The master plan comes to fruition

Anyway, plot's a no-brainer for me again here. As for the art style, I won't deny Cold Steel's art style is pretty generic, but I'm not a fan of Toriyama's art style at all, so I'd still vote CS there too.

Which leaves replay value, and..well, i don't remember at all how much replay value DQ8 has. Cold Steel has some though, with bonding events that you can't all see in one playthrough, as well as a few easily missable things. I also just love the gameplay, so that helps.