Old Habits Die Hard In Safety-first Jrpgdragon Quest Xi: Echoes Of An Elusive Age.
From its glossy CG intro to its quaint villages, its range of British dialects to its tinny MIDI soundtrack, Echoes of an Elusive Age is a Dragon Quest game, all right. With the series finally making its debut on PC, it’s an opportunity for many to see a Japanese phenomenon in action – and yet you might well wonder what all the fuss is about. This is a stubbornly orthodox JRPG: even if you’re not familiar with the series, you’ll get the feeling that you’ve been here before.
For some of you that might as well be a glowing recommendation. Like pulling on a tatty old jumper you’ve just found screwed up in the bottom of your wardrobe, there’s every chance those early hours will give you a warm, enveloping feeling, perhaps even a few misty-eyed memories of happier times. Sure, the story might be a little threadbare (young male hero with a mysterious power sets off to save his home) but there’s an abundance of cheer in this world, right down to the first enemies you meet – those iconic blue slimes bouncing up to greet you with a welcoming smile before you promptly slice them to bits.
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BITING BACK
The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS
SMOKE ALARM
THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash
MECH ME OVER
Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR
"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"
PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon
"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"
Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS
THE IMMORTAL LOCK
A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.
NEW MANOEUVRES
Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house
OVERWATCH 2
Save me space girl.
REET GOOD TIME
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE
How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?