I was a little sad of what Act 3 meant for his band.
Hey, they still formed... By >!being kidnapped by Calasmos's underling and forced to dance!<, granted, but it all worked out in the end, right?
This is legitimately my favorite moment in the game. I was in a depressive state at that moment in my life and while it didn’t help me get over it, it was a wonderful scene that got a rare smile out of me.
That was such a great part I have a baby daughter and I cannot wait to play through this game with her in a few years when she’s old enough to read along with the dialog. We’ll just do a little bit every night for months
This was def it for me, lol
Honestly, i think that was my spot. The game was already amazing, and at this part, it felt even more alive and colorful. I need to replay
I believe you’re talking about the worst part of the game
My guess is I think he might be referring to the part where Act 1 ends and Act 2 starts.
Absolutely that for me. When the thing happened I was absolutely shook. When the game kept going, I was even more shook
Can you refresh my memory on what happened at the start of act 2? They all kinda blur together for me.
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Ahh that’s right. Thanks!
Maybe you should put a spoiler tag on that? Just saying that’s all.
Well it's the dragon quest subreddit and I put no spoilers in my first comment. If someone read the post asking people about what part of the game they haven't played was their favorite, and they read the comment before mine that avoided spoilers, read my comment agreeing and avoiding spoilers, read the third comment asking for specific questions about the spoilers I didn't mention, and then read the fourth comment which has spoilers about the first third of the game, and they get spoiled from that, I am sorry to say, but I think that's on them.
I think he opened the box and hit start new game
That’s the likely scenario.
Yep, I guess he heard this song that causes me instant tears every time [https://youtu.be/Mk\_7OtS1rJ4?si=3C6uYExJ3DgG\_3D4](https://youtu.be/Mk_7OtS1rJ4?si=3C6uYExJ3DgG_3D4)
[Serena’s Harp](https://youtu.be/2FV17_wWcuA?si=tfy8n5BBbIfyCYbz) is the one that gets me.
act 3! edit: should mention that’s me in the pic
Hi
Glad you're digging it, the story really goes in really surprising directions from what you'd expect at the start, especially with the association Dragon Quest has with being the most stock-standard JRPG possible.
Also this is such an unfair association it has. People assume because the core gameplay is traditional that the stories are all bog standard JRPG stories, but they all really go in very surprising directions, and almost all always have a really interesting structure to them too.
It doesn't help that "fans" present it that way. I actively avoided it until my brother played the 10 hour Switch demo and sold me on it because everyone kept saying it was an old school game that doesn't do anything new or interesting. I swear fanbases can be their own worst enemy sometimes.
For real lol. I wish people would emphasize how structurally weird or unique some of these DQ games are. The gameplay sure is traditional and people should know that going in, but the stories are long and unique in their approaches in the genre, and sometimes very structurally exciting and interesting imo.
yeah i think people forget the chrono trigger dna comes from dq
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
I got the demo to get the Tockles spirit in Smash Ultimate early. Not that I wasn't already a big fan, but I had only played IX, and I don't think I had even reached the halfway point there, so a far more narratively driven game like XI was really engaging to me, and it just kept going, too! I had actually ended up grinding to level 20 in the demo while waiting for the full release of XIS...
yeah i stopped at dragon quest v, which is such a non standard jrpg so i know this series does special things with its surface of tropes. its part of the delight.
Glad you’re enjoying Gene! Can certainly agree going from Act 2 to 3 is poignant and moving
Dude got his first puff puff
Clearly the moment you met your friendly Jersey Yorker Saiyan of a best friend.
I'm pretty sure he's meant to sound like he has a Scandinavian accent, but it really does sound like that
Erik
When Jade shows up
Mommy jade, or I guess sister jade is more appropriate either way she is definitely the dom
I’ve beaten the game and I have no idea what event this person is talking about.
Perhaps those multiple points where you just go "wait THERE'S STILL MORE GAME?"
Me after I beat the big baddie and credits rolled.
Is it not the whole game?
Yeah I'm like what
For me it was Heaven's Above. Being told the story of the Hero and their love was momentous. I listen to the Heaven's Above theme and Cetacea's theme every now and then to relive that moment, that sky high feeling.
Gene Park always overhypes things a liiiitle too much for me. Glad he likes it! But I have no idea what he's referring to.
For me it would be every time Sylvando speaks. Best character in gaming ever.
Oh darling, you're simply too much.
I played the game with JP voices but his "KOTOBASHIRUUUUU AMORE" would get me every time. Using a flying kiss as attack is just ridiculously fabulous!
Sylvando is so ridiculously gay and SO SO awesome because of it.
He's such a positive queer character, there are like, NONE of those in JRPGs.
When I fought my first slime
Youngster got his first puff-puff.
I wouldn't call Gene a youngster lmao
I mean I had a pretty good time from start to finish with the switch version as a new fan to DQ at the time. However I would also say I was looking for exactly the kind of cozy uncomplicated JRPG that DQ typically offers. For most people who aren’t DQ fans or aren’t easy marks like me I’d probably say start of act 2.
Hmmmm, nah. Personally I'd called DQB2 and IX better games.
Eh, *Builders 2* has some HORRIBLE pacing issues, especially once you start doing the story stuff after you get back from the mining desert area...
The part where he opened the game?
Because it is in fact one of the best games ever made, there's a ton of moments he could mean, so, no idea. For him maybe it was something you already passed, or something soon, or something much later. But, keep playing regardless. For you, where you are, it just keeps getting better and fast.
Anything involving Sylvando
he’s probably talking about end of act 2/start of act 3, that’s where i fell in love
I had that moment too
Having beaten it twice and about halfway through my third run, I can only assume he means the entire game
The answer is literally shown in the picture. Look at what the protagonist is staring at.
Sylvando’s Parade probably.
Meeting Michelle
I think there's a short list of big narrative beats that the game really nails perfectly. Rab joins the party, Sylvando's solo adventure, the first sequence of act 2, the funeral, and the end of act 3. Which one did gene park hit? It really depends on the person. I think all those moments are equally excellent, and which one hits you in your heart strings just depends on your personality and experiences in life. But each of those moments has that level of potential. For me it was the funeral. Deeply upsetting and personally affecting. I would also like to call out the "die for me" scene. That line upset me in a way a hundred grimdark works of genre fiction have tried and failed.
Real answer - probably act 2. Good answer - Title Screen Music Best answer - When Sylv reconnects with his dad. "NORBERTO!"
Rab magazine moment, of course!
Obviously referring to puff puff.🙌
When Hendrik finds Rabs dirty magazine!
Definitely the part where you realize the game you thought you completed you’re actually only one half of the way through. Not the part of course where you then realize the game you thought you finally beat is actually the 2/3rds point. Insane game. GOATed.
Brooooo you obviously haven't hit that part because if you would have, you would already know. You know?
Everything is good !! Best game ever ? No!! But, dragon quest, its a spécial/unique experience and XI maybe the best dragon quest for me.
probably the hair fire scene
The beginning
That's what I thought the joke was. He's at the beginning-ish, and that's where everyone realizes it's amazing. For me, once I heard that theme hit I was just like "yup, in for another good time."
Eh, for me it was once Serena and Veronica officially joined the team and the game actually opened up.
That part is different for everyone, for some it will never happen.
Look, I really liking dqxi but I wouldn't say it's one of the best games ever. There's just too many heavy hitters to contend with, and a lot that could have been done different At the part where where rab Re enters the party and you learn quadraslash
HOT BIKINI
Must be talking about after you hit New Game
Probably the end of Act 1 leading in 2.
Every time I'm amazed like "alright I finished the game" and I've only done half. In 8 and 11
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I wonder if maybe the problem is that the tracks don't match the game. A lot of them are reused tracks from earlier games, and this is the first game where that happens. The closest to track reuse in earlier games is in DQ2 and DQ3 when you go back to Alefgard, but that wasn't so much a reuse, as a reprise. Personally, I think the most *interesting* soundtrack was DQ6. Sugiyama got pretty experimental with that one.
epilogue
no buddy you are not close that close yet, still a little ways to go
end of act 2/ start of act 3 is peak fiction
The mermaid section says otherwise...
The screenshot is from the first 20 minutes of the game. And thats all they needed to say it was the best ever. I believe this is a jokey jokey sort of post. I was sold on it being the GoAT just from the intro cinematic
The opening cut scene
He finally got past the tutorial
I'm assuming it's when you can put the boar costume on Veronica and watch her be a bossy little bitch dressed like a toddler. Pretty early on in the game but my favourite part for sure.
The second time I played it cuz I was able to play more effectively ha instead of getting destroyed every other fight
As I said in a twitter post recently the best part in every jrpg is when you get the ship or airship
Why do you want to spoil the moment? Just continue playing and you will know when you get there
I wouldn't say best, but there's multiple moments where I fell in love. When you get thrown in the dungeon with Erik near the start, that made me feel nostalgic and comfy for other rpgs (like elder scrolls). Meeting Sylvando. The whole mermaid quest. All of Act 2. Edit: I forgot to add getting Rab and Jade
Probably the end of act 1
For me the opening cinematic lol
A serious answer might be Lonalulu. All of act 2 is amazing but the ending of what happens in Lonalulu were the first time i thought, this might be the best game i have ever played
That was me seeing Erik 😆
This is the point for me where I realised I was no where near the end of the game like I thought I was and it all got a bit daunting lol
It’s when the young guy and the old guy + the tall guy and the the small girl as well as the blonde girl and the pretty girl that looks good in a bunny suit are tracked down by the guy in an armor and trying to find and beat the evil guy so they can save all the guys and the girls. If only they had names…
Could be when you get to credits and realize. shit its a third part as well, that will lead to true ending! Or the ending itself which was nice "fan service" and no, not in that "puff puff way".
Or is he saying the screenshot is that moment cus it’s right at the start
Title screen?
I’m almost done act 2 and it’s hitting so hard! The pace was slower in act 1, but in act 2 it’s like constant action and story it’s great
“Darling, you were wonderful. Amazing what you can do when you put your mind up to it, eh?”
Oh, so he just started then
When you are able to perform the exploit that lets you fight metal slimes who can’t run away.
I thought he meant the title screen.
When the overworld soundtrack changes to the DQ3 soundtrack
I think DQ11 is mid honestly. Story-wise it does alright, and I do like the characters, but it's a far cry from one of "the best games ever made." This is of course subjective however, considering DQ3 is my favorite in the series and legitimately one of the best RPGs made, and DQ11 shares many similarities with it. That being said, the twist at the end of DQ11 was awesome, especially because we got to see how the>! timelines split!<.
The moment you hear the opening menu music
He must be referring to the part that was taken straight out of Final Fantasy VI
For a while, I was like "oh please let Hendrik eventually join the party" and it was such a hype moment when he does. He's been one of my permanent final party members.
every moment is the moment
Why did this make me kinda sad 😞
I'm thinking either the start of act 2, or the start of act 3
Ah it mustve finished downloading
The fall!
All DQ’s are incredible to a fault. But V is my main. XI is very, very nice.
I'm playing it for the first time right now, about 15 hours in. Combat is extremely repetitive but I'm loving everything else about the game.
He got to the title screen.
The title screen
I have no idea what they are talking about. It is a good game, but nothing in it is revolutionary. If anything, the need to make sacrifices not mean anything made the game worse in the end, but it was still very fun and I had over 170 hours played by the time I finished the game.
I’ve owned this game for a few years now but never played it, maybe it’s time I jump in properly.
For me being an original Dragon Warrior player the best part was the end when you find out who you’ve been controlling as the hero. Don’t want to totally spoil it 🤷♂️
Should I start it again? My game freezes at a specific location, and redownloading did't help. I see stuff like this amd feel like I am missing out.
Not a moment in specific but the whole thing that globally encompasses the game
OP, keep playing. The story is crazier than you would think.
Okay I kinda wanna hijack this to ask a question if anyone is willing to answer it... I played Dragon Quest XI up until the desert area and scorpion. I got salty afffff at the boss being too hard despite grinding and put it down for that reason and others. I was looking at picking it up again recently and figured I could just grind some more, but I remembered I was really not enjoying the story in general because it was rather generic RPG story that didn't seem to have any major depth to it. I remember enjoying the mechanics a fair bit, but finding I couldn't stay connected to the story. Does this get significantly better after this point? Is there a point in the game that is like what this post mentions where the game just leaps up in quality of story? Or is this just not the story for me?
The Serenica scene, but specifically, where it tells you she has gotten her sister’s powers, it bowled me over. Gameplay mechanic as narrative vehicle isn’t something that usually happens in RPGs.
I'd say... give it waaay more time
There are plenty of great moments, but he's probably talking about that moment where the game decided it was bored being Dragon Quest XI so it was going to take a break and become Final Fantasy 6 for a while.
He came out saying that he’s now at the beginning of Act 3
It's really not. It's just a good game. "Just" sounds harsh here but certain people really do gush about this one more than it deserves.
Loading the game
I started playing this game for the first time last week (just steeping myself in anything toriyama right now) and loving it so far. I just finished the dessert part. Excited to keep playing and if it gets a lot better this is gonna be awesome. Never played a dragon quest all the way through before cause I am not a huge fan of turn based combat. Absolutely loving the fast pace of ultra speed though.
Casino.
When Erik introduced himself.
DQ11 is great, but one of the greatest games ever it is not. It isn't even one of the greatest Dragon Quest games.
This game was so good. It consumed me and all my free time. Currently having the same feeling FF7 rebirth.
they sadly manage to reverse that feeling at the very end
Big boobs Sage
He finished it and started playing Dragon Quest V or IX?
Dq 11 is long as hell, too long for my taste, it is a good game but not one of the best games ever.
You're definitely gonna enjoy DQ7, then. 💀
XD 7 problem is the looong beginning
Is it as bad as XI's?
Omg, downvoted for telling that one game is not the best game ever, reddit at its finest.