Final Fantasy 8.
Mostly it’s because I went in with a negative outlook (because the Internet poisoned the well for me on that one and I developed some biases against it) mixed with bad tutorials that emphasized things like the drawing skill, when other skills were superior. When I played it a second time ignoring the biases (I think I might have dropped acid before playing) I enjoyed it a lot more.
Now FF8 occupies the top tier on my list with FF6 and maybe FF7 if you include the first 2/3rds, as I’m not a giant fan of the later parts of the game (Cloud unconscious, the Ancient City, and Yufi’s town). I love the Winter town, but hate the area around it. Winter areas are always a big hit and miss for me, FF7 is both. But FF7 is second tier for me because of those later parts.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
