Dragon Quest 8 - pure old school greatness.
Odin Sphere - great 2D action RPG + the pretiest sprites you have ever seen in VG.
Disgaea Hour of Darkness - one of the greatest SRPGs experiences ever. Interesting gameplay and light hearted comical history (just ignore the pedophile jokes, after all this is a japanese game).
FF X or FFX-2 - The first one has a good plot and boring gameplay, the second one of the best battle systems of all FF but the most retarded storyline. Chose only one.
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne - Way too complex for a RPG, but a unique experience nonetheless. Basically you can recruit almost every monster you fight. The hardest RPG I have played on the PS2.
Kingdom Hearts - The first game only. It has a crappy camera, awkward battle system, useless AI, average plot and repetitive gameplay. Even so I highly recommend this game. I was ready for a crappy game, but this one surprised me in a good way.
Tales of Abyss/Legendia - They are not as good as Symphonia but Tales games are usually very good. Abyss is much better.
There are others that are average/good. Disgaea 2, Makai Kingdom, Soul Nomad, Musashi Samurai Legend, Radiata Stories, YS 6.
The ones I would avoid are Persona 3, FF 12, Grandia 3, Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter, Shadow Hearts, Full Metal Alchemist and The Bouncer.
Grim Grimoire is not very fun IMO. It is kinda like a poor man`s starcraft, but in 2D.
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
