oh wow... so much choice....
of course, theres the classic Chrono Trigger. nobody can say that game is bad.
and, in a non rpg sense, theres bushido blade. it might be a bit dated now but the concept and gameply itself was hours and hours of multiplayer fun. and of course, the touching epic awesomeness of front mission 3... PHEAR MY MISSILEZ!
the parasite eve games were sweet too but im gonna have to go with......
Vagrant Story.
i remember when i got it, id only ever heard of it in the back of the FF8 manual. but i got it and loved it.
the weapon and armor system was so indepth, and the story, also slightly confusing the first time round was sublime. combine that with characters i just fell inlove with and names taken from shakespeare (Rosencrantz and guildenstern). made for a thourougly enjoyable experience.
of course the visual style, limited as it was on the ps1, was awesome, especially the comic like speech bubbles. a wonderful touch.
and once you finished it thr first time round you have the new game + mode. wich although i understand it may seem standard issue now, back then, in rpgs, it was quite rare. (i think CT had a new game + mode but i cant remember).
new areas, bosses, materials, weapons, even a few extra cutscenes.
just talking about it makes me want to play it again.
oh! and the battle system! wonderful.... its a shame im in a rush to go out, because i could talk forever about the battle system..... i like to think of it as the basis for the battle system in FFXII (just better.)
ive actually got a massive collection of squaresoft games... im stubborn and refuse to refer to them as square-enix (spits). am i a puppet to thier corperate whims? yes. and im ok with that
