These could be games that left a lasting impression on you, games that had stellar gameplay mechanics, characters that captivated you, games that you played tons of hours on, etc.
It’s amazing that CT never spawned an ongoing franchise. Aside from the controversial CC, there have been no other followups or even remakes, only a remaster. It’s like the platonic ideal of a JRPG, sitting alone and unsullied in the timestream.
Honestly though, how do you even follow it up? That game had a ridiculous dev team.
- Akira Toriyama - creator/Artist of Dragon Ball
- Nobuo Uematsu - Writer of (many) Final Fantasy scores
- Yūji Horii - game designer and scenario writer from Dragon Quest
- Hironobu Sakaguchi - Game director/designer/producer of Final Fantasy
- Kazuhiko Aoki - (Getting this whole gang together)