Suikoden II. It was actually my friend who got it, because he wanted to be different. We were all playing Final Fantasy games and he wanted something that no one else had. So he went out to the shore and bought Suikoden II for like ten bucks (yeah, this was way back when you could get it for very cheap, insted of it being $80+ and only on ebay.) None of us had ever heard of this game series ever, so we all tried it out. We instantly loved it. And now, I have every game in the series (except ironicly Suikoden II), and I continue to love the series.