Despite its shortcomings,(mainly in the combat aspects), nothing can devalue its masterful charm, world building, and story telling Final Fantasy 9 provides. The peak in the franchise as well as the genre in total.

One of the most dissapointing sequels to a game I can think of. Literally killing off the heart and soul of the first title that was Joel and Ellie's relationship was a huge mistake. The new characters are atrocious and boring. Gameplay is superb but always plays second fiddle to the cinematics. This is a total movie game telling a very boring story.

Also.....where's the multi-player? TLOU 1's multi-player component was an underrated gem and Naughty Dog stated that TLOU 2's was so great and massive it had to be released separately. Well where is it?