Am I the only one who gets chills when yggdragon gives the character the title of erdrick and does her speech with the main theme going on in the background.
I was worried. I mean, while she was delivering that speech she brought up the possibility that she might become a villain herself twice, and as far as I know only one Dragon Quest villain was an actual dragon. Does this mean that the Dragonlord was Yggdragon all along?
Can you help me with a part of the game? I just finished the final boss and was wondering how do I access the ending to marrying Gemma (Or any of the other characters apparently)? Was I meant to save my progress in Cobblestone before Veronica and Serena took me to the world tree (Which I didn't?!) then load game from there? Or will the game always start off with Calasmos waiting to be defeated? (If so, how do I get married from there?) I got the ending where I woke up with two beds, but my mum was waiting inside the house, lmao.
I believe it is a prequel to the Erdrick saga, The Zenithian Sage, and the Millennium Saga. The ending created 3 TimeLines. One where Yggdrasil was destroyed but, restored. Another where Yggdrasil was never destroyed and, The (time traveling) Luminary destroyed Calasmos. The last in where Serenica went back with advance knowledge, and destroyed what we all assume was Calasmos in the original timeline. I have a pet theory that each timeline became a different saga somehow.
I hope they remake tho i want to play all the series, this game is my first DQ game , i want to play all the series but yeah with that kind of graphic i dont think i have interest to play it even the story is good tho 😞, hoping for them to remake
@@luckyyolo5039 No. The first 3 games are their own thing. 3, 1, and 2 are the order they take place. So if 11 is a prequel to 3, then it has no relation to any of the other games
It's super dope that you use the Sword of Light, remove his shadow barrier, and Zoma's (DQ3 Final Boss) Theme starts playing. DQ sure knows how to do callbacks. Also; Calamos straight reminds me of the final form of Lavos from Chrono Trigger, which is no surprise since Akira Toriyama did the art there too. Good stuff all round
Its funny because when I fought him I didn't know you could do that until I beat him which I realized would've saved me a ton of stress as I had to fight him 3 times at level 99 before winning.
@@AmbitiousMuscle I beat him without the sword of light too. Luckily I saved the pep pops I was given at the beginning of the game. I ended up using the invincible pep power up to prevent me from taking damage
@@sharkhaha9770 No he's not. straight from the DQ wiki: "Erdrick, known in Japan as Roto (ロト), is an honorary title given to legendary heroes and frequently mentioned in the Dragon Quest series"
@@kristophesiem5336 Checked the wiki, and apparently there's a flash forward scene that shows the hero from Dragon Quest 3 after the Luminery received the title.
I think it was more so saying "No matter the time or the place, a hero will always rise to the occasion." But regardless, would love to see the old GB games redone like this. :D
I just finished the postgame, why am I crying? Came here to watch the whole Yggdragon scene again! Havn't played a game with this much HEART in a while, absolutely loved it! "But one thing we can know for certain, these things will never die: Love and Courage."
so it goes dq 11, dq 3, dq 1, dq 2,dq 4(?), dq 5, im not sure about the other ones since dq 9 is in a odd place i know 5 is after the trilogy since the second half of the game plot makes that clear im going to guess the 6 and 7 are probably in order if there apart of the timeline
@@ultimate9046 No, the chronology goes like this: Dragon Quest 11, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10. Dragon Quest 4, 5 and 6 are separate from the Erdrick Trilogy, they are the Zenithia Trilogy, DQ6 is before 4 because it explains the origins of the sky city Zenithia, and 7, 8, 9 and 10 are separate from each other and everything else.
@@LightStreak567 From my ubderstanding of Dragonquest 9. It takes place way before dragonquest 11 , as has lore that isnt too old about the beginning of the world tree and balance between light and dark. It also talks about the first human empire.. Dragonquest 9 background story(basically before u start the game and more lore is found throughout) is about Zenus, the supreme god before the world tree, had a daughter named Celestia. Zenus wanted to destroy humanity as it was becoming corrupt, and Celestia turned herself into the world tree and promised she would not turn back into her original form until the goodness in humans could be found. Flashfoward the good of people are formed into spirits called benevolssence which produce fyggs. The fyggs fall and your job is to collect them which you do, fastfoward a little more Corvus(an fallen angel just like you) turns into a demon and shatters Zenus who turned into 10 monsters. One of these monsters is Atlas who appears in DQ2 and says" why you turn into tree" cementing that he is in fact a shard of Zenus.
As much as I love this game, I feel like the true ending is a bit lacking. Not only did the post game come with the cost of some serious character developement, but in the end the rest of the party didn't even get the sendoff they would've deserved. Would've been awesome to see Erik and Mia on that treasure hunt they were talking about, or Sylvando performing in his own theater. Or perhaps Jade taking her place as the princess of Heliodor, and Dundrasil being rebuilt like Rab wanted...stuff like that would've given a great closure to each of their storylines, and I'm sad we didn't get that.
Yeah i think that too but overall good game but with too many plot holes and some inconsistenties for me like the hero sleeping like a baby in the castle while he knew that mordegon possessed heliodor's king if calasmos didn't intervene this hole going to the past thing would have served nothing and the ending is illogical if serenica saves erdwin so the entire story of dq11 will not happen and if she doesn't succeed at saving him whats the point anyways to show them finding each other(just to have a happy ending), multiple timelines could explain that but the creator said that it was a unified one so it doesn't realy work for me and i hated the cliché parts of the story : a fallen prince who is the chosen one who will defeat the darkness whose only purpose is to take light and life (talk about ininterseting evil motives) and the castle of mordegon is called the castle of fear and his throne the seat of fear....come on squarenix your public are not only 5 year old gamers. But nevertheless it was a good 140 hours experience
tbf it's not like the game tells you anything about that. took a while for me to figure that out too, was very frustrating before that revelation though
@@tarkeke 1) The game tells you this both explicitly and implicitly so many times that one more would just be idiotic. 2) You could probably assume so yourself. 3) The Supreme Sword of Light is the best sword in the game. Why on EARTH would you not use it and therefore discover this yourself?
@@littlemoth4956 It is not so obvious if gamers are Gen-Z or younger, gone are the times when you went to the items menu and "use" your sword like you would a potion. It's also more obvious to veterans who've played previous DQ games.
Yes they kinda did the series timeline out of order for a reason I think it was to end it on a good note to bring things full circle but it had such a following they just kept going
So beautiful. All the grinding for levels and materials paid off. Calasmos was defeated. Hero 11 gets his happy ending. This game and Dragon Quest 8 are the only Dragon Quest games I've played. I can't wait to play more Dragon Quest games!!!!!
I really like the design of Calosmos, but I feel like he kinda came outta nowhere. I know you see him in his little form a couple times in the game before he regains his power, but I still wish he had more presence before that.
@@littlemoth4956 Not really. Like, I get what you mean, Colosmos' corruption twisted one of the hero's party members into becoming Mordegon. But since that's something we don't find out about until the very end, it doesn't really lend much to Colosmos' presence over the story. Especially since Mordegon basically destroys Colosmos or at least his true body) and leaves hims stranded in his harmless form back in the original timeline where Mordegon took over the world.
Personally I played the first 4 on the NES and just before the 3rd one released I was hoping it would be how the series began to see the first Erdrick and I wasn't disappointed. After seeing this ending and the part where mom comes to wake up cooe gave me such a feeling of nostalgia remember playing 3 for the very first time. This is why I love this franchise MORE than Final Fantasy and all other RPGs. Cant wait for a 12
So DQ 11 created 3 timelines. The Heroless one (where the hero left the timeline), The Erdrick timeline (where the hero defeats Calasmos and earn that title), and Serenica timeline (where the hero passed the luminary power to her and she travels back in time to Erdwin). I think SE is trying to create a definitive chronological timeline for all games using 11 as the starting point
I watched this video before playing DQ1 on my pad, I still remember the moment we enter the Erdrick ancestor tomb on which is written a message from himself for his descendant. I knew it was the main character of DQ11! But still, this is strange : the hero of DQ1 wears « Erdrick’s armor » and yet he never actually worn this particular armor ? Also another funny fact: in DQ1 the hero sword can be found INSIDE the dragonlord castle. It means he found it first, then cast « evac », went far away from the castle. And finally strike the pose ! 😂
The tomb in DQ 1 is actually the tomb of Arus from DQ 3. He is the one who saved The World of Darkness by defeating Zoma at (what would eventually become) Dragonlord's Castle and became the Erdrick in DQ 1.
It did start with DQ3. But Erdrick isn't a name, it's a title. The hero of DQ3 took it to emulate the original Erdrick (hero of DQ11, aka Luminary) DQ11 is a prequel to DQ3.
John Doe really you think , I feel like this is a story that the mother was reading and the only real stuff is 1-3 as they are all related to the person who gets the title of Erdrick and the rest are separate story that are books. I read somewhere that DQ11 isn’t a prequel but I could be wrong Edit: I thought it over and yes it is a prequel because the luminary saves the Erdrea which is a separate area from the other games and in DQ3 Alefgard hasn’t been built much that’s why there is borders around it. But the mother is reading a book but it isn’t a fairy tale it’s like a legend/myth in the dragon quest world about the luminary who gets the title of Erdrick and saves the world. But I don’t get why they show the hero 1 after it if it’s a sequel to dragon quest 3 and dragon quest 2 is a sequel to 1.
Well done hero, you slew the darkness once and for all, but there can't be day with out night so it will return. I know I just said that the darkness was gone forever, but I am a chronic liar.
It makes me sad... I mean I knew this game was a tribute to all DQs but it was so sad in the end all those events, battles, memories... all of them... became just a book and a part of history... The fact that they died long time ago makes me sad. This game helped me in quarantine. All characters were like my friends. And all of them died and became part of "Dragon Quest" history... I miss them.
I'm new to the series i have only played DQ 4, 6 and this one and still i got goosebumps with this ending is just epic As far as i know in 45:06 that's the protagonist from the first DQ 54:29 That's Erdwind 55:29 That's Arusu, DQ3 protagonist Idk if i'm correct but still i love when a videogame reference other from the same franchise
Good game but with too many plot holes and some inconsistenties like the hero sleeping like a baby in the castle while he knew that mordegon possessed heliodor's king if calasmos didn't intervene this hole going to the past thing would have served nothing and the ending is illogical if serenica saves erdwin so the entire story of dq11 will not happen and if she doesn't succeed at saving him whats the point anyways to show them finding each other(just to have a happy ending), multiple timelines could explain that but the creator said that it was a unified one so it doesn't realy work for me and i hated the cliché parts of the story : a fallen prince who is the chosen one who will defeat the darkness whose only purpose is to take light and life (talk about ininterseting evil motives) and the castle of mordegon is called the castle of fear and his throne the seat of fear....come on squarenix your public are not only 5 year old gamers. But nevertheless it was a good 140 hours experience
Nadji Chegaar oh man, I appreciate the reply, and I have gone very deep analyzing some of these questions myself, and feel I have the “right” answers to them. But, I really do not feel like giving the exhaustive reply needed to address them. I’ve long promised folks on the Dragon Quest subreddit that I would give them that long post getting into all of it, and I still have not done it. But check out what other people have discussed about it on the sub, if you haven’t. I have chimed in there with bits and pieces of my theories over the last year or so.
@@ivoten you raise a good point my question to you is how did calasmos travel back in time with him? If I remember correctly she said only one person can break it and go back
@@harin3934 calasmos did not go back, at leat not in his real self but in his tinker time traveling form, if notice those little ghost looking things are immune to time and time changes. so when time went back calasmos knew what to do because he held the memory of what happened.
they definitely should, with major updated graphics. i would buy that THRICE! for my wife, my son and me. we would multiplay the shit out of this game, just like we do now with DQ Builders 2!
I’m pretty sure they said that they’re planning on making it happen at some point? If it did it’d be amazing, 9 is my favourite game in the series besides 11 and 8
I’m sorry I was level 99 and still had trouble with this boss granted I didn’t know you could get rid of his dark mist but still this boss wreaked me 😂
LightStreak567 Yes! I end the game and, first i played the game thinking Erwing = Erdrick (bad translations or other) but no... incredible end, my first Dq are |||, and i played the game angry, but finally im happy :P
@@LightStreak567 That does seem to be the case. In my personal opinion out of all the Dragon Quest games I have played I would rank them like so. 1. DQ 5 2. DQ 11 3. DQ 8 4. DQ 4 5. DQ 1 - 3 Then all the rest at the bottom. A remake in this more modern style like DQ 8 and 11 for DQ 5 would be amazing as it is one of the greatest stories in JRPG history.
I’d love to see them redo the first three (beyond what was done on SNES and switch) and add more to the story of all of them. Put Dragon Quest III first, then have it lead into Dragon Quest (with some other elements added) and then go into Dragon Quest II. It would be the ultimate mash up. Tie them all together like chapters.
Thanks for this! I got to him with a party in the 70's (and this is after spending around 10 - 15 hours grinding from 50 and building the supreme sword of light and buying the best equipment that I could find) and I just couldn't beat him. My first go was the closets I got, but the RNG from his attacks were too awful the other three times I attempted it. In the end I decided enough was enough and couldn't be bothered to put any more time into this. I loved the game up until Act 3 and just found it a massive slog from there on out :')
Ah yes, the classic end to all video games. I mean, it isn't a video game if you don't kill a god right? Seriously though this is the only dragon quest game I've played and it was amazing. If a Dragon Quest XII is released, you can bet I'm getting it. Love the fact that Alef (Dragon Quest I Hero) picks up the Sword of Light at the end. And then the final Cutscene with Arusu (Dragon Quest III Hero) * chef's kiss * perfection.
Dragon Quest XI S was the first DQ game I ever played. I beat the game, and watched the ending cutscenes without any context of playing the earlier games. I knew they were clear references, but ones I had no connection to. Now, I've played through I and II, and just started III. Really wished I had played through those first, because watching that last scene must've been an amazing experience for longtime fans.
Thanks for this. I had finished the game and lost once to the final true boss, but didn't want to put in Nother 4 hours just leveling up my party (currently at 55, but need to get to 70 to even have a chance). I got other games to play and already put in 85 hrs into this
I prefer the theory where when serenica went back in time she stopped morcant and she and erdwin had a kid and that child was dq III hero it's what I like to think anyway
Just beat the real ending and I have to join with the people who say the Act 3 ending is weaker than the Act 2 ending. The story would have been stronger overall if the stuff about Calasmos and The Time Keeper were left out of the game entirely. Actually, I find the idea of the Hero going back in time just to prevent Veronica's death repugnant. They managed to save the world from Mordegon. Yes, it was hard fought. Yes, Mordegon caused destruction and there was a chance to prevent it. But the world was saved- all going back in time and doing things differently does is risk the possibility the turn of events could actually turn for the worse in unforeseen ways. And yes, the true ending is more ideal the Act 2 ending. But they risked a very hard won victory for an unknown.
Just because consequences are undone, that doesn't make it repugnant. What's well-written about the whole scenario of going back in time, is that he heroes do an efficient job of analyzing the consequences of time travel, and whether they should take the risks or not. Anyone can write a story where consequences are undone, but having the heroes analyze the dangers of time travel was good on the part of the writers.
It extended the game into another game with more quest and more grinding to find more stuff to make more equipment to try and find more abilities and spells until it all became more redundant!
This is why I have a very deep dislike of time travel in storytelling, whether in movies, tv, books or games. It is the worst plot device any writer can use. But I always make an exception for the Dragon Quest series for nostalgia's sake.
Honestly, I would go the other way entirely. I would've tried to find some way to include Calasmos and the timekeepers in the lore from the very start. Like maybe instead of Mordegon being the name of the big bad, he could've been calling himself Calasmos from the start to try and instill fear in the world through his presence, only for it to be revealed after his defeat in act 3 that he was NEVER Colosmos in the first place. As for the time travel/manipulation, I'm fine with it. The party doesn't really rush into it, discusses it, and does ultimately give you choice of not going through with it by simple not doing it and taking the act 2 ending as the final ending. Honestly, my biggest complaint with the story is how little presence Mordegon had in act 1.
Kevin Lee i totally agree with you, I think they just included this to bring it full circle with Erdwin however it wasn’t as good as act 2 ending or act 1 twist. They could have included a better way to bring it all together with calasmos and have him the whole time but I feel that would take way longer. Maybe the switch version will make it more clear as there will be more content
Fun fact Calasmos is voiced by Rasmus Hardiker the same person who also voices the Luminary in the English version which as TV Tropes points out on the significant double casting page that this was likely done because it suggests an innate duality between their respective roles as the harbingers of light and darkness.
Never played a dragon quest game so i thought i could get some hype from the final boss. Instead i got some huge derpy looking off brand cell, idk if i really care to play it now.
@@mattentsu3227 That's sad. I've enjoyed this game thorough. Just play it, and you will love it. Also, if you don't like grinding, you can just cheat on PC version by using trainers...
My strategy: Use Sword of Light and Super Sword of light. That doubles the Mp cost of the splitter skills, and also their damage. My Party was Hero, Jade, Erik, and Serena. Spears on Jade, Boomerang/Sword on Erik. Erik did Divide then Critical Claim repeatedly. Jade goes bunny 2 times, then does multihit move or typhoon. Hero does splitter moves constantly. Serena heals with multiheal or Omniheal often.
Aaand I don’t get it, lol. I knew that I was screwed once they started introducing time travel and alternate realities to the storyline. I thought the DQ11 hero was a reincarnation of a hero who once saved the world but now this ending implies that this hero was in fact the first Erdrick and the DQ3 hero took up the title after him? Or maybe they’re somehow the same person because of magic or something?
use sword of light, his barrier ( may be) will disappear, and combo with erik, kill him in < 10 turn. 3k dmg form veronica and 9k dmg from erik will kill him instantly
This fight was really hard for me, I had to bench Jade because all she seemed to do was miss and die. I used Eric combining his cloning attack with the critical hit move but he seemed most susceptible to status ailments so he was out of commission most of the time. I was advised to destroy the claw first but he always regenerated it 2 turns later. When he used his ball of fire attack I dealt about 2000 damage but it still wasn’t enough. I really wanted to do this without having my party wiped but couldn’t, on the final attempt I dealt as much damage as possible with the man four and then managed to finish him in one hit with the reserves.
This isn't the true final boss. The true final boss is after completing all of tinkertown which unlocks a tear in time in which you fight a golden version of mordegon.
Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but how did Ortega get the Sword of Light if he's from Earth? I'm assuming Alefgard is on planet Erdrea since it's the only place where the legend of Erdrick is mentioned, and travel between the two was deadly[1] before Baramos was defeated, so... [1] I'm just assuming Ortega went all tauntaun on the green dragon to survive.
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I'm 42, and I'd played Dragon Quest from very first one. This ending made me cry by Echoes of an Elusive Age.
Harold NINKO disrespectful fuck
@@haroldsedit5181 fuck you
KUKU YUYU I bet it did, it's the perfect ending to the perfect game. The ties to the Erdrick trilogy is just pure awesome.
Meanwhile I've only played 8,9, and 11, and currently I can't bring myself to hop into the post game because I don't want to abbandon my friends
How did it feel seeing alef hold the sword?
Am I the only one who gets chills when yggdragon gives the character the title of erdrick and does her speech with the main theme going on in the background.
I got goosebumbs too..
This is my first Dragon Quest and i was FUCKING HYPED. I always had a distant admiration for this franchise,and man,i have been missing out on a lot
Are you all virgins or something
i cried, actually.
I was worried. I mean, while she was delivering that speech she brought up the possibility that she might become a villain herself twice, and as far as I know only one Dragon Quest villain was an actual dragon. Does this mean that the Dragonlord was Yggdragon all along?
When they showed DQ1 hero take up the sword of light I literally screamed
"Why don't we put the sword back in Yggdrasil?"
*hits "no" twice*
“Bitch just let me keep the sword”
*But thou must!*
Lmao these comments. I felt the same way lol
Felt the exact same way. Wanted to keep both of my swords of light.
i did the same haha xd
Text: “Calasmos is defeated”
Calasmos: 👁 👁
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lol
I don't get tire of watching this ending. "A hero will surely arise to take the sword to hand once more" What an epic way to close Erdrick's lineage
to begin*
i love how we cant be sure if it starts or ends in this one
55:05 11 books, 11 games
why does she put this book in the 5th slot?
@@nevnad4587 Maybe it's the chronological order.
Annie-Lea shingleton But DQ is the second Luminary. His book would be first considering Erdwin doesn’t have a game based off of him
@@Mookie908 Then, I don't know, other universes?
@@Mookie908 Technically, DQ is the THIRD Luminary, as DQ 3 is the story of yet another Hero to be called Erdrick.
Finally. A boss that speaks in TH-cam Rage All-Caps.
LMAO
L M A O I A M I N D R A G O N Q U E S T S U C K I T
every dragon quest final boss speaks in RAGE ALL CAPS xD
N O P U N C T U A T I O N I S R E Q U I R E D
In Japanese he speak the language of Gods(All his line were reversed WTF)
Jiren + Cell.
Jell
Plus hirudegarn
Dazari Jell-o
Akira Toriyama is creative
I was thinking the same hahahah
The final scenes finally explains the game title.
'Echoes of an Elusive Age'
Gosh what a legendary game
Can you help me with a part of the game?
I just finished the final boss and was wondering how do I access the ending to marrying Gemma (Or any of the other characters apparently)?
Was I meant to save my progress in Cobblestone before Veronica and Serena took me to the world tree (Which I didn't?!) then load game from there?
Or will the game always start off with Calasmos waiting to be defeated? (If so, how do I get married from there?)
I got the ending where I woke up with two beds, but my mum was waiting inside the house, lmao.
@@earthboy2k Thank you so much! :D I really appreciate it!
Happy New Year Earth!
I don’t really get it. Why’s it called that?
So DQ 11 is the prequel to the Erdrick saga!
I believe it is a prequel to the Erdrick saga, The Zenithian Sage, and the Millennium Saga. The ending created 3 TimeLines. One where Yggdrasil was destroyed but, restored. Another where Yggdrasil was never destroyed and, The (time traveling) Luminary destroyed Calasmos. The last in where Serenica went back with advance knowledge, and destroyed what we all assume was Calasmos in the original timeline. I have a pet theory that each timeline became a different saga somehow.
I also wish there was a way to permanently restore Veronica to her normal state and be able to play as her fully grown.
You can give her a necklace but I'm assuming you already know since it's been 3 months
@@SloppyDeck What do you mean?
@@ChiefMedicPururu in drunstans trials (maybe) you get an accessory you can give her to keep her aged up
@@SloppyDeck Do the other characters notice?
@@ChiefMedicPururu im not sure to be honest its been a while. I think not though
They could just remake the first three games into one. so people could replay them again.
So is dragon quest 11 a prequel to 8?
@@luckyyolo5039 I think XI is a prequel to the entire series.
How not to valorize nintendo 3ds, indeed.
I hope they remake tho i want to play all the series, this game is my first DQ game , i want to play all the series but yeah with that kind of graphic i dont think i have interest to play it even the story is good tho 😞, hoping for them to remake
@@luckyyolo5039 No. The first 3 games are their own thing. 3, 1, and 2 are the order they take place. So if 11 is a prequel to 3, then it has no relation to any of the other games
It's super dope that you use the Sword of Light, remove his shadow barrier, and Zoma's (DQ3 Final Boss) Theme starts playing. DQ sure knows how to do callbacks.
Also; Calamos straight reminds me of the final form of Lavos from Chrono Trigger, which is no surprise since Akira Toriyama did the art there too. Good stuff all round
I didnt use it.
Its funny because when I fought him I didn't know you could do that until I beat him which I realized would've saved me a ton of stress as I had to fight him 3 times at level 99 before winning.
@@AmbitiousMuscle I beat him without the sword of light too. Luckily I saved the pep pops I was given at the beginning of the game. I ended up using the invincible pep power up to prevent me from taking damage
so he is the original Erdrick, named by the world creator himself.
Yep
No Erdrick is a title here, named after the legendary hero who banished the darkness eons ago
@@sharkhaha9770 No he's not. straight from the DQ wiki:
"Erdrick, known in Japan as Roto (ロト), is an honorary title given to legendary heroes and frequently mentioned in the Dragon Quest series"
But someone had to be the first Erdrick, which is probably the Luminary
@@kristophesiem5336 Checked the wiki, and apparently there's a flash forward scene that shows the hero from Dragon Quest 3 after the Luminery received the title.
We all know that the dragon quest series isn't Dragon quest Without out lord and savior Akira Toriyama.
and Yuji Horii.....
On the Second day he brought forth the Heroes of the ages
the maker of dragon ball
You goddamn right buddy
This hits hard now.
So heres a question
if the ending is meant to lead into the intro to DQIII, with Erdrick
...think were gonna get a full DQIII remake in the new style?
I think it was more so saying "No matter the time or the place, a hero will always rise to the occasion." But regardless, would love to see the old GB games redone like this. :D
I would LOVE to see a remake of Dragon Quest 3, possibly for the Switch or the PS5 in the near future.
I would love it, Erdwin outfit is too classy for his timeline
Dragon Nest You mean Erdrick? We’re talking about Dq3
@@Mookie908 actually if you pay attention at the end. Erdrick is a title, Erdwin is the name of the protagonist in DQ3 😌
Remake of DQ1 with DQ11 graphics. Old gaming mechanic but with alot of improvements and more content. I would buy
I just finished the postgame, why am I crying? Came here to watch the whole Yggdragon scene again! Havn't played a game with this much HEART in a while, absolutely loved it!
"But one thing we can know for certain, these things will never die: Love and Courage."
So the Erdrick trilogy (DQ 1, 2 and 3) is actually no trilogy at all, since we now know that DQ11 happened before them, in the same world.
It´s a MOTHERFUCKING TETRALOGY, HOLY FUCK, I PLAYED THE ERDRICK TRILOGY AND THIS FUCKED MY MIND.
so it goes dq 11, dq 3, dq 1, dq 2,dq 4(?), dq 5, im not sure about the other ones since dq 9 is in a odd place i know 5 is after the trilogy since the second half of the game plot makes that clear im going to guess the 6 and 7 are probably in order if there apart of the timeline
@@ultimate9046 Only up to DQ2. DQ4, 5 and 6 are part of the Zenithian trilogy.
@@ultimate9046 No, the chronology goes like this: Dragon Quest 11, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10. Dragon Quest 4, 5 and 6 are separate from the Erdrick Trilogy, they are the Zenithia Trilogy, DQ6 is before 4 because it explains the origins of the sky city Zenithia, and 7, 8, 9 and 10 are separate from each other and everything else.
@@LightStreak567 From my ubderstanding of Dragonquest 9. It takes place way before dragonquest 11 , as has lore that isnt too old about the beginning of the world tree and balance between light and dark. It also talks about the first human empire.. Dragonquest 9 background story(basically before u start the game and more lore is found throughout) is about Zenus, the supreme god before the world tree, had a daughter named Celestia. Zenus wanted to destroy humanity as it was becoming corrupt, and Celestia turned herself into the world tree and promised she would not turn back into her original form until the goodness in humans could be found. Flashfoward the good of people are formed into spirits called benevolssence which produce fyggs. The fyggs fall and your job is to collect them which you do, fastfoward a little more Corvus(an fallen angel just like you) turns into a demon and shatters Zenus who turned into 10 monsters. One of these monsters is Atlas who appears in DQ2 and says" why you turn into tree" cementing that he is in fact a shard of Zenus.
This game is absolutely beautiful. I love everything about it. So sweet they made a scene when Serenica finds Erdwin😊
“So what was the final boss? I hear you finally beat the game” *YEAH SO I BATTLE A GIANT BABY LOOKING BUG ON THE BACK OF A MAGIC FLYING WHALE*
54:44 It's not "Fin".
It should be "Continue to Dragon Quest III." 😁
I see another theory said XI is actually an fiction in DQIII world,but I prefer you idea
@@annoying_HK_guy It's not confirmed, but it is either a fictional story or an AMAZING history book.
As much as I love this game, I feel like the true ending is a bit lacking. Not only did the post game come with the cost of some serious character developement, but in the end the rest of the party didn't even get the sendoff they would've deserved. Would've been awesome to see Erik and Mia on that treasure hunt they were talking about, or Sylvando performing in his own theater. Or perhaps Jade taking her place as the princess of Heliodor, and Dundrasil being rebuilt like Rab wanted...stuff like that would've given a great closure to each of their storylines, and I'm sad we didn't get that.
That maybe will happen on the switch version , just wait
@@carlosstockman6685 nope, nothing here in switch version
But, there is an interesting side quest for Hendrik and Jasper at least
Yeah i think that too but overall good game but with too many plot holes and some inconsistenties for me like the hero sleeping like a baby in the castle while he knew that mordegon possessed heliodor's king if calasmos didn't intervene this hole going to the past thing would have served nothing and the ending is illogical if serenica saves erdwin so the entire story of dq11 will not happen and if she doesn't succeed at saving him whats the point anyways to show them finding each other(just to have a happy ending), multiple timelines could explain that but the creator said that it was a unified one so it doesn't realy work for me and i hated the cliché parts of the story : a fallen prince who is the chosen one who will defeat the darkness whose only purpose is to take light and life (talk about ininterseting evil motives) and the castle of mordegon is called the castle of fear and his throne the seat of fear....come on squarenix your public are not only 5 year old gamers. But nevertheless it was a good 140 hours experience
I felt so dumb losing to this boss at level 99 because I didn't know to use the Sword of Light as an item.
tbf it's not like the game tells you anything about that. took a while for me to figure that out too, was very frustrating before that revelation though
I feel you bro
@@tarkeke The Watchers actually tell you to use it
@@tarkeke 1) The game tells you this both explicitly and implicitly so many times that one more would just be idiotic.
2) You could probably assume so yourself.
3) The Supreme Sword of Light is the best sword in the game. Why on EARTH would you not use it and therefore discover this yourself?
@@littlemoth4956 It is not so obvious if gamers are Gen-Z or younger, gone are the times when you went to the items menu and "use" your sword like you would a potion. It's also more obvious to veterans who've played previous DQ games.
So the one who looking at the castle while taking the lightsword is dq 1 hero, and the last boy who sleep is hero from dq 3 ?
Yes... and Erdwin looks identical to the hero of DQ3. That is confusing as hell, lol
Yes they kinda did the series timeline out of order for a reason I think it was to end it on a good note to bring things full circle but it had such a following they just kept going
R i think they called him Erdwin because he was close to being the hero but failed to Calasmos so he didn’t get the title of Erdrick
@@hondacvx but his sword is marked with roto so it's very confusing
So beautiful. All the grinding for levels and materials paid off. Calasmos was defeated. Hero 11 gets his happy ending. This game and Dragon Quest 8 are the only Dragon Quest games I've played. I can't wait to play more Dragon Quest games!!!!!
Those credits are such a gorgeous love letter to the fans whom have lived to see this
I really like the design of Calosmos, but I feel like he kinda came outta nowhere. I know you see him in his little form a couple times in the game before he regains his power, but I still wish he had more presence before that.
Well Mordegon is his presence, really.
@@littlemoth4956 Not really. Like, I get what you mean, Colosmos' corruption twisted one of the hero's party members into becoming Mordegon. But since that's something we don't find out about until the very end, it doesn't really lend much to Colosmos' presence over the story. Especially since Mordegon basically destroys Colosmos or at least his true body) and leaves hims stranded in his harmless form back in the original timeline where Mordegon took over the world.
Personally I played the first 4 on the NES and just before the 3rd one released I was hoping it would be how the series began to see the first Erdrick and I wasn't disappointed. After seeing this ending and the part where mom comes to wake up cooe gave me such a feeling of nostalgia remember playing 3 for the very first time. This is why I love this franchise MORE than Final Fantasy and all other RPGs. Cant wait for a 12
9:26 Cell is that you?
14:20 Jiren is that you?
Calasmos= Cell+Jiren
After all, it's the same artist
"But one thing we can know for certain. These things will never die: love and courage"
This never fails to get me crying
I am so glad I played the Erdrick Trilogy before I bought this game. This ending gave me chills
52:29 Stop taunting us, Enix!
(ANGRY OUTSEA NOICE)
So DQ 11 created 3 timelines. The Heroless one (where the hero left the timeline), The Erdrick timeline (where the hero defeats Calasmos and earn that title), and Serenica timeline (where the hero passed the luminary power to her and she travels back in time to Erdwin). I think SE is trying to create a definitive chronological timeline for all games using 11 as the starting point
*The Body of Cell and the Face of Zen'oh, together they form the most powerful being in existence*
More like jiren
Cell'oh
I know its not a design by Akira Toriyama, but his mask reminds me more of Emil from Nier than anyone from Dragonball.
Moostached Saiyan Prince It looks like a Shy Guy mask to me.
@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince I think it is since Akira were famous in Dragon Quest design instead of Dragon Ball
I watched this video before playing DQ1 on my pad, I still remember the moment we enter the Erdrick ancestor tomb on which is written a message from himself for his descendant. I knew it was the main character of DQ11! But still, this is strange : the hero of DQ1 wears « Erdrick’s armor » and yet he never actually worn this particular armor ? Also another funny fact: in DQ1 the hero sword can be found INSIDE the dragonlord castle. It means he found it first, then cast « evac », went far away from the castle. And finally strike the pose ! 😂
The tomb in DQ 1 is actually the tomb of Arus from DQ 3. He is the one who saved The World of Darkness by defeating Zoma at (what would eventually become) Dragonlord's Castle and became the Erdrick in DQ 1.
So the story of Erderick didn't start with Dragon Quest/Warrior III after all.
Which is weird. Erdrick looks identical to DQ3's protagonist. I assumed DQ3 was the prequel, but that seems to not be the case.
It did start with DQ3. But Erdrick isn't a name, it's a title. The hero of DQ3 took it to emulate the original Erdrick (hero of DQ11, aka Luminary)
DQ11 is a prequel to DQ3.
John Doe really you think , I feel like this is a story that the mother was reading and the only real stuff is 1-3 as they are all related to the person who gets the title of Erdrick and the rest are separate story that are books. I read somewhere that DQ11 isn’t a prequel but I could be wrong
Edit: I thought it over and yes it is a prequel because the luminary saves the Erdrea which is a separate area from the other games and in DQ3 Alefgard hasn’t been built much that’s why there is borders around it. But the mother is reading a book but it isn’t a fairy tale it’s like a legend/myth in the dragon quest world about the luminary who gets the title of Erdrick and saves the world. But I don’t get why they show the hero 1 after it if it’s a sequel to dragon quest 3 and dragon quest 2 is a sequel to 1.
Dragon quest III remake confirmed.
I fucking hope so.
Nope they were considering it but decided to just put all focus on DQ12
justhidinginmyroom they said they are thinking of doing it after DQ12 is done
Or even the first game. That shot of DQ1’s hero gazing toward the Dragonlord’s castle at 45:15 is epic.
They’re doing DQXII first because of composer Koichi Sugiyama’s age (88), they’ll just use his existing symphonic recordings later for the remake
Android 17 is a little quiet in this one (yes, obviously I know the history behind the art direction).
Is that..Cell?
Can’t wait for Dragon Quest 11 S for Switch
how are you enjoying it
I love it
This version has symphonic music and Japanese voice acting.
Hope the true final boss would be in 3D
Well done hero, you slew the darkness once and for all, but there can't be day with out night so it will return.
I know I just said that the darkness was gone forever, but I am a chronic liar.
Yggdragons lies are why the darkness keeps coming back
It makes me sad...
I mean I knew this game was a tribute to all DQs but it was so sad in the end all those events, battles, memories... all of them... became just a book and a part of history...
The fact that they died long time ago makes me sad. This game helped me in quarantine. All characters were like my friends. And all of them died and became part of "Dragon Quest" history...
I miss them.
The worst thing about this game was the fact that it had to come to an end
I like the fact that you chose no twice when Veronica asked to return the sword xD
I'm new to the series i have only played DQ 4, 6 and this one and still i got goosebumps with this ending is just epic
As far as i know in 45:06 that's the protagonist from the first DQ
54:29 That's Erdwind
55:29 That's Arusu, DQ3 protagonist
Idk if i'm correct but still i love when a videogame reference other from the same franchise
45:00 i cried in that part Its the end of an era I played all dragon quests except the 10 for obvious reasons Lot of years guys From nes to switch...
Dude thanks for the spoiler in the thumbnail 👌
Getting to the end scenes was pretty epic, especially the spirit yggdrasil dragon got chills felt like a movie lol
This graphic would 100% suit chrono trigger
This ending is incredible.
Good game but with too many plot holes and some inconsistenties like the hero sleeping like a baby in the castle while he knew that mordegon possessed heliodor's king if calasmos didn't intervene this hole going to the past thing would have served nothing and the ending is illogical if serenica saves erdwin so the entire story of dq11 will not happen and if she doesn't succeed at saving him whats the point anyways to show them finding each other(just to have a happy ending), multiple timelines could explain that but the creator said that it was a unified one so it doesn't realy work for me and i hated the cliché parts of the story : a fallen prince who is the chosen one who will defeat the darkness whose only purpose is to take light and life (talk about ininterseting evil motives) and the castle of mordegon is called the castle of fear and his throne the seat of fear....come on squarenix your public are not only 5 year old gamers. But nevertheless it was a good 140 hours experience
Nadji Chegaar oh man, I appreciate the reply, and I have gone very deep analyzing some of these questions myself, and feel I have the “right” answers to them. But, I really do not feel like giving the exhaustive reply needed to address them. I’ve long promised folks on the Dragon Quest subreddit that I would give them that long post getting into all of it, and I still have not done it. But check out what other people have discussed about it on the sub, if you haven’t. I have chimed in there with bits and pieces of my theories over the last year or so.
@@ivoten you raise a good point my question to you is how did calasmos travel back in time with him? If I remember correctly she said only one person can break it and go back
@@harin3934 Calasmos is not a person. Problem solved
@@harin3934 calasmos did not go back, at leat not in his real self but in his tinker time traveling form, if notice those little ghost looking things are immune to time and time changes. so when time went back calasmos knew what to do because he held the memory of what happened.
Thanks for posting, i played the post game but didn't want to grind for hours to see the end, the last boss was too strong for my level.
they should remake dragon quest 9 for the switch!
they definitely should, with major updated graphics. i would buy that THRICE! for my wife, my son and me. we would multiplay the shit out of this game, just like we do now with DQ Builders 2!
I’m pretty sure they said that they’re planning on making it happen at some point? If it did it’d be amazing, 9 is my favourite game in the series besides 11 and 8
HELL YEA
Many of the people that we so dearly idolatre for their work in these games and other franchises are the ones not letting it happen.
I’m sorry I was level 99 and still had trouble with this boss granted I didn’t know you could get rid of his dark mist but still this boss wreaked me 😂
SAME HERE! I was maxed out on everybody.
Erdrick? I smell a remake somewhere in the future.
Dragon Quest 11 is before Dragon Quest 3
Square Enix is thinking about a DQ 3 Remake, i read this news couple month ago!
LightStreak567 Yes! I end the game and, first i played the game thinking Erwing = Erdrick (bad translations or other) but no... incredible end, my first Dq are |||, and i played the game angry, but finally im happy :P
This ending hits you nostalgia hard!
@@LightStreak567
That does seem to be the case. In my personal opinion out of all the Dragon Quest games I have played I would rank them like so.
1. DQ 5
2. DQ 11
3. DQ 8
4. DQ 4
5. DQ 1 - 3
Then all the rest at the bottom. A remake in this more modern style like DQ 8 and 11 for DQ 5 would be amazing as it is one of the greatest stories in JRPG history.
I’d love to see them redo the first three (beyond what was done on SNES and switch) and add more to the story of all of them. Put Dragon Quest III first, then have it lead into Dragon Quest (with some other elements added) and then go into Dragon Quest II. It would be the ultimate mash up. Tie them all together like chapters.
You got your wish buddy
Thanks for this! I got to him with a party in the 70's (and this is after spending around 10 - 15 hours grinding from 50 and building the supreme sword of light and buying the best equipment that I could find) and I just couldn't beat him. My first go was the closets I got, but the RNG from his attacks were too awful the other three times I attempted it. In the end I decided enough was enough and couldn't be bothered to put any more time into this. I loved the game up until Act 3 and just found it a massive slog from there on out :')
I recently reached act 2 and found it worse than act 1, and stopped playing altogether
Ah yes, the classic end to all video games. I mean, it isn't a video game if you don't kill a god right? Seriously though this is the only dragon quest game I've played and it was amazing. If a Dragon Quest XII is released, you can bet I'm getting it. Love the fact that Alef (Dragon Quest I Hero) picks up the Sword of Light at the end. And then the final Cutscene with Arusu (Dragon Quest III Hero) * chef's kiss * perfection.
Question. Does Dragon Quest 11 take place before 1? Technically making it thr first game in the series?
@@crazyanimegamer5667 1 not even the first timeline before this,,, the order now are 11 > 3 > 1 > 2
RIP Koichi Sugiyama.
Thank you for the wonderful music of this series😭😭😭😭😭
7:57 He needs life alert
Imagine 30 years later, how Dragon Quest 21 would be like.
Cool though
Dragon Quest XI S was the first DQ game I ever played. I beat the game, and watched the ending cutscenes without any context of playing the earlier games. I knew they were clear references, but ones I had no connection to.
Now, I've played through I and II, and just started III. Really wished I had played through those first, because watching that last scene must've been an amazing experience for longtime fans.
Thanks for this. I had finished the game and lost once to the final true boss, but didn't want to put in Nother 4 hours just leveling up my party (currently at 55, but need to get to 70 to even have a chance). I got other games to play and already put in 85 hrs into this
Fusion of Cell and Jiren
They should release a remade compilation of ALL of the main Dragon Quest games on the Switch! That would be dope!
I prefer the theory where when serenica went back in time she stopped morcant and she and erdwin had a kid and that child was dq III hero
it's what I like to think anyway
I got goosebumps when i seen that dq 1 reference
Just beat the real ending and I have to join with the people who say the Act 3 ending is weaker than the Act 2 ending. The story would have been stronger overall if the stuff about Calasmos and The Time Keeper were left out of the game entirely. Actually, I find the idea of the Hero going back in time just to prevent Veronica's death repugnant. They managed to save the world from Mordegon. Yes, it was hard fought. Yes, Mordegon caused destruction and there was a chance to prevent it. But the world was saved- all going back in time and doing things differently does is risk the possibility the turn of events could actually turn for the worse in unforeseen ways.
And yes, the true ending is more ideal the Act 2 ending. But they risked a very hard won victory for an unknown.
Just because consequences are undone, that doesn't make it repugnant. What's well-written about the whole scenario of going back in time, is that he heroes do an efficient job of analyzing the consequences of time travel, and whether they should take the risks or not. Anyone can write a story where consequences are undone, but having the heroes analyze the dangers of time travel was good on the part of the writers.
It extended the game into another game with more quest and more grinding to find more stuff to make more equipment to try and find more abilities and spells until it all became more redundant!
This is why I have a very deep dislike of time travel in storytelling, whether in movies, tv, books or games. It is the worst plot device any writer can use.
But I always make an exception for the Dragon Quest series for nostalgia's sake.
Honestly, I would go the other way entirely. I would've tried to find some way to include Calasmos and the timekeepers in the lore from the very start. Like maybe instead of Mordegon being the name of the big bad, he could've been calling himself Calasmos from the start to try and instill fear in the world through his presence, only for it to be revealed after his defeat in act 3 that he was NEVER Colosmos in the first place. As for the time travel/manipulation, I'm fine with it. The party doesn't really rush into it, discusses it, and does ultimately give you choice of not going through with it by simple not doing it and taking the act 2 ending as the final ending. Honestly, my biggest complaint with the story is how little presence Mordegon had in act 1.
Kevin Lee i totally agree with you, I think they just included this to bring it full circle with Erdwin however it wasn’t as good as act 2 ending or act 1 twist. They could have included a better way to bring it all together with calasmos and have him the whole time but I feel that would take way longer. Maybe the switch version will make it more clear as there will be more content
Fun fact Calasmos is voiced by Rasmus Hardiker the same person who also voices the Luminary in the English version which as TV Tropes points out on the significant double casting page that this was likely done because it suggests an innate duality between their respective roles as the harbingers of light and darkness.
calasmos makes a good point when he says without darkness light can not exsist
I want a DQIII remake with DQ 11 graphics :)
So, is Calamos a Great Old One in Dragon Quest's world ? :)
Can' t stand the grinding anymore...and all for this dude in space that is not even bothering me.
Yeah same for me. I did almost all of the post game stuff and am level 60. I don't want to spend hours grinding just for the boss and a cutscene.
Just farm metal slimes in the trials, u can level up ridiculously fast
Never played a dragon quest game so i thought i could get some hype from the final boss. Instead i got some huge derpy looking off brand cell, idk if i really care to play it now.
@@mattentsu3227 That's sad. I've enjoyed this game thorough. Just play it, and you will love it.
Also, if you don't like grinding, you can just cheat on PC version by using trainers...
Just farm metal slimes for easy leveling!
What gets me is that the characters we got to know died a very long time ago never to see what happens to them 😩 taking 1000 of years before dq3
This ending hits you with nostalgia hard!
My strategy: Use Sword of Light and Super Sword of light. That doubles the Mp cost of the splitter skills, and also their damage.
My Party was Hero, Jade, Erik, and Serena. Spears on Jade, Boomerang/Sword on Erik.
Erik did Divide then Critical Claim repeatedly.
Jade goes bunny 2 times, then does multihit move or typhoon.
Hero does splitter moves constantly.
Serena heals with multiheal or Omniheal often.
My first Dragon Quest ever and this made me feel something like nostalgia
OMG!! OUR FIRST HERO OF DRAGON QUEST 1!!! OMG!!!!
3rd one mate, that's erdrick
Sayers so it is, my apologies.
....I feel like I missed out on this
(I cheesed the boss using the divide victimiser method.
only lasted 2 turns)
Watching this because I’m just playing it now and I don’t see myself going to level 99 to finish it. I’m already burned out
in the exact same boat!! I've grinded enough and fought enough battles 😭
When his face showed, I was like awww
Lol when you named your hero Erdrick and at the end hes given the title of Erdrick
Everybody gangsta til Calasmos hits you with the *「Z A W A R U D O」*
I just realized they broke into Calasmos's doman expansion.
Just started this game and I can safely say it’s already a great game to me! Well worth the $60!
It's such a great game. Probably my favorite of all time. So glad I checked out the demo.
Man, chills and feels began for me at 40:50
Bam, suprise reply to a month old comment!
46:03
*When you realise the Luminary and Calasmos were voiced by the same person*
46:25
Bro I'm too high for this
55:22 The Dragon Quest 3 hero! The one who will become Alefgard's Erdrick!
When they Dragon Warrior over world theme during true credits
“It’s quite a ways” bitch I can zoom there
And here I thought I was ready and im only on level 55 😱 imma need 15 more levels
Damn you take forever to decide what to do
Guess who got into Smash Bros?! The Heroes!
Heroes*
Aaand I don’t get it, lol. I knew that I was screwed once they started introducing time travel and alternate realities to the storyline. I thought the DQ11 hero was a reincarnation of a hero who once saved the world but now this ending implies that this hero was in fact the first Erdrick and the DQ3 hero took up the title after him? Or maybe they’re somehow the same person because of magic or something?
Calamos HP is 20000 so remember this when you fighting him
Oh that doesn't scare me since most of the bosses near the end in octopath traveler had over 171,000 HP
@@pandaman9604 This made me laugh and its true.
Didn’t he have more than 20k health ? I I feels like hiring him 100.000 health and not killing him :/
Yall might be right it takes work to beat him skills
use sword of light, his barrier ( may be) will disappear, and combo with erik, kill him in < 10 turn. 3k dmg form veronica and 9k dmg from erik will kill him instantly
This fight was really hard for me, I had to bench Jade because all she seemed to do was miss and die. I used Eric combining his cloning attack with the critical hit move but he seemed most susceptible to status ailments so he was out of commission most of the time. I was advised to destroy the claw first but he always regenerated it 2 turns later. When he used his ball of fire attack I dealt about 2000 damage but it still wasn’t enough. I really wanted to do this without having my party wiped but couldn’t, on the final attempt I dealt as much damage as possible with the man four and then managed to finish him in one hit with the reserves.
that revelation crazy at the end wtf lmao
This isn't the true final boss. The true final boss is after completing all of tinkertown which unlocks a tear in time in which you fight a golden version of mordegon.
Alright Cell, what did you do this time?
Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but how did Ortega get the Sword of Light if he's from Earth? I'm assuming Alefgard is on planet Erdrea since it's the only place where the legend of Erdrick is mentioned, and travel between the two was deadly[1] before Baramos was defeated, so...
[1] I'm just assuming Ortega went all tauntaun on the green dragon to survive.