DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition

DRAGON QUEST XI S plays on the iPhone and, with update 1.0.4, the project developers list it at 60 fps instead of the 30 fps it has on the Switch. It is a large Game: its Packed app came to about 15 GB when the developers last published sizes.

How it runs

The game's settings cap it at 30 fps. nxnative raises those limits for update 1.0.4, and because the game steps its world by the time that really passed, it plays at normal speed at 60. On the Mac it held 60 fps in the field with sound intact. The game's dynamic resolution is tuned for 30 fps, so where a frame takes too long it drops that frame rather than lowering the resolution.

60 fps is measured on the Mac, but not yet on the iPhone. On the Mac, it was tested through the opening movie, the title with name entry and settings, the prologue, and free play at Cobblestone Tor, with sound and saves.

Bring update 1.0.4

The 60 fps result and every other fact on this page apply to update 1.0.4. Put the 1.0.4 update in the same folder as the base game before you Pack.

Controls

The Packed app starts in the 3D touch layout: a left stick, a D-pad and the face buttons, with a right stick that is not drawn. Touch anywhere in the right third of the screen that has no control on it, and that touch works as the right stick, centred where your finger lands.

Good to know

• At about 15 GB, the Packed app may be too big for some sideloading setups. nxnative's packing script can keep the game files out of the app with --romfs separate; see the install guide.
• Some shadow shaders (one-pass cube shadows) do not build yet.
• If you would rather save battery, a frame-rate setting of 30 keeps the game at its original 30 fps. Set it on the app's settings screen or with DM_FPS_TARGET=30 in the app's env.txt file.