VIII is definately my favourite. It sucked me in like very few games ever have and it continues to do so everytime I play, except when it comes to changing from Disc 1's awesomeness, to the boring start of Disc 2. Really set a bar for having indepth, fully realised characters everywhere, not just the main two or three. The music was brilliant, the graphics and designs stunning and the story moving and intelligent. Hard to top.
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