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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Center-of-All" data-source="post: 4603458" data-attributes="member: 48974">#1: Odin Sphere. The interplay between the various character's stories, as you find a passing mention in one of something vitally important in another. Bits and pieces of what's really going on in the world get slowly revealed to you as you dig deeper into the game, with themes as diverse as romance, identity, fate, and responsibility. An absolutely brilliant piece of storytelling, and the voice acting isn't half bad either.#2: Final Fantasy Tactics. The epitome of Byzantine politics, playing right out in front of your screen. Enough twists and turns to keep you riveted to the screen, with some mildly cliche swerves thrown in for good measure. Trying to keep everything straight is an intensive, and incredibly rewarding, effort.#3: Final Fantasy X. This was, I think, the first time square really hit it with regards to world building. Spira is as interesting and well-developed world as you'll get short of Tolkien, and unlike it's absolutely atrocious successor (not counting XI) it didn't sacrifice character to do it. Also, Tidus remains the most realistic and best developed main character in the Final Fantasy series. Voice acting could use some work, though it gets bonus points for having the best minigame, period.#4: Disgaea (any of them). The ultimate in JSRPGs. Enough grinding to consume several thousand hours if you so choose, and so absolutely rediculous that you can't help but laugh at any given plot point. The geekier you are, the funnier these games will be. Any game that describes an Assassin's Bow as "best used from a grassy knoll" can't be anything short of gold.#5: Final Fantasy IX. A breath of fresh air for the series. Between likeable characters and an engaging plot, a very solid game. Plus, for the first time  in years we have a protagonist who has removed the stick from his rectum. Mostly, though, it's on here due to having perhaps the single best presentation of Identity as a theme in video games, something that I feel is too ignored.</blockquote>

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