Dragon Quest XI S reviews: Meta 90, OC 91

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Blood_Tears said:

StreaK said:
I gotta add my 2 cents here.

Face it guys, it's simple. They scored it higher simply because it's on the switch....and, obviously, it has less reviews (over half less) than it did on PS4. It has a lot of room for the rating to go down still.

This 100%. 4 early points in Meta is nothing for a "definitive" edition that runs at a lower resolution. I have plated this game on the Pro a year ago. It still won't sell as well in the West as a lot of people picked this up for cheap on PS4 and PC over the year. I highly doubt there is a lot of people who waited the year to play this other than the die hard fans and want to play it on a handheld system. 

Actually sales in the west for the game were rather lackluster compared to expectations, and most sales were from Japan.  Also the game had a poor release window with a lot of competition on PS4.

Having said that the release window on Switch is a lot better and many people (myself included) passed on the PS4 version to wait for the Switch release.  Either way, it is a win for SE because the game will undoubtedly sell very well on Switch.  I would not be suprised in the least if it sold more in the West for this version however, and that is good for everyone as it shows increased interest in an IP that SE seemed to think had a smaller audience outside of Japan.

No matter what version you prefer, if you are a fan of DQ and do not live in japan, you should be cheering this version of the game on rather than downplaying it.