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There are other 'overlooked/hidden gem' games that impressed me, but many of them I checked out later on with the knowledge that a few seasoned RPGers found them enjoyable. Dragonview is one of those games, for example. Fun game that is totally different from it's predacessor (Drakkhen).
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Drakkhen had a sequel!? I thought I was the only person in America that knew about that game!
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Yet another vote for this one. After the whole FF7 craze started to die down, I had asked a buddy of mine if he had any good RPGs I could borrow. He pulls this out of nowhere. I was skeptical, but I gave it a shot. Boy am I glad I did. Everything about this game just hit me the right way. The battle system (I was unfortunate enough to have missed out on Tales of Destiny back then), the music, the majority of the cast (<3 Ashton), etc... Oddly enough, the thing I used to rave about the most (other then the battle system) was the voiced over trash talking that went on at the beginning/during the fights. Back then, I guess I didn't care as much about good voice acting.
Valkyrie Profile
Total random/blind purchase. Something just told me to buy it and I did. I take it home, pop it in the PS.... and proceed to have the longest gaming session in my life to date. I beat it the following day. It was all the awesomeness of Star Ocean 2, but with a side serving of godly. I don't really know what else I could say...
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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