I am only a few hours into Chrono Trigger so I don’t know what metrics to assess quality but currently Xenogears, not mentioned at the time of this post was my absolute favorite go to game.
Its such a whirlwind of a story, and while the second disk is a bit of a let down playability wise, lots of story and exposition is still there. The last few fights are amazing.
And additionally Final Fantasy XIV, the MMO has one of the best story narratives I’ve ever experienced across the main game and it’s expansions concluding with endwalker last year. I love Xenogears, but if I ever got to wipe my memory to experience something for the first time I’d pick FFXIV. It’s a stout 150hrs ish though to get through it though at this point but all soloable/minimal party play.