Honestly, what's not to like about this game. It's abaolutely brilliant in almost every aspect. The characters are beyond likable; shit, they're downright endearing. Each character has a fairly deep backstory, and yet no one story feels like it's forced upon the gamer to undertake.

My personal favorite characters really vary upon each play, which is extremely rare in a game. It's almost like I get a new sense of each character and their motivations. You can either chalk that up to me being significantly older each time I fire it up, or that it's just that good. Currently I'm a big fan of Locke and Celes.

The things i love the most about this game though, are the genre and the customization of charactera. I still find the whole steampunk look to be absolutely incredible, and it honestly makes me hope for this game to be remade on a current system just so the developers dream and vision could be fully realized.

As for the cuatomization, i love that each character has their own set class or unique type of special skill set. It makes each character unique and gives you something to think about before going into a boss fight. The magic and summon systems are brilliant as well; learning magic from various espers and finagling your party to try and learn everything with a grinding micromanagement schedule is really something that is a lost art in rpgs.

Man i can go on for hours...