Greatest JRPG ever made, bar none. There was nothing like it, there is nothing like it, and there will never be anything like it (unfortunately). The structure of the story is really cool, being able to progress and explore at (more or less) your own pace. Einherjar stories, as short as they are, are riveting, with some of them connecting to one another, and others playing integral parts in the events that unfold as you play the game. I love the overarching story as well. The gameplay is amazing too, for the first half at least, but then you figure out how to break it over your knee, but it's still fun and quite satisfying to obliterate everything you see. The dungeon design is easily some of the best I've ever seen in a JRPG, and the post-game dungeon is ICONIC. Motoi Sakuraba did a really good job on this soundtrack as well.

It is absolutely a MUST play if you're a JRPG fan. Play Valkyrie Profile.