I never liked FF7 all that much, and Xenogears suffered from a translation that, while adequate and free from obvious errors, had a writing style I didn’t care for.
I’ll certainly endorse Vagrant Story as being very good, though.
Incidentally, my 3 most favorite JRPGs of all time are Final Fantasy 6, Lunar Eternal Blue (the original Sega CD version), and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
I never liked FF7 all that much, and Xenogears suffered from a translation that, while adequate and free from obvious errors, had a writing style I didn’t care for.
I’ll certainly endorse Vagrant Story as being very good, though.
Incidentally, my 3 most favorite JRPGs of all time are Final Fantasy 6, Lunar Eternal Blue (the original Sega CD version), and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
FF7 was the first jRPG I ever played. I grew up with it. I may not be able to judge it dispassionately enough for recommendations.
Xenogears suffered most obviously from being incomplete.
Unlike most people, I liked disc 2 of Xenogears more than disc 1...