First multiplayer would be IX, but I think they meant multiplat as that makes more sense.
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Why are people so angry about Dragon Quest XI S?
- Thread starter MegaManTrigger
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$15-20 is super optimistic. It would probably be a lot more than that. Like $10 for the Soundtrack DLC, $20 for 2D Mode DLC, $20 for the side-chapter "Season Pass", and a free patch that adds the new combat features/QOL and character voices
It'll either be "undecided" forever or we'll see a nextgen port. I don't see S content ever making it to PS4 most likely and almost unquestionably not as dlc (due to UE4 issues).
This whole situation has definitely been pretty messy. Horii lets it slip rather informally that there's a Switch version the day of announcement, getting the western release out takes a little over a year from the Japanese version, the enhanced Switch version ends up being (re)announced a few years later but in the exact same month as the initial Western release, and several exclusive enhancements are confirmed and shown for it I believe two or three months later. Meanwhile the Japanese PS4 version seems to be gone and buried between the Western release and Switch update, with not even the more minor QoL updates patched in to my knowledge, and it's still not even two years old. It's been a bit all over the place so I can see why people have been annoyed/confused with this game.
At least one takeaway for me is that hopefully they have a more straightforward strategy in mind for DQXII, and one that can be more consistently-applied from game to game. I think they've gotten KH and FF in a solid place for the most part as far as their strategies for release timing, worldwide promotion, post-release support, etc. go, and at least from a commercial perspective the effort has been paying off greatly. But DQ often ends up having a hamstrung process in some way for one reason or other that diminishes some of its potential.
Look people, at the end of the day, this is like 99% the same game you've already played. I modded the orchestral tracks into the PC version, and it was still a hot pile of repetitive shit, for example. The 2D thing is gonna be cute for an hour or two, but it'll get old fast, and you know it. The new story bits are going to be a couple of short quests for each character by the look of it which can be easily YouTube'd. Why would anyone want to go through the whole 100-hour game again for this is beyond me. SE sold you a beautiful game a year ago. You bought, you had fun with, move on. It's like getting mad at car companies for making the newer models more fuel efficient :D
Is it possible that DXI on Switch might end up having a slew of technical issues because of it being on a weaker system?
I'm no expert in drawing comparisons in quality, but I understand that Mortal Kombat 11 on the Switch had technical issues not found on either PS4 and Xbox One.
I'm no expert in drawing comparisons in quality, but I understand that Mortal Kombat 11 on the Switch had technical issues not found on either PS4 and Xbox One.
they didn't remaster or update the music for this release. the orchestrated versions of the music have existed ever since the game came out, they just didn't have permission to use them in-game.
mortal kombat 11 wasn't shown running on switch until release, they've been showing this one running on switch since february and there's a ton of footage out, including the treehouse demo and the gamexplain preview. people already know how it runs and what it looks like, they're not hiding anything.
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Given the response in core circles (and low PS4/Steam western sales originally) I do wonder if it'd have been better for SE to delay the original localization and just launch all 3 versions simultaneously this September as the Definitive Edition? Or would we have just as many complaining about Switch holding back their launch date instead?
Like I said before there is a real possibility they could release the material on other platforms, but on the flip side there is a real possibility you'll never see the game updated if the Japanese version is anything to go by. If it does happen I doubt Nintendo will let an RE4 happen again, so you'd have to wait quite a bit. There is also a possibility Nintendo paid for a form of exclusivity or pulled an octopath and limited it to PC a year later. Actually that would be an epic train wreck to witness.
Hahahahaha. It's no fun when you answer your own question.
Would gladly trade these Switch upgrades for Monster Hunter World, Persona 5 Royal and the chance to have played this 2 years ago tbh...
The music bit I get and it's a really shitty move. But are people really that upset about the new content being exclusive to Switch? Isn't that basically the same thing that a lot of other Japanese devs do?
Like, did people shit on Falcom when Tokyo Xanadu eX+ came out on PS4 and PC with tons of extra content just one year after the Vita release when Vita owners had no way to upgrade their version of the game? I don't think this situation is that different tbh. (again, excluding the music because that's bs and should be available on PS4 and PC as well)
Like, did people shit on Falcom when Tokyo Xanadu eX+ came out on PS4 and PC with tons of extra content just one year after the Vita release when Vita owners had no way to upgrade their version of the game? I don't think this situation is that different tbh. (again, excluding the music because that's bs and should be available on PS4 and PC as well)
The audience for Tokyo Xanadu is probably the audience that comes to it with the rerelease, has only played the original, or will buy it twice anyway. It's niche enough anyway that the people complaining about DQXI S don't know what a Tokyo Xanadu or a Falcom is.
Unless the treehouse stream is secretely the PS4 version or it has an insanely long boot load time, it looks fine:
I think this game is good enough that it warrants a replay+buying a second version but SQEnix are totally backwards on this (not to mention Sugiyama's bigotry).
While that's true, I feel like this kind of stuff happen a lot with Japanese games (especially JRPGs). Tokyo Xanadu was the one that just came to my mind atm since I had played it recently myself.
Yikes! The denial is strong with this one. Like those previously convinced persona 5 was coming to switch it's time to let that dream die
How bad was the music on the PS4 version? Would it have been given high marks if it were released during the SNES era? Someone compared DQXI's music with the orchestral arrangements in Batman Forever. I listened to some of the music on youtube and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Going by the complaints, I was expecting something along the lines of Final Fantasy VII.
Would trade even Mario for kiseki on switch.
Anyway this whole dq 11 was a mess due to marketing. First announced also for switch, than se forgot It existed for months and months. Than se complained for low 3ds Sales in Japan (didn't It sell more than ps4?)..than western ps4 release Is sent to suicide and now they cash cow It on switch.
Really bad even for se.
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I really regret buying this on PC. I almost started playing it and then heard the Switch version was getting so much new content. :( If only the Switch didn't have such weak hardware. Also it kind of sucks that NCL was willing to pay the bribe money in order license music from a war crime denying, queerphobic, nationalist composer. (I assume Nintendo is footing the bill.)
It's true Japanese companies do this sort of thing a lot. Falcom does a majority of their releases with a better version later. I guess for me personally I don't like that it's on weaker (graphically) plaform and I'm not used to that. I also just realized this must be how people stuck on old platforms must feel all the time =[
I sold my ps4 version and waiting for the switch release! Can't wait. I was loving the game but stopped frequently due it being a tad slow. It sounds like all the switch additions will make it a faster paced experience.
I wish I would have more time to game on switch and ps4 but I would miss things I go through now at my age so I will have to say no
all I was saying if people getting screw make sure everyone screw so this way no one feels another person getting favoritism Japan did not get the updates the American version got do you think that was okay?
Hopefully SE releases DLC for Switch to get 1080p/4K resolution of the PS4. And don't forget DLC to let players mod it like the Steam version.
I don't know, the fact that DQ XI didn't get an orchestral soundtrack on PS4 so I re bought it on PC. Then it was announced that the Nintendo Switch would get the soundtrack, exclusive content, and now what basically amounts to DLC. It's a pretty shit tier move, I hope they offer the stuff on the other platforms at a later date.
