Pieter from DSOGaming writes: “Back in the 80s when Hollywood still cared about Val Kilmer and mullets were a fashion statement, software entrepreneurs noticed a growing market in Japan for role-playing, computer games based on Dungeons and Dragons. They decided to give Japanese game designers a crack at the genre and, in a flash, JRPGs were suddenly all gamers at the time could talk about.”
Source: N4G PC Dragon Quest XI – DSOGaming Review