Dragon Quest 4 - 6 are an indirect trilogy. Or, at least that's what the creators claim. The only tie that binds them is Cloudsgate Citadel and the Zenithians. That said, I'm a fan of playing things in order so I would recommend 4 first. They each have distinctly different ways of telling a story.
Dragon Quest 4 is told in the form of chapters. Each chapter is the story of another character. Eventually all of the characters come together and that's the rest of the game. It's definitely an interesting way of filling out back story.
Dragon Quest 5 is told through the life of the hero. The first couple hours show the childhood of the hero adventuring with his father and friend Bianca. After a tragic event, the hero is confined until adulthood where he seeks REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This leads to him getting married to one of three women; you get to pick which you want. You adventure with your wife a bit and then get her pregnant and have twins. Something else happens and like five or eight years pass. I can't remember which. Anyway, when you resume you now adventure with your kids.
Dragon Quest 6 is really the most conventional of the bunch in that you basically just go around aimlessly helping people and killing monsters, seeking out the source. You go between reality and a dream world (sort of like the past and present in DQ7 but less cool)
and if you haven't played it, Dragon Quest IX is amazing. You play as a character of your creation who was cast out of heaven during an evil eruption. You search for a way to return while helping people out to restore their faith in you. It's a pretty simple premise but the game is so much fun and as I've stated before, there's so much post-game content.
And Magical Starsign is fun. If you like the Mana series you'll like it, as it's got basically the same style of art and gameplay, as well as humour.
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Originally Posted by MetaSeraphim
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