During the time I spent with them I began to learn the ways in which their abilities synergized, and by the time I was exploring the desert around Gallopolis I had a pretty strong vision of the role for each party member and they had great chemistry on the field. The magical twins Veronica and Serena joined the adventure and brought with them specializations in skills that the Hero only dabbled in, and that were completely foreign to Erik. Which weapon do you want to focus on? How much do you value the character’s personal skill? These questions can push you in interesting directions and they help make my particular DQ11 playthrough a little bit different than yours based on what skills I want to emphasize.Īfter my adventures in Hotto, my party grew to a group of four.

However, what is unique is that there is wiggle room within each character archetype to do something a little different. Each of the characters who join you fit very specifically into an archetype. In both of these styles, each character has a defined role – either one assigned by the player or one assigned by the game.ĭragon Quest XI doesn’t push the envelope much on that front. The trick is knowing which ones function well together and having them in your party in the right moment. Instead, each character has a defined role in the game and there are more than can realistically fit in your party at once.

In other games, like IV and V, there’s no degree of character customization. There might be other character options, but their class is more important than their person.

Who is in your party may stay the same throughout the game, and you simply switch their active class in order to get them to perform the way you need them to. Look at Dragon Quest VI or VII, for example. In some games in the Dragon Quest series, party composition is focused on creating a powerful combination of classes.

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