Hrm... until the middle of last year, I was in the Persona 3 FES camp. P4 came close to me, and I loved more of the same gameplay, but it wasn't as fresh as 3 was. It was an RPG that made me think, and made me actually use more commands than 'attack'. And it was a long game. But last year, Dragon Quest 9 came out. The story, as per the rest of the series, is weak, but it keeps adding more stuff to the game, giving me more to do without any extra cost. And for the first time, it's also a non-Atlus game that makes me want to use attack magic. (Mind you, I've not needed to do this since FF1.) I'm 370 hours in, and still going...
Will it be topped? Probably; it did just recently come out. I'm not going to be surprised if it's an Atlus game that takes the slot back, and after that, I don't expect it to be easily beaten again...
-dunno001
-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...
