Having played all that's available in the free trial (up to abt patch 2.3?) it's a decent game. The v1 story is really nothing to write home about til the v end but has that classic DQ town-of-the-week structure, but v2 gets a bit more interesting. Combat can be a bit of a drag and I'm honestly not a big fan of this hybrid turn-based real-time system but it's decent enough.

I'm not convinced English speakers are necessarily missing out on some secret gem based off the trial, but from what I hear the story does get v crazy later on and it's a decent enough time if you like the MMO grind or really enjoy DQ.