Digital Foundry: Dragon Quest 11 on Switch, " a remarkably impressive port"

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I would not classify DQXI as an open world. It's separated by regions and progress. Zelda BOTW is an open world where you can go anywhere anytime. Everything is there right away. You cannot in DQXI. You only get to new areas when you progress and they are not connected. It has large regions to explore but later it acts as any JRPG with an overworld with the boat and later the flying whale. Open worlds. Regional worlds and overworlds all function very differently.