I'll admit I'm not expert enough of UE4 to answer properly to that, I just know that developping to mobile UE4 is very different than to console/PC UE4, even though the engine is very scalable. So running UE4 on a home console shouldn't be compared in the same league as running it on a mobile phone, like it was assumed earlier in the thread.
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Dragon Quest XI Release date announcement stream happening on April 11 [over]
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I'll admit I'm not expert enough of UE4 to answer properly to that, I just know that developping to mobile UE4 is very different than to console/PC UE4, even though the engine is very scalable. So running UE4 on a home console shouldn't be compared in the same league as running it on a mobile phone, like it was assumed earlier in the thread.
Remember when the plan was to get this out by May 2016?
Plans change, maybe they figured 3 versions of the game was too much and focused on the 2 important ones to have the game release on time.
Its not as if the Switch will be at 2m sold by the game is out, bettet deliver to the 28 million install base that has been waiting 8 years for a new Dragon Quest.
The last time Switch version was mentioned on official channels was in January anyway.
Plans change, maybe they figured 3 versions of the game was too much and focused on the 2 important ones to have the game release on time.
Its not as if the Switch will be at 2m sold by the game is out, bettet deliver to the 28 million install base that has been waiting 8 years for a new Dragon Quest.
The last time Switch version was mentioned on official channels was in January anyway.
Irishonion
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Even if it's late 2018, would be nice to throw in a bone about possible localization.
James Scott
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I think the goal was the end of the anniversary which they extended till May of this year. But either way it got delayedŌkami;232487768 said:
DangerMouse
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Awesome.
They didn't extend it though. DQ released on May 27th, 1986. On May 27th, 2016, the anniversary year started. It ends on May 26th, 2017.
Megalosaro
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Can't delay something that was never announced.
Afaik, it was always "try by may 2017"
Afaik, it was always "try by may 2017"
Except that you knkw, Switch has a mobile ARM SoC.
(I'll admit i also knlw very little about UE4 development but it would seem Switch with its SoC would be more suitable for mobile rather than a console U4 version)
There is no mobile version. The 3DS version is a 3DS game, and 3DS development and mobile development are just as dissimilar as mobile/console.
Quintin DM
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2017 in Japan for sure, and god knows when for the rest of us 
The big selling point of Tegra is that it's based on the full fat Nvidia architecture, even if lower powered.
Ōkami;232504430 said:
I saw the original reveal presentation and Saitou always said it was supposed to release within the 30th anniversary of the first game. Although I also mistook this to mean it would release in 2016, 4gamer understood it to be within one year after the May 27th date in their summary of the presentation event in 2015 already:
http://www.4gamer.net/games/310/G031098/20150729014/
The Last One
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New scan is out showing the battle system.
Switch version cancelled. Now coming to Vita. Just like DQIX back in the day.
What don't you like about free move? This made DQX so superior to previous DQ battle systems. Although I wonder if it will have any gameplay implications in XI. In X you can avoid some attacks by jumping, getting away or behind an enemy, depending on the attack. You can also push enemies away to defend back row party members.
I thought the 3DS version is the most interesting since it has two versions in one and you can switch between them at any time. That alone kind of makes me want to play the game (on 3DS, that is).
I mean Dragon Quest kind of has to evolve with the times. There's nothing wrong with turn-based combat but adding an extra layer to it I don't see anything wrong with. It just makes the battles more seamless and less "let's load a different room of the game to initiate a battle." There's no particular strategy or need to keeping it traditionally turn-based that prevents it from being Dragon Quest.
These sorts of systems just feel super clunky to me. Like, there's nothing particularly wrong with them - I just really dislike how they end up playing.
I don't know, I think battles feel less static and more varied if the characters move more. Even if it's the same pattern of actions, it feels less repetitive thanks to the visual variation.
When positioning has implications it also adds strategic depth, and in a way that is concrete rather than abstract as RPG systems tend to be. I mean you can usually intuitively tell how a different position would affect the outcome of a battle. It's accessible because it's realistic.
Jonneh3003
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Oooh I didn't know about this! I'm honestly fine with any date, I wonder if 3DS is launching the same time as PS4 and Switch?
3DS and PS4 will definitely launch the same day. Switch is the one we aren't sure about.
Yeah. I'm pretty sure the NS version is going to be something released later. With them not talking about it at all, I think the writing is on the wall. Let's hope that's not the case, though.
Jonneh3003
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I'm not too worried about the Switch version, it was the first NX game announced after all.
thestopsign
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What are the chances that this comes out this summer and not during the fall?
Smiles and Cries
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bummer I thought it was tonight
Dark Cloud
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I hope by making a day to announce the revea date means the game isn't launching too far away. I hope it's in the next few months!
Crazy Diamond
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Forgot all about this. Still haven't played a DQ outside of Heroes but XI is beautiful and I'm dying to have it on my Switch.
Many bet on September.
Dark Cloud
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5 months isn't too bad.
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