[PS2] Must Own PS2 Games, or how many middling JRPGs can you suggest?

There are quite a few games that I believe are games that are a necessity to have with your PS2 but since a lot of the ones I'm thinking about are already spoken for by various members, I'll take time to mention one I believe is a must own game for the PS2 that hasn't been mentioned yet.

That game is:

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey Of The Cursed King

I haven't necessarily played a lot of various rpgs since I spend way too much time trying to fully complete them. I would like to think that I can summarize this game in just one word: EPIC. I haven't played an rpg where I actually enjoy travelling on the world map as much as this rpg. It basically takes the fundamental basics of an rpg and it literally puts a beautiful coat of polish all over it. The environments are just beautiful, there is good amount of difficulty in the game since you can only save at churches. There are plenty of mini-games and side quests to do and I find with a game such as this you can lose time fairly easily.

This might be debated but in my eyes it has one of my favourite voice casts I've ever heard in an rpg. I find a lot of the voices fit many of the characters. I think it is a fairly balanced rpg even though I'm sure there are plenty of things you can possibly abuse.

Jam it back in, in the dark.