Simply one of the finest JRPGs of its generation. We follow our hero across the course of his life, from young scion of a mighty adventurer, through enslavement to an evil cult and finally out into the world as a questing hero gathering the artifacts of a legendary hero in order to defeat the cult that once captured him. Manages to be a rare thing indeed - a character-led story despite having a silent protagonist. The relationships that the hero builds around him, and how they morph and move over his life are brilliantly explored but without ever losing its identity as a fantasy rpg or diminishing the threat posed by the core villains.