An extremely underrated entry of the Final Fantasy franchise that gets a lot of flak for no real reason.

A large cast of playable characters, each with different playstyles and personalities. A unique mechanic where you have to harvest the corpses of enemies you kill to be be able to use spells or abilities. A storyline that changes on your second playthrough.

The story tackles the conflicts of war in a serious way, with some of the cutscenes playing like a World War era news broadcast.

My only real problem is that you can only get one ultimate weapon per playthrough, and not only does the boss required to get that ultimate weapon not unlock until your fourth playthrough, but the weapon you unlock is random.

Some character playstyles aren’t for everybody, and there are some levels where you don’t have access to certain characters or groups of characters, so it can be though if you’re being forced to play a character you don’t like playing as.

If you’re like me, who has been somewhat dissatisfied with recent Final Fantasy games, I’d definitely give this a play.