Final fantasy 8 was one of the worst games I ever played on my first play through, but after giving it a revisit, its definitely a top tier rpg. Maybe not the best in series, but way better than I originally gave it credit for.

Ditto with ff6. I thought it was fine the first time around, but after replaying the game I had a new found appreciation for it.

For some reason right now I've been playing through breath of fire 2 on the SNES and I love it much more than first time around; oddly enough I can't get into BoF3 now. Not sure why since a large amount of the fanbase hails 3 as the best too.