This is a great DQ on part with DQV!
It's a compilation of all the elements of past DQ games we have:
-A very emotional history that explore characters and emotions.
-Great 3D visuals and costumes, plus a 2D display for those die hard fans.
-Monster Riding and a lot of side-quest! puff-puff jokes.
-Gorgeous female and male companions with VAs.
-Great post-game for no additional cost.
-The Draconic-quest options if you wanna me it harder.
It's a great JRPG and a Dragon Quest game, the last one made with Akira Toriyama, Kudos!

There is a simple elegance to the way a Dragon Quest is engineered and XI had an unending ambition in being the best Dragon Quest possible. The core cast is fleshed out with memorable heart wrenching moments in what is basically a trilogy of games in one. The way they stripped down the job system and integrated it into the skills/weapons you wield makes for a level of strategy that was a joy to explore. The game truly excels at capturing a small slice of humanity in every character you meet in this large and beautiful world and it was a joy to see all the little details in every town and location I found. The themes of Regret, Forgiveness, and Second Chances really resonated with me personally, I just was so impressed with what they managed to do here with a series as long and traditionally focused as Dragon Quest, they had a great balance of looking back at where the genre has been as well as where it should go forward with this game.

I played 150+ hours on Switch before going back to this for another playthrough on PC, and the mods as well of the fidelity of PC make this the best version by far. Don't listen to the people that claim the unlisted initial PS4/PC version of this game is better. The small difference in model/foliage fidelity can be modded back in and there are so many major and minor adjustments to the game balance/mechanics that are way too numerous to list here in this Definitive Edition.

Just the greatest game of all time, man