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Why Dragon Quest XI is (Almost) my Favourite Game Ever-Part 1

DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition

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Dragon Quest XI is a game that I hold near and dear to my heart, and I see it as a pinnacle of JRPG design that all others in the genre could learn from. It may not be the flashiest of most complicated JRPG out there, but it shows that you can do a lot with the basics. In this 3-part series, I want to fully break down this game and see what works in it and why. I'll go through the story, discussing individual elements of if and what they add, and take breaks in between each section to discuss anything else worth discussing, so as to provide a good balance of information. Anything I say I'll get to later in this video that I don't (which is a lot,) I'll probably touch on in part 2.

If you enjoy the video, please do let me know in the comments, and if you didn't, or think there's something I could improve on, also let me know! Feedback is highly valuable, and I want to really give this game the review it deserves, and make it as polished as possible.

On that note, sorry for the 8-month upload gap. I had this video on the backburner for a while, and just decided to sit down and crank out the whole thing, and after a certain point it felt like uploading anything else would remove the suspense. This (probably) won't happen again.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:07 Pregame
4:01 Cobblestone
9:43 The Hero goes Forth
12:14 Heliodor
15:33 Heliodor Dungeons
18:45 Opening Cutscene
19:28 Downtown Heliodor
22:45 Manglegrove & More
25:05 Combat
31:28 Erik
35:28 Return to Cobblestone
41:50 The Kingsbarrow
46:19 Hotto
49:28 The Cryptic Crypt
54:33 Veronica and Serena
58:35 Tickington & 2D Mode
1:05:53 Gallopolis
1:09:56 Critical Hits
1:16:33 Sylvando
1:20:48 Gondolia
1:23:15 Grotta della Fonte
1:30:14 Sea Travel
1:32:16 Zwaardsrust
1:34:13 Octagonia
1:41:13 Caverns Under Octagonia
1:45:43 Dundrasil
1:53:12 Great Objects in the Sky
1:57:17 Gambling
2:00:54 The Strand & Lonalulu
2:07:05 Island Exploration
2:09:51 The Academy
2:11:50 Phnom Nomh
2:15:09 Cursed Cloisters
2:20:34 Eerie Eyrie
2:22:18 Jade
2:24:45 Sniflheim
2:29:11 The Royal Library
2:34:31 Rab
2:40:31 Arboria
2:42:48 What is Act 1?
2:44:21 The First Forest
2:48:51 Yggdrasil

Funny Hero Smash Clip is from YEET Smash's "Hilarious Hero Shenanigans in Smash Ultimate"

All music used is listed in the pinned comment because I ran out of space in the description.

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