XI was fantastic and mastered to capture the nostalgia without actually feeling antiquated.

XI is a superb game, one of my favourite RPGs to date.

I have played about every main entry. Easil XI-S. Honestly the best in the series.

XII will come to Switch. Likely PS5...dunno about Xbox even with the port of XI S. Depends how well that faired. Or we might see a DQIX situation and have DQXII a Switch console exclusive or maybe timed. It's always the most popular selling system in Japan. So when it came to the US be a timed Switch exclusive at the very least since NOA publishes DQ on Nintendo platforms in the US.

Agreed, XI is a JRPG masterpiece. It does JRPG well.

My top 5 in this order
- XI
- VII
- IX
- VIII
- V

I loved XI, but my favorite is probably VIII.

I've only played XI so it's not a difficult choice. It was pretty great though and I do plan to play as few of the older games eventually.

Bonus: I think a more or less simultaneous multiplat release seems likely after all the effort they've put into releasing/re-releasing XI on every platform, but it isn't a certainty with Square.

VIII then XI

Overall I always find DQ good as installments, but pretty weak as a franchise. You can choose to play one or two entries and be done with it 

XI easily. It's a masterpiece, one of the best JRPGs I have ever played.

DQ VIII, followed by VI and XI. In that order. All of them fantastic in my book.
V and IV would follow. Both great as well.