A band of heroes, several eras, and the lingering sense of having touched something rare.

No gut ranking here, so let's read the criteria, even if they rest on few votes and stay to be confirmed. The profile is remarkably balanced and leans high. It's the desert-island pick that leads, ahead of 94% of titles, followed by attachment, ahead of 86%, and the urge to relive it for the first time, ahead of 82%. The session fun, the controller feel, the art style and the soundtrack all sit around the middle, even a notch above. No glaring weakness, and that's rare: a game that doesn't blaze on one single line but reassures everywhere, dropping nothing.

In era-defining Japanese RPGs, this desert-island-chosen profile says a lot: a game you keep as a companion more than as a technical showpiece.

So, who's it for? For you if you want an RPG that follows you through the years, one you carry everywhere and never forget. Much less if you expect the visual or audio punch that pins you down from the first instant.