What can be said that hasn't been said before?
Dragon Quest XI S is a game that works with the player. At no point in this game do you feel like you are fighting against the game. You can craft wherever you are, most common materials can be bought from the crafting screen if you do not have them, you are able to add new quirks and challenges to your playthrough to improve your experience or make additional playthroughs different, and you have a good cast of characters to really adhere to your preferred method of combat.

Save points are plentiful in the game, gambling tends to be tilted in favor of the player to make for a less headache-inducing experience, loading your save gives you a recap of where you are in the story, and opening the map not only allows you to quick travel to any place that you've visited, but also tells you what it is you should be doing in case you've been gone for a little bit and have forgotten.

That does not mean that Dragon Quest XI S doesn't have its difficult moments. Even for me as someone who was wildly over-leveled (finished Act 1 at level 45, Act 2 at level 67), there were still some difficult moments in the game, especially later on as I got to some end-game bosses like in the 2D world and against the Secret Boss. The Wheel of Harma, while it is probably the only thing in the game I would quantify as "anti-fun," ends up being a good way to figure out how to be efficient during combat and is really good for those with the min-max mentality.

It feels like a cop-out to say that there's "something in this game for everyone," but there really is. If you want a really good JRPG story, you've got it. You want to spend hours doing nothing but playing poker, slots, or roulette tables? You've got it. Want to play a more modern and well-crafted 2D game for the old nostalgic feel? Easy enough to do. Game not hard enough for you? Just turn on the Draconic Quest that makes enemies more difficult.

Rarely is there a game that allows you to sculpt and tailor it the way that makes it most enjoyable to you, and rarely do I get that sense of post-RPG depression anymore, but both of these things proved to be true with Dragon Quest XI S. At no point did I feel like any of my 143+ hours were spent not enjoying my experience, and there was always something new to look forward to on the horizon.

How the f*ck does Kashou c*m like five f*cking times in a row? My balls hurt if I c*m even twice in a row but at the beginning of Vol 1 that motherf*cker was talking about how it's impossible for him to c*m after he already came because of how guys work but then almost immediately after that f*cking demigod just c*ms like four more times and continues this trend of c*mming nonstop for every volume thereafter. You can't just set up that c*mming is similar to the real world and then all of a sudden just change your mind and allow him to c*m like five times in a row before even thinking about being done with s*x, this sh*t keeps me up at night and it's not f*cking fair. Dude f*cking c*ms twice in Vol 3 and Azuki's all "Looks like you're still raring to go" and he says "Of course" as if what he's able to do is just some common a*s sh*t even after he admits himself in the first f*cking volume that it's not something that guys can just do, yet this motherf*cker has like four additional pairs of testicles tucked away in his a*shole that he just rotates out whenever he needs to c*m again. Dude doesn't even have any organs at this point. Oops, all testicles.