Originally Posted by
Wolf Kanno
Yeah but you lose out on how much of a big deal it is when you meet the Dragonlord's Grandson or revisit Alefgard in DQII if you have never played the other games. I also feel that the buildup of DQIII is kind of missed by the player if you don't have the first two games to bolster up how much of a big deal Loto/Erdrick is. Yes you could play them out of order but I feel you lose out by doing so.
It's not so much the games are story connected as much as they are connected by myth and legend, because often the series has a later game turns out to be the legend spoken of in earlier games and so forth. The first three games just a have a tighter narrative since the party members tend to be blood related to the hero Loto/Erdrick and the land of Alefgard. The second "trilogy" is mostly connected because they all share a location of Zenith and the hero's Zenithian Gear. In both stories cases though, the games are spread out over hundreds of years from each other.
As for the OP's question: DQVIII was pretty much created to be a gateway entry for the series so it's not a bad choice, IX isn't a bad choice either. The first four games tend to feel a bit bare bones if you're used to more modern RPG fare but they are all pretty solid if a bit basic.
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