If you're like me and want the best possible story, Xenosaga 1-3, Tales of the Abyss, and FFX are the way to go. If you can wade through the battle system on Xenosaga 2 you'll find the story is great and the music for 2 & 3 is absolutely incredible.
But if you want the absolutely best story you could ever experience, you need to pick up Yakuza 1 & 2. There's RPG elements, though it's really a freeroaming brawler. It's simply the best story I've ever seen in a game and I cannot overstate how much I love it.
Anyone mention Alundra yet? ***, nobody I mention it to remembers it. D:
That game had some really stupidlyannoyingAGHGHGHHH fun jumps. The gameplay is a bit on the difficult side but it just makes it that much more rewarding. Storyline is great too--it was the only game that managed to make me cry for random village npcs ;_;
shin megami tensei : noctourne (maybe spelled wrong).....this knocked ff7 off its mantle for me.
awsome game,great looking art style with a very dark story line with multiple paths and tons of hours of just customizing your party set-up....must have for any rpg fan
I recently rediscovered my old 1st PS1 which I got on release for Xmas all those years ago... It doesn't work and when I switch it on it sounds almost like "KI..LL ME.." but that's beside the point.
I found most of my old favorites for the PS1:
Breath of Fire 3
Front Mission 3
Final Fantasy VII ~ IX
Parasite Eve 2
And I can't seem to get enough, rediscovering these oldies has made me want more. I'm currently using a PS1 emulator called EPSXE and I've found a web site where you can downloa... *ahem* purchase virtually any PS1 game.
I would appreciate any games anyone can recommend from the RPG, Action, Shooter type genre.