Already a colossal adventure clocking in at over 100 hours, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age just got even bigger, and, crucially, even better. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition adds to and reshapes the game with new character-driven stories, substantial gameplay features, and more. It’s a bit like Persona 5 Royal, in the sense that this expanded re-release makes the original game pretty much redundant.
But before we get into it, let’s touch on the fact that Dragon Quest XI S on PS4 is a port of the Nintendo Switch title. Its resolution has been boosted — as has the frame-rate, to 60 frames-per-second on PS4 Pro and PS5 via backwards compatibility — but the graphics are still a slight downgrade from the original Dragon Quest XI on PS4. Some foliage is less dense, and the draw distance on things like shadows has been scaled back. We’re…
