1. Parasite Eve - Best one out of the 3 games in the franchise. Perfect setting and interesting plot. Gameplay is also fun. Buy the book it’s based on.
2. Suikoden II - One of the better JRPGs with a good cast, fun combat, and an enjoyable plot.
3. Front Mission 3 - fun and interesting gameplay. The plot and setting makes me feel like I’m in a Japanese mech military drama.
4. Xenogears - awesome world with a very interesting universe. Fun combat and great music.
5. Lunar Silver Star Story Complete - one of the most heartwarming games I’ve ever played and the production quality is S tier.
6. Vagrant Story - combat is fun, but also confusing. I really liked the art.
7. Final Fantasy Anthology, Chronicles, 7-9. - this could be interpreted on someone’s YouTube page. I played FF8 at launch, before everyone went to gamefaqs to complain about it.
10. Silent Hill - the game still has a moody atmosphere even if it’s dated.
There’s a lot of others that were good. Strider 2, Rival Schools, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, Street Fighter EX3, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others. I didn’t put RE on this list because the remakes did a great job imo.
There’s a few like Tenchu 2, Vandal Hearts 1 & 2, Saga Frontier 2, and TearRing Saga (it’s a very good Fire Emblem clone that has its own English patch) that I would also mention. Policenauts also has excellent production value to it.
