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Message: [QUOTE="Tonberry, post: 84457, member: 124861"] Oh boy, let's tango! Personally, I think there are more good starting points than bad, for various reasons, I'll try to summarize my suggestions here: [LIST] [*]Dragon Quest 1 is the optimal "I want to play through everything in release order" for obvious reasons. It's a quaint and simple game, but I think it's fantastic. It's also a good point if you're open-minded and like seeing a series evolve. Every version is good. My favorites are the translated SFC version and the NES version. [*]Dragon Quest 3 is in many ways the ultimate DQ game, and perfectly fine to start with. The first three games are part of a trilogy, and you'll miss out on some very cool details if you start with 3, but it's such a behemoth of a game in all the best ways that it's perfectly fine to start with. While it lacks distinct characters, you create your own party and wander the world at your leisure, discovering adventures and doing heroic deeds while you follow the overarching plot a bit more loosely until it starts to tighten up. Amazing game. Best versions are HD2D or translated SFC. [*]Dragon Quest 4 is great because it's the first in the 4-6 trilogy. It's presented in an episodic format, where you play through each main character group's storyline until they all converge later down the line. Has one of the best RPG parties in existence. Best version is DS, but NES is good too. [*]Dragon Quest 5 is straight up the best game in the series, imo. It's got an extremely special story structure, where you start as a kid and play through your life. Characters you meet early on are encountered later on as an adult. It's got a lot of sweet and memorable moments, and you can recruit monsters as party members. Best version is DS by a mile. The PS2 translated one is fine, because it's pretty and has orchestral music, but it's not as snappy as the DS versions, and lacks QoL features, and some new content the DS version added. [*]Dragon Quest 8 is the first big blockbuster DQ game. It feels notably "darker" and grown-up than previous entries, in a very good way. It's absolutely gigantic, has super good encounter design throughout the whole game, from enemy packs to bosses, and is all around an amazing experience. There's no definitive best version, because the PS2 and 3DS versions have individual strengths imo. I tend to prefer the PS2 version for presentation and orchestral music, but 3DS has enemies roam the world instead of random encounters, and various QoL settings. It's also got Yangus who is my favorite DQ character of all time. [*]Dragon Quest 11 is a good entry-point if you want to play the most modern entry. As far as stories go, I personally think it's kind of uninspired for a Dragon Quest story. The cast is big but the characters range from very good to really uninteresting. I also think it kind of feels a bit bloated in terms of content. The 'XI S' is better in every single conceivable way, aside from that the vanilla version has [I]sliiiightly [/I]better graphics, but it's not very noticeable at all. [/LIST] There you have my personal "entry point" list. Any of these choices are good, I think. It depends on what kind of experience you're looking for. Have fun! [/QUOTE]

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