Free Dragon Quest XI Avatars Out Now on PS4

What a great bunch of characters these were. Apart from the hero, he just nodded and grunted and only actually talked when he was a little kid.

Is the game any good?
I've never played a dragon quest but I love JRPGs and any design by Akira Toriyama hits me with nostalgia... I pretty much have my answer but feel free to confirm this should be added to my backlog.

@ApostateMage Weird, I don't see a green tunic on him and he seems to be right handed.

@ShogunRok (sorry, forgot capitalisation before!) Thanks for heads up - love many of Dragon Quest XI's characters! Btw, just turned on my PS4 to check out these avatars after reading this and unrelated, but seems Bamco has today released something called God Eater 3 fan kit bundle too on themes page, which includes 5 musical themes and avatars for free (I don't even have the game yet). Nice surprise as I'm always changing my theme

@Rhaoulos It's a phenomenal JRPG. Starts out a little slow, perhaps, but once things get going, it's superb. My personal Game of the Year for 2018, and it had some real competition.

@MistressTonberry Ooh, interesting, thanks for letting me know!

@ShogunRok No worries - only noticed it because of this article anyway, as I usually only check the themes/avatars stores on a Tuesday.

@ApostateMage And that's why silent protagonists are rubbish and should be a thing of the past.

@johncalmc @Acquiescence Yeah, I'm not a fan of the silent protagonist either. It just looks ridiculous when every other character around them is voiced.

Many people complained about Fallout 4 being dumbed down because the player character was voiced but I much prefered it than to the old mute days. I think it gives them so much more character. I'm a bit gutted that the up and coming The Outer Worlds has you play as an unvoiced protag.

@Rhaoulos @ShogunRok just adding my two cents, cause I had a very different experience: I am about to face the final boss and I can say this has been the less interesting RPG I played on ps4. A part from the vibe of the thing not being my piece of cake - it has got some pretty huge flaws: the traditional combat system is so old school it could only be fun if it the game was challenging like back in the day - but the game is so easy you will have to try very hard to lose a fight and you can't change the difficulty setting. You will never have to conjure up a tactic to face a boss, just use your strongest attacks and some healing... On top of that DQXI has what has got to have one of the worst soundtrack ever for a Square Enix game. I turned the score off after act 1 and I am currently listening to podcasts while I play, pausing them for cutscenes. I mean this is supposed to be a JRPG, it's basically a fun battle system + good music. Go with Persona 5 if you want a classic JRPG or FFXV or XII if you want something more modern imho.

^ When you start the game put on draconian setting: Stronger Monsters. The game for the most part is too easy otherwise. Unless you don't want a challenge.
The soundtrack can be altered on PC to the fully orchestrated version that was later released if the MIDI quality is a problem and you're on that platform. Personally I was humming along after a while and enjoy the music.

@Rossif3r @ShogunRok @Feena
Thanks for the feedback guys. It's good to have some personal opinions.

@AyanamiReign yes that would have helped a lot! I just activated the one that makes you too embarrassed to do anything and makes you lose your action. It's hilarious but it doesn't make the game challenging. I wish I could have a nice Orchestra score like DQ8

I got to gondolia on my playthrough and lost interest, it felt like I was at a new town every 5 minutes with not much to explore and nothing really drew me in. It's a pity because I absolutely loved dragon quest 8, also the music not been orchestrated was a bit of a letdown and on ps4 Pro there was some really bad graphical blur that put me off.