Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on December 4

[Koby]

Square Enix will release Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store on December 4, the company announced at the Xbox Games Showcase pre-show. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.

 

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age first launched for PlayStation 4 and 3DS in July 2017 in Japan, and for PlayStation 4 and PC in September 2018 worldwide. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition, an enhanced version of the original game with numerous new elements, launched for Switch in September 2019.

 

Announcement Trailer:

 

[Koby]

Steam listing is up. It's a separate entry from the Vanilla version... and it's listed for $39.99

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295510/DRAGON_QUEST_XI_S_Echoes_of_an_Elusive_Age__Definitive_Edition/

 

 

People are already pretty pissed off about the announcement, because apparently rather than bringing back the original assets to the game, Square-Enix took the lazy way out and is basically just porting the graphically lower Switch version to PC... So you're losing out quality wise.

 

Here is a comparison:

https://slow.pics/c/D5Wlpnrx

 

Here is the thread discussing it on Twitter:

 

 

[Tanis]

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad...

[Kid Ryan]

@Koby@Ashven288@Xykan How has the PS4 port been for you three? Are the graphical downgrades notable enough to be distracting?

[Koby]

1 hour ago, Kid Boruto said:

@Koby@Ashven288@Xykan How has the PS4 port been for you three? Are the graphical downgrades notable enough to be distracting?

Didn't play the PS4 version of the Definitive Edition. I did play the OG version on PS4 though. I played the Definitive on PC.

 

Graphical downgrades are definitely pretty notable in a side by side comparison. However playing the game on it's own, you might never know the difference unless you're really looking for it.