This was the first adventure game I ever owned, and my 2nd title on the PS.

I was 9 so I was kinda scared of it. I remember vividly getting super spooked the first time I saw caskets rising from the ground and zombies popping out to attack me.
Also, I didn't have a memory card and my mother wouldn't let me use the console for more than 1h at a time, so I just replayed the first stage several times until I got to Kensington, where I would get lost and also extra spooked by the dudes with top hats who would resurrect other zombies.

Now that I think of it, wandering around in Victorian Kensington, felt oddly similar to exploring Bloodborne's Yharnam for the first time...

Anyway, eventually, I got a memory card and beat the game a few times. It has a good sense of humor (most of which I didn't get when I was a kid), and it holds a special place in my heart.

I fell in love with this game ever since I played the demo from one of those PS magazine discs.
I was 10 and it was the first game I bought for myself and I remember at the blockbuster store the clerk warning me (and my mom) that the game had a lot of written English and I looked too young to know the language. That was true but turns out this became the biggest reason why I got really good at English at a young age, which ultimately had an enormous impact on my future.
It was also my first RPG and I got absolutely sucked into its world even though I initially struggled to understand it.
After multiple playthroughs and hundreds of hours of playtime over the 4 discs, as a child and later on the PC with an emulator, this is one of my favorite games of all time, even though I recognize its fair share of flaws.

I miss Dart, Shana, and Lavitz, and would totally play a remake.

The combat system is perfection.

Even on my 3rd playthrough I still felt bursts of dopamine after beating almost every boss because of the always increasing difficulty and opt-in "hard mode" mechanics such as the Kuro's Charm, which encourage you to keep pushing your skills further and further.

Few games will provide an experience as rewarding as deflecting dozens of attacks in a row as you completely dominate a boss and you remember how this game used to kick your ass so hard, back when fighting them for the first time.

Still amazes me how much content and detail they crammed into a DVD disc.

Played it on my PS2 until it died, bought it again for PC, and played it 10 years later on another nostalgia playthrough till 100% completion during my uni years.

The best GTA.