As you know I have been playing Dragon Quest XI (...for 112 hours so far!). For the first like 40 hours of the game, you are led to believe that the final boss is Mordegon and you spend all your time trying to find him to defeat him. After you beat him, the credits roll, which is typically a sign in video games that you have beat the final boss and finished the game. However, (SPOILER ALERT), it turns out the game is divided into three "acts", and defeating Mordegon happens at the end of Act 2! After the battle, you discover there is still evil in the world and there is another final boss and adventures to pursue in Act 3!
So for weeks now I have been playing through Act 3 and leveling up, accomplishing achievements, completing quests, all in order to prepare for this final final epic battle. On Wednesday I finally felt ready to give it a try, fully expecting to fail after my first attempt (most of the hardest battles I've fought I have died the first time (one battle I even died twice). But this battle with the final final boss (Calasmos) wasn't bad at all, and I beat him on the first try (first try!). This is mostly because I had the special "Super Sword of Light", which I received after a super complicated quest that took forever to complete, but was totally worth it and because I used it to remove Calasmos' protection and he was easily beaten. After this final final boss battle, MORE credits rolled, AND the adventure continued! There is apparently no end to this game, and it is delightful! I now am working on finishing the rest of the quests and accomplishing the rest of the achievements, and we'll see how much more is revealed in the game (and how many more hours I spend on it)!
With delight,
♥Jamie
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