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Dragon Quest XI is about 50 hours long, possibly 100 hours for completionists

Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time will take about 50 hours to complete, according to director Takeshi Uchikawa.

If you’re a completionist and want to do all of the side elements, it is possible the game will take 100 hours, Uchikawa added.

Uchikawa confirmed the news during a “mini stage” event at day two of the Dragon Quest XI “Countdown Carnival” in Fukuoka today.

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slasaru012504d ago

50 hours is not much for DQ series...

luckytrouble2504d ago

Wut? 50 hours is lengthy for any JRPG. There's a point where accessibility goes out the window and a game becomes a time commitment over a hobby. That said, I've played and beaten most of the DQ series, and outside of VIII, most of them clock in on average 20 - 25 hours. This is going to be a gigantic game and pretending this is less content than anticipated seems strange to me.

LAWSON722504d ago

50 hrs is not lengthy for a JRPG. Most usually hit the 40-50 hr mark, the more traditional ones are longer and ARPGs are shorter

indysurfn2503d ago (Edited 2503d ago )

All these people here voting that 50 hours is lengthy for a JRPG is most likely talking about ACTION JRPG's. 50 hours is very short for a turn based jrpg. None of the JRPG's from the Final fantasy series are SHORT like that. Not final fantasy 1 through 10. Not any in the dragon quest series, until recently.

The last good JRPG (not action) that I played was The legend of heros trails of cold steel 2 and it was over 180 hours long on the first play through.

This is one of those issues where people DEFEND a company getting cheap. (like micro transactions, DLC, first day patches, season passes, online only no compaign). If you help a company to get away with it, you are begging other companies to do you the same way.

snake-OO2504d ago

I remember DQ 8 took me 80hrs on my first play through. That was just finishing the main game.

LAWSON722504d ago (Edited 2504d ago )

People disagree because you are correct apparently.

Dragon Quest 7
https://howlongtobeat.com/g...

Dragon Quest 8
https://howlongtobeat.com/g...

Unless of course these don't count and we only count SNES and NES games to dictate what is to be expected.

deathtok2503d ago

Hey so you're not wrong but... even the re-releases of DQVII saw modern game changes that took the same game down from 300 to 100 hours with no cut content.

I guess this feels on par with that is all I'm saying.

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rocketpanda2504d ago

50 hits without being a completionist seems fair enough. Looking forward to the eventual western release.

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Articuno762504d ago

Sounds like there's not a lot of bloat to this one. That's good.

I don't mind long games, but when it's spent grinding or basically doing nothing for huge chunks of time I feel like my time is wasted. There's something to be said for the RPG that's economical with its time.

Relientk772504d ago

I just want it to come West

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for October: GTA: Vice City, Dragon Quest XI, and more

"A bumper crop of PlayStation titles make up October’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup. All these games will be available to play starting Tuesday, October 18. Without further ado, let’s dive in. Also added this month: The Medium, Dragon Quest Builders, Dragon Quest Heroes and more. "

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nevin1554d ago

Wait, no new PS1, PS2 or PSP additions?

CrimsonWing69554d ago

It’s frustrating how they barely update that library. I get that Jimbo hates old games, but c’mon, the classic catalogue with trophies was a big draw for me. Was really hoping to get some heavy duty classic PS1 games to platinum. Looks like they’ll do exactly what they did on PS4 with the PS2 library…

LucasRuinedChildhood554d ago (Edited 554d ago )

Games like Resistance: Retribution have already been rated as well so they have some stuff ready.

I think they still don't have a healthy supply of classic games for the next few months and they have to really spread them out ... so because of all those Yakuza remasters on Premium this month ... they made the decision to hold off putting up more PSP or PS1 games until next month. :(

They need clearer communication on this. They could have said that we can look forward to some PSP games next month or something.

FinalFantasyFanatic554d ago

I'm so glad I stuck with the essential tier, I'd be ticked paying more with the expectation that the classic catalogue would be regularly updated and built up. The classic catalogue was the biggest draw of the upper tiers for me, so not seeing any new PS1 games is pretty disappointing.

Ben Dover554d ago

While the VC remake is a turd, this is an impressive month.

SlothLordPootus554d ago

Has vice city been fixed? If not it feels like a weird addition. Lots for Dragon Quests fans.

jeromeface554d ago

fixed? Its kinda hard to fix something that was a mobile port to begin with... so no

cluclap554d ago

It wasn't a mobile port though? The team that made them did the mobile games but if I remember the actual remakes aren't the mobile versions.

andy85554d ago

Playing it at the moment. It actually looks pretty clean. I'm on PS5 though, can't comment for other versions. I guess the updates helped a bit

VersusDMC554d ago

If you like assassins creed and Dragon Quest enjoy the multiple games.

Just plan on playing Medium and the Yakuza remasters right now.

EvertonFC554d ago

"inside" indie game looks interesting for sure too

SlothLordPootus554d ago

Inside is great. If youve played limbo it's very similar

dazzysima554d ago

Seems the PS Plus offer is running out of steam already.

Have they even added any new trials since launch?

rob-GP554d ago

Yes, loads - they just stupidly havn't updated the list on the console!

I can't recall of the top of my head but there's been a bunch of games, probably about 10 or so. I'm gonna drop Shu another email and try and get him to tell the UX team to update the list. It's annoying when they don't update things

VersusDMC554d ago

I checked out the soulstice trial recently. And i heard they added dying light 2 so i might check that one out as well.

MrNinosan554d ago

Running out of steam? This month is amazing, and the months before it has been great aswell.
At least 3 of the Dragon Quest games are great, Medium is okay, Assassins Creed is nice gems for those who missed put, Inside amazing, Castlevania superb, the Yakuza remakes are fantastic.

Lots of Trials has been added simce launch.
If you don't use the service or are interested enough to first check what's there, why comment?

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Lightning Mr Bubbles572d ago

Me being a Playstation guy and a huge JRPG fan, I can say that the only franchises I actually miss that are on Switch are The Fire Emblem series and The Xenoblade Chronicles series. I've played neither but I've heard good things. I've seen people play Xenoblade Chronicles games on youtube, and it seems like they think it's a big deal so I'm curious.

Rebel_Scum572d ago

As someone who doesnt like jrpg’s that much these days I went into Xenoblade Chronicles blind and had a blast. Reminded me of that golden age of 16-bit and 32-bit jrpgs. If thats the era you liked then it should hit the spot.

jznrpg572d ago

I only have a Switch for the games that don’t come on PlayStation . There aren’t a ton but there are some good ones.

repsahj572d ago (Edited 572d ago )

I agree with top 1, for me xenoblade chronicles 3(and 2) is one of the greatest jrpg to date. It's like the feeling of playing ff7 on ps1 for the first time again. Imagine if XC3 was done with ps5 graphics, that will be magical. I might get the xc remaster before the year ends or after I got the platinum trophy of GoW ragnarok.

jznrpg572d ago

I didn’t care for 2 as much . It’s good but 3 is sooo much better than so is the first one imo .

repsahj572d ago

yeah I agree, but much better than any recent jrpg releases.

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Dragon Quest & Comfort Food: Why “Traditional” Isn’t A Bad Word

The Dragon Quest series is often criticized for being too traditional, but there's actually something really comforting about its familiarity.

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ZeekQuattro591d ago

I love that Dragon Quest stuck to its roots. I've been playing the series since Dragon Warrior. It was the first turn based RPG I ever played. DQ is basically the reason I got into turn based RPGs and why I still prefer them to this day over action RPGs.

Zeldafan64591d ago (Edited 591d ago )

Everything you said here applies to me as well. Been playing the series since 1992.

shinoff2183590d ago (Edited 590d ago )

Thats funny ive never really seen anyone complain about it being traditional but even if so. I personally think dq11 is the best jrpg ive played in years. Since like ff9 type of years. I cant think of 1 negative thing to say about it. If you dont like traditional then go play a action rpg like ff15. Leave dq be its one of the few games that have stuck with turn base battles.

I started dq series kinda later in life. Played when i was younger but didnt remember much. Ff is where i stuck my jrpg roots at. Ff lost me at 12. Its never been the same since ff10 and i was so sad to see the world map go.