Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is a damn good Japanese role-playing game, and now that it's been out for few months here in the West, fans have just started to wonder about the series' next instalment. Fortunately, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Hori has commented on its future.
Speaking at a Japanese convention, Hori confirms that he's already started on the key themes of Dragon Quest XII, but obviously, he can't talk about any of it just yet. "Since Dragon Quest XI‘s scenario was well-received, this time I want the same reception for the gameplay systems, but I could also surprise everyone and make it an epic. Now I just feel like teasing everyone," Hori commented rather cheekily.
Could that be a hint towards some kind of evolution in Dragon Quest's gameplay? We'll have to wait and see.
Despite the teasing, though, Hori does say that Dragon Quest XII is still "many years away", as you'd probably expect. Nevertheless, we're looking forward to seeing it. Eventually.
[source gematsu.com]
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after the succes that 11 had in the west,i think we will also get 12 in the west.
anyway another ps5 game !
That's fine. They still need to focus on the Switch port of XI, and I don't want them to spit these things out annually anyway. Just don't do any weird experiments with this franchise.
Was DQ XI really that succesfull in the West? I'm not sure, but I think I've read something contrary on a German gaming website (play3.de). Would be happy if I'm wrong tho'. :>
The game takes forever to finish anyway, lol, so it’s fine.
Game of the year for me but yeah,the game is taking forever to finish and I'm over a hundred hours into it.So no rush for the next one.Besides,we still have Dragon Quest Builders 2 to look forward too.
@Lando_ it was not a big hit but i think that it did sell well in regards to western sale expectations.
atleast enough to have another game in the west.
I'll be picking XI up in the new year when Resident Evil 2 aside, I'll have little to distract me from it for a significant amount of time
@Lando_ It did reasonably well in the West but nothing amazing. The vast majority of Dragon Quest sales still come from Japan.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/11/dragon_quest_xi_breaks_4_million_copies_worldwide_but_japan_still_counts_for_at_least_75_percent_of_sales
I'm glad they realise the gameplay is not bad but very unimpressive... I have started the game recently and find it really dated.
Dragon Quest games can't 'evolve'
it'd cause riots
@ShogunRok @jdv95 Ah, I see. Thank you two. That's the most important thing, also for me: That DQ XI has sold well enough to happily expect number XII. (:
I'm really looking forward to playing DQXI when I get the time. It looks lovely, and I haven't played a main DQ game since VIII.
Shout out to the fantastic Dragon Quest Builders!
Good stuff. Don't butcher the sound track this time please
@kyleforrester87 What's wrong with the soundtrack to you, to me it was perfect with all the classics and well known songs from DQ or its because it didn't have the orchestral soundtrack
Still on my shelf waiting for RDR2 to end. Better not mix two open world horse riding games...
@GKO900 yeah after the cool orchestral intro it's really a pity
well in the mean time how about ports of the other DQ games and maybe a offline version of X as that was never released outside of Japan
and i really, REALLY wish Square would stop making MMO's part of their number franchises, spin off's are fine but they should NOT be part of the main series
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