Dragon Quest XI (Zero Punctuation)

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[@amvCBG]

"A comedy stereotype of a homosexual. And an actual homosexual" I died

[@geekdaparaiba]

And the actual homossexual is Erik, right?

[@fredtobin4671]

From the start he seems to have a man crush of epic proportions😅😅

[@TheLastYeoganian]

@@fredtobin4671 makes sense, he mentioned something a seer telling him that he would be destined to travel with the main character and subsequently spent a year in jail until said main character popped up proving that he was destined to be with the main character. I'm not gay but I'll be a little gay for the Luminary a bit too

[@alicepenns1029]

@@geekdaparaiba yup

[@ZatchZXman]

@@alicepenns1029 I'm not gay or anything, but I did choose Erik to be my best bros forever for my wish in DQXIS.

[@ParanormalCacti]

I like watching these muted first to try and imagine what the hell Yahtzee is saying based on the visuals. It's incredibly difficult.

[@theextreem]

That is actually brilliant

[@TheRougeSky]

I tried that too, after I saw your comment and laughed so much because its such a madhouse of visuals without Yahtzee talking.

[@rickypedia999]

And then watch it with audio, but at 2× speed.

[@kyle857]

Did you get all the butthole stuff?

[@thegamingaristocrat7615]

I think we've just discovered a new game.

[@EHAmos]

For anyone who is curious, I played through the entire game and when you collect all of the MacGuffin balls it is literally only the first half of the game and then the big villain reveals himself and the game changes dramatically in tone and Pace from there forward

[@thattubaguy217]

This, the game really took off in both plot, story, and gameplay after the first act

[@zack-ronald259]

and even after that there is a third part

[@dwinters6291]

And then when you beat the main villian the game is like NOPE here's and even bigger baddie

[@noahcaelum6796]

1/3 of the game more like.

[@TheLastFBIagent]

Not even first half

[@Lucarioguild7]

“20 hours in” lol that’s like the prologue of a Jrpg

[@LordTyph]

freaking wuss.

[@benvoliothefirst]

Actually I beat the final boss at about 45 hours in, not really trying to speed-run, so he's about halfway.

[@svovy5358]

@@benvoliothefirst "Final boss"

[@TheUltraAnime]

@@benvoliothefirst i can guarantee you that you did not actually beat the final boss :^)

[@Netherwolf6100]

Lucarioguild7 took me about 40 hours til I finally met the actual antagonist

[@Mathmachine]

I think the easiest way to describe DQXI (and Yahtzee kinda hit on this) is that it's the comfort food of JRPGs. Nothing fancy or new, but something pleasant you know you'll enjoy.

[@kennyrichardson3842]

Except it's Dragon Quest, so it's pleasant but it's not enjoyable.

[@raulrojas9253]

not enjoyable??? how?

[@Mathmachine]

@@kennyrichardson3842 my 100+ hours so far would disagree with that.

[@cindercatz]

When has Dragon Quest ever been "not enjoyable"? (just to harp on the point) And, since I don't want to write a second comment somewhere: Yahtzee's Zero Punctuation is the only reason I'm subscribed, just click in when this pops up. Keep doing what you do.

[@bensell982]

Well considering it's literally the franchise that invented the genre that's pretty acceptable

[@ThrottleKitty]

That elder scrolls joke is one of the best jokes I've seen in a while. "Throw him in the prison, that's what you do with destined heroes right??"

[@WTFHolmsie]

I think someone's missus tried a bit of role reversal

[@theatomiclemon1]

Ah, I'm not alone then.

[@psdnmstr4609]

?

[@RacingSnails64]

WTHolmsie this is the most hilarious shit

[@crayoneater6034]

Have you not always been concerned about the Japanese?

[@Yal_Rathol]

i think at some point, anyone who consumes japanese media becomes concerned for japan. yahtzee has just reached this stage of maturation, soon he shall enter his pupae and emerge as a beautiful weeb.

[@LoliconSamalik]

@ShinyFalchion Buddy, lolis have existed for a LOOONG time and don't even have a set age. Why even care? It's fictional.

[@NoobLord9001]

lethice Ich liebe dich that wasn’t the point and you fucking know it. we don’t care that it’s japan specifically doing it. we care that anyone anywhere is doing it at all.

[@LegendofLegaia929]

@@lethiceichliebedich4482 Where the fuck did that come from? And yes, pedophilia exists everywhere, but how many countries glorify sexualizing children in their media? How many cartoons have you seen that aren't from Japan that pander to pedophiles?

[@Greendalewitch]

I started being seriously concerned about the Japanese when I saw a anime called Seikon no Qwaserabout where the main protagonist drew his powers from breast milk. Then there was another anime called Keijo girls were playing volleyballs .... with their butts. But that is kinda innocent in compared to Elfen Lied, the anime which made me concerned in the first place. I mean, I love dark stuff and all, my dear Japanese people in case you are reading this. But there is no need to rip out my soul, stomp on it and then spit on, leaving me giggling in the corner and bleeding to this very day.

[@stephentomsky9576]

My favorite part was on your livestream where we got to see the conglomeration of bad guard stereotype in one dude. Featured: the rude to kind old ladies guard; the takes a bribe to look the other way from the whatever naughty things the rich Noble is doing guard; the easily distracted and lured away from his post by a beautiful woman guard; and the incompetent guard who is afraid of a random mean dog and deserts his post despite being in full armor and carrying a fricking spear guy. That is all the same guy and was displayed in a single cutscene without interruption by player action.

[@nicholasseals8278]

I'm pretty sure the reason for why he was posted to guard the slums was because he was so bad at his job, that none of the other guards wanted to deal with him.

[@JunohProductions]

Wow, the cult members will chase you for miles? That's impressive.

[@BLZ231]

"I am now slightly concerned about the Japanese, as I would about a school friend who confides that they have a crush on the dinner lady, knowing they're going to be driven to suicide by mockery within a week. By me." Something about the way he says those last two words makes me burst out laughing every time.

[@kfetter16]

I love how I can watch these in any order,and if I don't look at the date I would have no idea which ones are old and which are new. You got it right at the beginning and you've kept the same tone/style/pace/humour straight through with no "remaking" yourself. Kudos!!

[@midasvijfwinkel6116]

While never getting repetitive or otherwise stale, which is quite remarkable in my opinion.

[@leemp8352]

"Erections of an aggressive Emu" ,, video worth that comment alone

[@azurephantom100]

yeah that one gave me a good chuckle

[@CaronDriel]

First time I've paused a Yahtzee video to laugh in about a year.

[@RobertAustinMusic]

Let's not forget the poor unfortunate souls who share a name with any in-game character, and like to name their protagonist after themselves. For whatever reason, Square decided that you're not allowed to name your character anything that is even close to an in-world character's name. It's the most arbitrary problem I've ever experienced in my entire life of playing games.

[@lnsflare1]

I am not sure if I'm mad at you for making "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from Disney's The Little Mermaid play on a loop inside my head.

[@Tabryne]

What name did you try and what did it do? They normally reserve doing the name blocking for MMORPGs since it makes sense there.

[@RobertAustinMusic]

Tabryne Figaro I just typed in Robert. I tried several variations too and each time it said “sorry, that name is not allowed” With no explanation. I had to Google why and the general consensus is that it would cause confusion when text dialogue refers to 2 characters with the same name.

[@blasterjosh]

had this problem in dragon quest six with any name i tried to think of, the game said "nah that's censored" I eventually went with "Jesus" and it said that's ok

[@Kaunte]

POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS!

[@francesco8000]

I guess he was.....Ok with the game. Which is a pretty high score for Yahtzee.

[@bensell982]

Especially considering it's a jrpg

[@AssadKhalif]

*COUGH *COUGH 2:14-2:18

[@OscarRodriguez-vs3io]

Buzz buzz

[@paulchapman8023]

In the past he has generally been disdainful of JRPGs, with two exceptions that weren’t Dragon Quest.

[@Osama-KIN_TMZ01]

Tho to be fair, my dude didn't even finish the damn prologue/act 1 of the game...

[@KineticGTR]

Havent lost your touch one bit xD

[@AvatarDesTopfes]

Can you please narrate my life? Or talk at my funeral?

[@lnsflare1]

If he kills you, he can do both.

[@ThatIckyGuy]

Listen to his audiobooks.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

He should have a Patreon where the highest reward is getting a ZP review of your life after you're dead

[@Linosek279]

Better yet, narrate my funeral

[@Oddman1980]

All I want is to hear him verbally assassinate Factorio.

[@brainflash1]

"I like to think I'm always keen to try new things" To which I say: *moo* Yahtzee, we'd love to hear your opinion about the latest StarCraft game *moo*

[@masterSageHarpuia]

???

[@damobeck1]

When was there a new star craft game?

[@nullpoint3346]

Starcraft has a new game?

[@Catslug]

Guys, he's referencing the shadow of the colossus review

[@iller3]

we MUST make him review atleast 1 RTS before he shuffles off this mortal coil, even if it means crowdfunding and designing one ourselves that's built for the single purpose of tricking him into thinking he's playing a Single Player Narrative driven Detective story then BAM, we drop in the PYLONS near the end and a bunch of koreans with 120 APM connect like it's DarkSouls

[@Edagui97]

The composer apparently refused to have his work be in the English version because he hates the idea that people can hear it for free in let's play's. DQ soundtracks are never really that amazing, but the guy has been working on these games since the dawn of time, so he might think bit too much about his work that is in no way in the same league with the likes of FF, BD, TitS, Persona, SMT etc. He will probably die due to old age before the next numbered entry, so I hope his successor will be more lax when it comes to copyrights and Japanese war crimes during WW2.

[@gulorful8488]

The composer is a literal asshole who denies war crimes and is anti-LGBT so this doesn't surprise me.

[@Theray0evan]

heheh, tits

[@AlteredNova04]

TitS???

[@iggydadawg9712]

@@AlteredNova04 Trails in the Sky.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Todd in the Shadows.

[@raggedcritical]

With regard to the music, it should be noted that Dragon Quest XI S, Echoes of an Illusive Age: Definitive Edition has an option for full orchestral, non-synthesized soundtrack.

[@purplefanadic234]

sylvando is my favorite I love him to pieces

[@CrispyToast]

Zero Punctuation's still got it! Keep up the good work!

[@blakkwaltz]

generic user lol no self-awareness

[@ninjacat230]

having the main character go looking for the plot is an interesting way to start a game for sure

[@BlakeTheDrake]

Hmm... a nice, comfortable JRPG sounds like just the thing right now, and it's on sale, so I guess I'll give it a go! *At the exact point where Yahtzee stopped playing:* Boy, this really IS quite the lovely trip - it's JUST like he said! Everything's just _nice,_ and nothing bad ever happens... oh, hey, is that a mermaid? She's so _pretty!_ *Ten minutes later, at Lonalulu:* Uhh... wait... did that young mother seriously... and with her _baby?!_ And now the mermaid is... oh geez! This is all pretty tragic, but I'm sure it's just a blip - this is as dark as this cheerful game gets, surely! *Reaching the end of Act 1:* Boy, that escalated quickly! *Exploring Act 2:* Sure got dark around here all of a sudden... in every sense of the word! *Visiting Hotto:* Wait, wait... so the priestess was trying to..? And now she's jumping out in front of the dragon, and... and... but that dragon was actually... good grief! It can't POSSIBLY get any darker than this! *Reaching Arboria:* T_T Everything is just _nice,_ nothing bad ever happens, everything is just _nice,_ nothing bad ever happens, everything is just _nice..._ *rocks rhythmically back and forth* *Reaching Act 3:* ...huh. Ooooookay then. *marches onwards whistling a merry tune*

[@BigDaddyBland87]

Yea this pretty much summed my experience. The craziness this game takes absolutely threw me because of Yahtzee's review. Still enjoyed it though.

[@tuckinatorinator787]

He hadn't finished it by the time he made the review and knew he wasn't going to be able to finish it in time so I appreciate he played enough to get a feel for the game

[@BlakeTheDrake]

@@tuckinatorinator787 Well, that's the point... though Yahtzee's reviews are tremendously entertaining, it's worth keeping in mind that in cases like this, it's not actually a proper REVIEW. He may have THOUGHT that he 'got a feel' for the game, but then stopped playing just shy of some major tonal shifts. The true story of the game is a lot deeper and more emotionally wrenching than he had any chance to realize by playing only the first 20% of it.

[@fictionfan0]

So, when you say "Act 3," do you mean immediately after "The Epitome of Sadness" or after the credits?

[@BlakeTheDrake]

@@fictionfan0 I guess the game's been out long enough that I don't need to worry about spoilers too much... though, it's also been so long that I don't remember exactly when the credits roll. Basically, by 'Act 3' I mean the point where you get to go back in time and effectively correct and prevent all the poignant and tragic stuff that's happened up to that point, turning your original, bittersweet victory into an outright Fairytale Happy Ending. (I mean, sure, there's a bit of tragic stuff that happened way before your adventure started, that you can't do anything about, but you get my meaning.) Don't get me wrong, though - I don't hate that. Actually, I rather like it! You get all the emotions of going through those tragic moments, the heroic tension of fighting for those that remain, and pushing on in the memory of those lost. A deep and complex flavor. Then, *after* that main course, you get to finish up with a simple, sweet and tasty dessert of consequence-free happiness. More games should do stuff like that!

[@lordphobius3876]

Akira Toriyama, creator of the beloved Dragon Ball series, was the one who made the character and monster designs for this series of games. The MC just looks like Trunks and Android 17 did the fusion dance and was sent into a JRPG.... The Toriyama style is what makes these games so damned popular, its no wonder the Japanese love it! (As well as all the international weebs)

[@joshmartin2744]

The Toriyama style is literally why I haven't played any of these games since I beat Dragon Warrior I.

[@harrylane4]

@@joshmartin2744 bc Chrono trigger is the superior Toriyama-styled rpg?

[@NEETKitten]

@@harrylane4 But Blue Dragon exists.

[@FALG31]

I thought it was weird that Yahtzee didn't mention it looked like DBZ, and rather preferred to go around the cosplayers simile. But perhaps that's just his style.

[@DarthPedobear]

Toriyama has never been the best at human characters. The monsters are always good, though.

[@Morgil27]

Well, now with the upcoming Switch version, the music is no longer an issue.

[@fathm4623]

I'd still argue that it is, the compositions themselves are... alright, but the field and town theme play far, far too often, it was very much a mistake to make one field theme for every single area in the game, and one town theme for almost every town in the game (especially when every town is based on a different in real life country, it really doesn't work) and becomes increasingly more grating and annoying with every new town or area. The game really needed 3 or 4 more town and area themes imo That might just be me coming hot off the heals of three of my all time favourite games, the Xenoblades, of which all have exceptional and varied soundtracks

[@Wizardmoses395]

The switch version music is very much an issue,I had to turn the volume down because any time I stepped onto the open explorey bits I would get a trumpet blown in my ear like a jet engine

[@Myrrith16]

The problem with the music in DQ is that there are actual orchestrations, but the composer in a huge Japanese nationalist war crimes denier. He literally insists the rape of nanking never happened. He also doesn't want his music heard by the western audience. There is a patch on PC tho that adds the orchestrations back in, making the music much nicer and not so MIDI-y. But then you're listening to the composition of a lunatic.

[@SamuraiCaveman]

I don't think the music is MIDI in-game because the composer is a fascist lunatic but because he intends to sell the orchestrated version on CD instead. The fascist lunatic part is still fun trivia though.

[@alexahegao842]

Apparently you do

[@Keaze]

Unfortunately denial of Nanking is not uncommon in Japan. The Nanking Massacre is barely mentioned in Japanese schools and Japan never apologized for it or made reparations. They also have a history of incredibly shitty comments regarding their colonization and subjugation of Korea. Their history education skims over their role in WWII because some people think focusing on those things is "anti-Japanese". The result is a lot of assholes who never had it hammered into their heads how horrible what happened was before slipping into even worse and worse nationalism. The world could learn a lot from Germany in this regard, sometimes I feel like they're the only nation that feels bad for how shitty they were towards everyone.

[@ramsey276]

If your opinion never goes beyond social raspberries and no actual crimes, I will ignore it and move on with my decent law abiding life. I buy from local stores without telling the homophobe cashier that I am gay by not relating while I wait or riding Kenyan phallus on my way home.

[@celebrim1]

Indeed. Actual racism tends to be thinking that because some 'ancestor' of yours did this, that you have some reason to believe something about yourself as if ancestry was destiny. Like some white kid telling a black kid that he's superior because white people have achieved so much, as if you can claim to be an heir of Newton when you are flunking out of algebra and think physics is boring, or some black kid putting on heirs because some ancestor of his was a slave as if that gave him some sort of moral authority while he's hero-worshiping some famous thug and criminal. Thinking that you ought to be judged by what people you are at best distantly related to and not on what you have done is kinda what racism is.

[@Jaspertine]

You know what I love about ZP? That a video like this technically qualifies as a "positive review."

[@energonjunkie]

Y'know, before this video I never knew that anime cosplay enthusiasts who wear masks of their character in an attempt to seem more realistic existed, but now I do. Somehow at the same time I have learned that it's also possible to have night terrors in the middle of the day whilst fully awake.

[@nis5e]

03:45 Oh hey, it's constable Hissy from Xcom 2!

[@r.e.z9428]

I couldn’t get over the main guy’s hair for some reason.

[@mlg_teletubby9391]

The guy i watched called him Trunks from DBZ the whole way through

[@FrancisYorkMorganFBI]

@micheal honaker well he basicly is trunk with black hair. so i see nothing wrong with that.

[@iller3]

....from the makers of DBZ where incredibly stupid Hair IS BASICALLY the entire Plot.

[@KnightLight718]

y'all know the character design for DQ is by the one and only Akira Toriyama? if you did, okay, good.

[@harrylane4]

@@KnightLight718 literally every ody knows that. It's the first thing people learn about the series after "it's really old"

[@Crazzzzzzzziesandus]

Thanks Yahtzee I didn't know about those cosplayers, and now I can't sleep

[@juuchanIRL]

"strong handsome lad with a girls haircut" *shows picture of character and it's Android 17* i am offended as a fan but also agree this is the best description of the character i've ever seen.

[@nitishkapur8193]

Finally I thought Yahtzee would never review his butt

[@jazy921]

But isn't this a re-upload?

[@SPM0717]

@@jazy921 Unless you're that same muppet I already told before, each video is uploaded to The Escapist website, and then to KZbin a week later.

[@jazy921]

SicParvisMagna123 i don't think so, this is the only notification i got from you... but anyway, i think it was the DQXI Jimpressions video i watched that made me think i've seen this Zero Punctuation video before

[@caylecox3347]

I fear no man but that paradox acres. . . He scares me

[@paradoxacres1063]

But I'm so sincere *:(*

[@caylecox3347]

@@paradoxacres1063 it's bookworm adventure's deluxe all over again

[@tommyscott8511]

Dread it Run from it Huniepop reviews arrive all the same

[@tommyscott8511]

Your optimism is misplaced, Boldbayer

[@mikhailkouzminov4781]

FYI there’s a huge plot twist right after you get to the tree and are introduced to anime palpatine for real. It’s even done fairly well. World-shattering event happens and all of a sudden you’re backtracking through areas you’ve been with slightly altered designs and new enemies. That’s so far like 1/3 the game and since you’ve met all the characters in Part 1 you’re almost there. Also, this game is much less grindy than others in it’s genre since fighting each type of enemy once is usually more than enough to outlevel everything. All non-boss battles are incredibly easy unless you turn on hard mode options - those are the most creative thing this game does - a customizable hard mode. Although there’s also the time travel portion at the end which is done decently enough, where you get to fix a bunch of things you didn’t even realize were wrong with the world before part 2. Only gameplay problem I had was with companion characters joining at lower levels than the main character since there’s another one that joins right after the plot twist that you didn’t mention.

[@DarthPedobear]

While the time travel is nice, I never liked the character it was done for. The character growth of the one related to them is nullified, and everything pretty much goes back to how it was, where there's no deeper introspection on who they are and what they can do when the chips are down.

[@matosz23]

I wanted to save that character yes, but losing all progress with the rest of my party was absolute dogsh1t. Still did it though, but I don't think I'd do that again in another playthrough.

[@stints]

I've loved every minute of the game. I'm at the "real" last boss getting my team up to max level. It's not hard but it's damn enjoyable.

[@Palavon_of_Shiraz]

I've come to learn that this is, to him, a 'pretty good' game, as far as his reviews go. I always aspire to read between the lines, and believe that is his intention for us.

[@wandererwerewolf477]

Oh, there's a Big Bad, Yahtzee. He's just smart enough to stay hidden until he's ready to complete his plan. In fact, your character already met him and didn't even know it...

[@SuperWolfman9]

Yahtz was quite picky this episode, he was quite *anal* about it huehuehuehuehuehuehuehue

[@Jame5man]

“Cozy a place as the past may seem. Don’t forget it also contains potato famines, Hitler and synth music.” -Yahtzee Croshaw

[@yserareborn]

3:10 Dang it Yahzee! You hung that horseshoe upside down! Now all the luck will drain out of it!! Yes that is actually a thing I've been told by my Grandma.

[@chriskoloski32]

20 hours in and no sign of the big villain? Man it must've taken you a long time to reach the very first castle In the video game

[@sonicx45shadow]

Well to be fair, he’s more of a Darth Vader

[@jammin023]

"She's not getting the fucking soda stream" was the line that turned my nose into a kind of soda stream of tea.

[@joshuahunt3032]

Man, imagine how this review would’ve gone if Yahtzee had actually reached Act 2

[@vicentetemes5793]

Dragon Quest games do tend to not include even a mention to the actual main villain until the last half hour or so. My favourites definitely have to be 6, where you gather the legendary weapons of destiny, beat up the 4 demons that have been carving holes into reality, and from that point you have a grand 2 dungeons to go, including the one that's just Satan's house; and 9, where you murder the Nazis and decide to go into their creepy sex dungeon and ONLY THEN do you meet... well, Satan. Lots of Satans in Dragon Quest.

[@TheTabascodragon]

I like how dragon quest V handled it. Nimzo was occasionally mentioned throughout the game, including early on if you paid enough attention. As you get further along people gradually keep talking up how strong he is, but just like most other dragon quest games you really know fuck-all about him. Then as you are wading through hell itself and fighting through Nimzo's dungeon there's a point where you realize "oh fuck, is this thing stronger than god?", but it's not treated like a major revelation or anything, the game just ambiguously throws it out there so you can spend the last 15 minutes of the dungeon before you fight him feeling moderately concerned. You finally get to him and he's really Bizzare and doesn't seem that strong, and you're like "yeah I can totally handle this". Then the final form cliche activates and you're like "OH BOY, THERE IT IS" and you scrape through a nightmare of a fight that seems endless only to make it to the post-game to fight estark who has only been extremely vaguely mentioned like twice, with the major talking points about him being that Nimzo was scared shitless of him. "well how bad could it be? I mean I beat Nimzo on my first try without dying..." and then you piss yourself in terror as estark curb stomps you because you're horribly underleveled. And then the real final final final final boss after estark is a fucking board game. Good times.

[@demetergrasseater]

DQIV handled it pretty well imo. There’s a lot of different people throughout the various chapters that will reference the main villain pretty early on but he seems to be more a side character than the big bad. You don’t even learn it’s him until you get to the main protagonist’s chapter. Plus your main character has the motivation to MURDER ALL MONSTERS after the forces of evil killed everyone they ever loved. Solid stuff.

[@madaranotsoanonymousnowuch1539]

Vicente Temes bruh not to mention that you are made to think that murkdaw is the final villain for like the first 20 hours of the game.

[@deatheven13]

Even DQ2 When you finally take out that prick Hargon who's the only thing most npc's in the game even talk about pulls his best Yoda impression. :There is ... another. And you fight a giant toriyama dragon ball monster that is apparently the source of all the evil ....somewhere? from another dimension?

[@abzu2358]

I love DQ but this video is golden

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed at the funny running gag names and the imp sleeping on a destiny cloud until it gets woken up painfully! Also the imps yoinking the keyboard and making it BLARP before using the Kuribo shoe to stomp on everything! XD

[@nicklager1666]

In before the hunie pop guy

[@paradoxacres1063]

Nope. Beat you by 20 seconds ;)

[@nicklager1666]

i tried wasnt meant as a offense.

[@paradoxacres1063]

@@nicklager1666 None taken :)

[@chrisc1140]

Got him by 23 seconds by my count, well done.

[@paradoxacres1063]

@@chrisc1140 Thanks lol

[@snowisthebestweather]

Synth music did nothing wrong.

[@harrylane4]

The music sampler they used in dq11 certainly did, though

[@XemnasKH]

This game's synth music did. I luckily got it for PC and grabbed the mod for full orchestral soundtrack.

[@bradypostma5167]

Thanos + Hitler = Synth Music?

[@cloudkitt]

@@XemnasKH The problem is that the orchestral music, while less grating, still sucks. I don't think I've ever played an RPG with worse music (though it was my first Dragon Quest game).

[@kuraikusanagi7892]

@@cloudkitt Well, it seems that the series composer is an asshole, who has on multiple occasions denied Japanese war crimes.... Which Square-Enix has been distancing themselves from him since. They're bringing in a new guy, under the guise of "the composer is getting too old, and could possibly die at some point. Best to have someone younger take over." Probably hoping the dude drops dead, so he doesn't hurt their image anymore then he has lol. Lot of fans in Japan are starting to hate him as well, for his denial of war crimes. I guess it'd be like if the guy who makes the Elder Scrolls music came out as a neo nazi or something, that's how they're reacting. Which I don't blame them one bit.

[@90maducc]

“...and yes I’m going to slowly pervert that subtitle as this review goes on..” This is why I love this man.

[@ThePoltergust5000]

Omg I love Yahtzee's casual tone in this review. "Couple-a Darth Vaders but no Palpatines, ya know."

[@ExpertDual]

I played the game at my own pace, taking everything great about it in. It came out in September and I would do a Town and it's mission every other day. When the game transitioned into act 2 the entire tone of the game shifted from feeling like you were destined for greatness to feeling doomed. Before Act 2 started I had to deliver medicine to a kid who had a terminal illness but when I got back the kid was actually fucking dead

[@Sarah12471]

Tell me you went and delivered it in act 3

[@tricksterking9490]

Oh thank God I am not the only person who had to mute the music, it really grindded on me. Although it made a lot of situations very awkward (like waiting for non existent music tunes to play before exiting a quest complete menu)

[@notcastula6923]

1:19 "And then you grow into a strong handsome lad with a *girl's haircut* " *I MEAN YOU'RE NOT WRONG*

[@kurganon]

I turned the speed to 75 % because I was tired today, I am impressed how clear and not slow he sounds Incredible work

[@HyperChara]

Woah woah woah, Yahtzee doing a JRPG? Better check if the sky is falling or if the ocean has turn red with blood!

[@lancetlo]

Hello the ocean actually is red now

[@84jesterx]

last year he reviewed Persona 5....

[@USMC49er]

And FF XV

[@HyperChara]

Please see "The World Ends With You" review to get the joke

[@mrevilducky]

It's turned red with jam

[@justingreenland7399]

When I get depressed there are two things that I will always end up doing. The first is asking myself out-loud completely nonsensical questions that always start with "what is". And now that I've established that I don't know what color the moon is, it's time to watch some Zero Punctuation.

[@15thCrypt]

"And yes I am going to slowly pervert that name" At least he always keeps his word

[@ChillJesterSquad]

I needed this catharsis. Thank you

[@RellePlays]

The irony here is that the Switch version has the orchestral soundtrack that surely would have been much easier on the ears (and Yahtzee's anus).

[@BugsyFoga]

It's Zero Punctuation time !!!

[@himbe23]

Jesus, Yaht. The saltiness is beyond anything I've seen from you- and I love it.

[@XxRedRocket15xX]

Years of quality. Keep it up Yahtz

[@Fullbatteri]

You didn’t even got to the first plot twist bro! You barely played the prologue 😂 Excellent video as always anyway, even if I absolutely disagree with you on this one.

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

If you really like a game you won’t be upset with criticism because criticism won’t change your view of the game. I for one love this game and this review

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Loved this game immensely. Was my own favorite game I played not named God of War. Felt like a love letter for any jrpg fan.

[@yabbadabbindude]

This game has made me a fan of the series

[@neil7737]

When you start you go to the castle in the hope that the king knows why you are the protagonist. I'd say you only got 25% the way through the game but I wouldn't blame anyone, it does get tedious at times but the story does end up having some neat twists and epic encounters. The music is an extremely valid critism having only one main theme which would to well to be more obnoxious. The free battle roam was confusing as well, it seems as if they intended to have some divos style combat but didn't get time? The random encounters also feel wrong, I seem to remember in older games each enemy had a different reaction to seeing you and there would be different difficulties in escaping them but in this game it is all to easy to not encounter anything.

[@Triforceofdeath100]

From my understanding, the free roam is just there to get a decent view at something, like do you want to get a closer look at that monster? Do it

[@Triforceofdeath100]

As for the new enemy encounter, it is like this one for PC and PS4 users, it was a way to not overwhelmed like in previous games for those that didn't care to fight and instead just travel to their destination

[@paradoxacres1063]

Knowing that Yahtzee will one day review *HuniePop* it fills me with determination!

[@james1328]

You are more determined than the whole Undertale fanbase

[@irmuusanaa4227]

Paradox Acres are you proud ?

[@dankayur2910]

Only when the sequel comes out.

[@painloaf163]

how do you guys know that

[@faceless58]

i never pay enough attention to account names to realize that this was even the same guy every video. If it is then kudos

[@19MAD95]

I was just in a Yahtzee bing and this drops

[@Roboterpunk]

80 hours in and I just learned, there‘s another big bad boss waiting behind thousands of turn based battles, what a joy.

[@peacereaper5987]

I feel like these jrpg's are whittling Yahtzee down just in time for Kingdom Hearts 3

[@fieryrebirth]

Doubt it. He knows of his dislike for common JRPG tropes, and he is tolerant of things that are actually done well. KH is not that in terms of storytelling.

[@LordTyph]

so he can face, he can face, he can face his fears?

[@duanefouche378]

You may want to do a retake on this once you've finished it. Let's just say shit gets real once you've collected all 7 "orbs of destiny".

[@niamaru2]

The music and sound effects are part of a tradition for DQ. Which you can't have known about without looking at the previous iterations

[@Finluz]

I'm so glad the switch version added an actual soundtrack

[@jazzywubs7501]

Dragon Quest 5 was probably my favorite one out of the series, I would probably recommend that one to people who want to play one out of the series without feeling like comfort food. I can't imagine anyone reading this now, but something to mention.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I like synth music

[@iller3]

BOOOOOOO

[@Endur101]

I'm so glad a Music Mod has finally come out. Now I can actually start playing.

[@fuckface908]

this was one of the funniest ones recently

[@RenoseHiraga]

The Switch version is fixing the music

[@zidanetribal1406]

I think Yahtzee has been warming up to the JRPG genre ever since Persona 5

[@stealthpanther]

Once again, you make me cacke with glee good sir

[@DarkAce1337]

That Crush on the Dinner lady Line has very different Context when you've watched his "lets Drown out WWE No Mercy" where he states he had to befriend a Dinner Lady

[@user-yc5lb8fw5r]

I don’t disagree but I love it. Also it has some interesting twists in the mix despite it being overall quite generic.

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

You're not The Big Picture...

[@WeeklyMusicalShitposts]

Only people who see your comments on The Big Picture videos will get this joke

[@pokegon100]

@@WeeklyMusicalShitposts there would have to be people who watch the big picture to look at it's comments.

[@GoogleRuinsAnythingItTouches]

@@WeeklyMusicalShitposts I don't watch dumpster fires, so I wouldn't know.

[@Brave_SJ]

And thank God for that

[@onebraincell-q9f]

Aaaaand now the big picture is on my youtube recommendations forever, thank you

[@Technikander]

I did not expect that jab at Gary Numan.

[@deogiblue640]

It’s my Birthday so it’s nice to see a episode of this.

[@johannesmakila2459]

What makes DQ11 so great is that it knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything else. It's just well made traditional JRPG. That's all it needs to be and that's all it is. That alone makes DQ11 far better game than FF15 that tried so hard to be both narrative driven game and open world game while being so unfinished that SE still milks it for all it's worth with all DLC. Some times you want something that's both high quality and safe at same time. Something that DQ11 is.

[@tricksterking9490]

So what makes DQ 11 great is that it isn't great it just accepts being average? Safe is all well and good but we have plenty in the market already, it would be nicer to see more games explore interesting ideas and concepts rather than just making a game that appeals to the masses

[@Fingleberrys]

@@tricksterking9490 It's like My Hero Academia. It is really just a collection of tropes. But its those tropes refined to near perfection. It is a love letter to classic JRPGs and excels at it

[@Adlai3]

I would compare it to My Hero Academia as it starts very good and later down the line turns into a predictable series that maintains it's mediocrity but turns rather boring with no twists or turns to keep interest

[@johannesmakila2459]

Tricksterking Except that JRPGs of any kind let alone traditional ones don't really have appeal to masses least here in west and those tend to be rather niche around here compared to open world games, FPSs 3rd person shooters and other so called triple A game genres. While DQ11 does things safe it does it well by giving us great package made from those tropes that it uses and there really isn't that many traditional JRPGs around so being traditional is what makes DQ11 seem fresh just like Bravery series did on 3DS and Octopath Traveler does on Switch. Besides just like Jim Sterling said they don't make new DQ game every year so it doesn't get old.

[@Manganization]

+Erasmo Garcia, um, what? I know it's your opinion and all, but MHA isn't what I'd call a predictable series with no twists or turns, because that's definitely not true. It's very tropey, but it's not to the point where you can predict every story beat like Black Clover, a series that plays tropes to a T, but is somewhat still enjoyable. MHA has progressively gotten better, not worse. I still don't really like the Gintama-style pacing of the arcs (serious arc>lighthearted arc> rinse and repeat). DQXI is a series that doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't have anything to say, but only focus on making the RPG experience as familiar and comfortable as possible.

[@AsboXFlemzo]

That sounded like he liked it, rare thing to happen

[@1Piecer]

If by liking it means muting and then closing the game, then yes he really did.

[@chrischris9123]

Yikes. "Like" is a strong word. "Found parts he enjoyed" might be a better fit. If we know anything about Yahtzee, I highly doubt this is a game he'll play again during his free time

[@Websta786]

the music, oh god the music

[@wackwitwes715]

Top shelf as always

[@giantmastersword]

>doesn't even play up to the moment that all the happy go lucky times get dark and the stakes get dialed up to eleven >"So this game was a bit dull and fluffy"

[@iranuntius1816]

Dragon Quest games have a habit of lulling you into a false sense of cutesy security in the first half and then tearing your heart out and throwing it at orphans in the second (I'm looking at you, DQV), it's a shame some people get put off by one side or the other

[@lilianahudler4378]

It gets good 20 hours and is not a valid excuse

[@nicksnrub7265]

This isn't Moviebob.

[@thebiggestnut217]

two shows one channel fractured fanbase

[@Changetheling]

This OP isn't a clever person.

[@nicksnrub7265]

Neither is you're mom.

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

I feel it is worth mentioning that DQXI is a very long game. How long? It takes 100+ hours to get the true final ending and do literally all the quests. The plot doesn't truly kick off until you get all the "Destiny Balls", and you go and try to get the Super Sword of Destiny. Once you do, the fan is hit with unwholesome ammo, and the next 30-40 hours are spent trying to fix everything that happens after a shocking plot twist that changes *everything.*

[@Canadamus_Prime]

Well technically Destiny struck when your kingdom was overthrown, but you don't find that out until later.

[@WraithMagus]

Even speaking as someone who played the crap out of Final Fantasy games in his childhood, I could never get into Dragon Quest games. They are just SOOOOOO much of a thankless grind. Like, Yahtzee doesn't even understand that the reason the plot didn't start yet is because he's like 40 hours into a 4000 hour game, and destiny really, REALLY needs to pace itself if it's going to make the most out of its cliched-to-the-point-of-self-parody plot.

[@jordanandrews2364]

Don't say generic JRPG fantsasy world if Dragon Quest started the trope.

[@MoisesCharles]

Excuse me, but a game that copies Final Fantasy I or III tropes is generic, even though Final Fantasy started a lot of JRPG tropes, too. And you know what? Final Fantasy stopped doing most of those ages ago (often which is a good thing, but it depends on context). Final Fantasy isn't generic JRPG. Why should Dragon Quest be?

[@druidt8949]

@@MoisesCharles Dragon Quest 1 was released in may 1986, Final Fantasy 1 was released in December 1987. Hell, the only reason Final Fantasy 1 got approved for development was because Dragon Quest 1 sold well. And while I'm not going to go into the whole "tropes aren't bad it's just the way you use them" thing, I will say that Dragon Quest can get away with it because it has a genuine heart and charm that isn't really seen anywhere else

[@ruxis8179]

@@cookieface80 that's not the point of the series they've innovated in some slight areas but DQ has always been purposefully made to replicate the feel of old school JRPGs since it kicked off the genre It ain't broke, so why fix it? There's a reason it's one of, if not the most popular game series in Japan

[@theblackcoatedman6794]

That was relatively tame than when he normally talks about JRPGs.

[@hugar3499]

Good for escapist man, there really starting to grow more as a company, I remember back then they had multiple types of reviews but then they had to lay off almost all their staff because of budget, now though they seemed to have gotten out of it, they have Big Picture and Animaphonics where as a few months ago all they had was zero punctuation and judging by the cover from time to time, glad to see this company finally come out of it's down period

[@handlesarestupid154]

And then they bungled it