A game on the cusp of greatness. The concept of a cinematic modern RPG still hasn't been fully realized to this day, and for this game to come so close all the way back in 1998 is impressive. However, it lacked a certain "wow" moment that would put it over the top. It has a cool intro, an interesting combat system, but then... nothing really changes. You just keep talking to people and doing the same combat pretty much the entire way through, with the story getting weirder but not necessarily more interesting until the last moments of the game. If you want to see an interesting piece of JRPG history, you should definitely check out Parasite Eve, but for everyone else I'm not sure it holds up well enough to be an exemplar of the genre.