Dragon Quest XI: Am the only one disappointed in this ?

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Leynos said:

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The_Liquid_Laser said:

I'm going to take you back to what I said in my first post.  I could tell there was plenty of postgame/endgame content left.  This is the type of stuff I usually love in an RPG.  But DQXI's story was just waaaaaay too long.  Once the credits rolled, I was ready to be done with it for good.  I just didn't want to be in that world any longer.

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To save you some trouble. Basically Act 3 is. So going to give this away if you want it. Short version. If not. Stop here.

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You go back in time to about halfway point in the game. You prevent most of act 2 from happening. Meet some ghost who is the lover of the hero we heard so much about and at some point fight the real end boss which was in that giant purple sphere in the sky. After you beat him. You see a book close and a mother wakes her child. It's a prequel to DQIII.

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You also meet the Yggdragon who awards you the title of Erdrick, then the book closes. 

There are some fans who suspect that the game isn't really a prequel but instead just a story/myth/legend that's read about in the world of DQ1-3. This is in part because Erdrick isn't mentioned at all in DQ3 until the end when you're rewarded the title and learn that DQ3 is a prequel to DQ1. Personally, I think DQXI is a prequel to DQ3.