Dragon Quest 11 (PC) and Spiderman (ps4) has absolutely consumed my life the past week and a half
The games are masterpieces in their own right. DQ11 probably the best jrpg I've played in a very long time (dq8 ps2) . Spiderman is just a very fun game. It's light hearted enough and has some intense moments. I'm level 41 I think right now and I have a lot of my abilities unlocked and I just destroy the dudes even if I'm out matched 11 to 1. Very satisfying.
Back to dragon quest. They made huge strides in quality of life with book shelves that actually show you that yes, you can read a book from it. The visible enemies is something that is sort of a relief for me because by my second playthrough of DQ8 I was so sick of random battles I almost just threw in the towel. I can explore and fight if I want. I would neglect exploring in DQ8 because of the random battles. Anyway what are your guys' thoughts on the games?
edit: emulating DQ8 on pcsx2 is very very cool. You can make the graphics look almost exactly like DQ11. The textures work wonderfully with interneral resolution increase. Plus you can trigger "fast mode" when runs the game at like 3x speed, which makes the random battles not so monotonous
I haven't played Spiderman, and probably won't because it's a licensed property, but I've been playing the hell out of Dragon Quest XI. Let's just say that once you get to the second campsite in the First Forest and sit through the cutscene, it's a really good idea to use the campsite manually, save, and then take advantage of the Zoom spell and deal with any outstanding quests you might have -- because you might not be able to do so later on.
That is something I did immediately because I saw that some quests become unavailable until way later or end game. I'm at about 70 hours now on hard monsters