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Tyranthraxus posted...

Here's the cliffs (IMO)
* Large ensemble cast, all distinct from each other, and you get to actually use all of them. There are not really any bench warmers.
* Full open world with tons of cool shit to find.
* At the time it was made, had the most robust final boss encounter on the SNES. Chrono Trigger being 2nd.
* Compelling story and all (except 4) the characters have robust backstory & personal drama.
* Lots of really cool abilities and equipment options that were very new to final fantasy at the time such as Tools, Blitz, and Rage. Relics like Master's Scroll and Celestriad makes it fun to equip everyone.

It also has one of the best ending sequences in gaming history, that IMO has yet to be topped. They didn't have to put in the extra effort of making it all one artful storybook-like conclusion with each character getting an equal spotlight backed by a beautiful, perfectly-timed* medley of all their individual theme songs, but they did, and I love them for it.

*at least on the original SNES release; god bless the Pixel Remaster for finally fixing the timing issue that plagued every other rerelease since.