And here are my Top 5 in no particular order with some random song from each game:
Chrono Trigger:
Man this game... The story was superb, the battle system was so much fun with the different attack combos and stuff, and traveling through time was awesome. Then when I found out about all the different endings... God was so sold on this game.
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Valkyrie Profile:
This is one of the deepest RPGs ever made in terms of battle systems. I have so much love for the battles in this game it's totally retarded. Also the story was absolutely amazing in ways you don't understand.
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How amazing is that battle theme?
Xenogears:
I actually have so much love for this game, and also some serious hate. The battle system was awesome, love the chain attacks, love the way opening new attacks worked, love the gear fights. The game was so long, and there was so much story to work through and understand, I mean you didn't even get to the last area until you were like level 80 and you spend another like 8 hours in the final dungeon. Perhaps one of the greatest RPG stories ever... My big issue was... The out of battle graphics. Dungeons, world maps, awful. I normally don't care, and know this was released fairly early in the PSX days, but never have I had a game with graphics that were so bad they actually hindered my progression for some time. Despite that, I still love this game.
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Final Fantasy Tactics:
I actually didn't end up playing this game until my senior year of high school. I'm sorta glad, because doubt I would have enjoyed it as a kid, and probably wouldn't have understood it too much. Not too much to say about this game I think that hasn't been said, but amazing battles, one of the harder RPGs I've ever played, job systems, a great story if you're into the kind of story it offered, and the music was awesome! This game, just awesome.
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Disgaea:
This game... First of all it's probably one of the funniest games I've played. It had just great battles, a lot of fun systems in the game, and jeezus the item world. I still haven't finished this game really, and fire it up occasionally to make more progression. That's how long this game is. Also it ended up having the cutest story ever. Also 3 cheers for mid-boss. The happiest day ever was the day this game was put on the DS because I got it, beat it, and rebuilt my progress in the PS2 version. I play Disgaea when traveling so much.
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Ok I'm going to list 6 of them, because I can do that.
Terranigma:
This game is probably not very well known. Perhaps with the popularity of emulating games from the SNES days it is though. Just to say, Terranigma is so much fun. Truly some of the most fun I've ever had was this game. Sort of the best example the SNES has of an action RPG, with maybe Seiken Densetsu behind it. Legend of Gaia you tried so hard.
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