A theater, a thief with a huge heart, and a return to the roots that smells of nostalgia.

Here's a case that throws you. On gut feeling, Final Fantasy IX stays low, ahead of only a tenth of games. But look at the rest, and everything flips. Connection erupts, ahead of 99% of titles, almost all the way up. Soundtrack and rediscovery shoot to 95%, desert island and art style brush the top, and fun climbs very high too. One shadow only: controller feel sits at the very bottom, on few votes, to confirm. There's the real tension: it sweeps nearly everything the moment you analyze it, the soul, the music, the memory, yet something snags in the raw instinctive pick.

In the classic JRPG genre, it's a peak of emotion. Where others bet on the system, this one bets on its characters and its melancholy, like a Chrono Trigger that follows you for years.

So, who is it for? For you if you love a story that holds your heart, an OST you keep in your playlist, characters you never forget. Much less if you want a snappy, modern combat system under your fingers first.