Best General Square game?

[Kyros]

I've never met anyone that's considered CC to be near as good as LoD. Not to mention I hate CC for not giving me Rosaly when she was the last character I needed, but that was obviously after I'd beaten the game at least twice (though only once for full playthrough). I was ready to get that last person, beat the game, then beat the game again with Serge solo to see what the ending was but w/e.

I would put PE and CT as two of the best, and I've heard Xenogears is awesome, but I've never played it.

[Slothy]

I've never met anyone that's considered CC to be near as good as LoD.

I've talked to a lot of different people about a lot of different RPG's over the years, but never have I met anyone who liked LoD more than CC. Not to say that CC is a great game because it's not. At best CC could be seen as a decent RPG on it's own merits. It's got it's own unique style, a unique if somewhat annoying battle system, a great soundtrack and a decent story as I recall. LoD was kind of fun for a bit, but it was annoyingly grind happy and relied on more RPG cliches and generic characters than I care to see in one game. It was good for an RPG that came out of nowhere from a developer not known for anything in the genre, but certainly wasn't a better game than CC.

[crazybayman]

Dragon Quest 4 and 8.

[Polnareff]

IMO it's these three:

1. Brave Fencer Musashi
2. Parasite Eve 2
3. Front Mission

IMO of course.

EDIT: You know what? I just remembered Front Mission. Awesome games. I still have the first and third ones.

[Skyblade]

1. Chrono Trigger. The game that almost definitively tops my "best game ever" list is definitely assured top billing.
2. Secret of Mana. Despite the other games in the series that I have played being awful, SoM was a really excellent game that they need to rerelease on the DS rather than make horrible sequels to.
3. Kingdom Hearts. I or II, doesn't really matter. Both good games, each had different points it excelled at.

[Mo-Nercy]

Chrono Trigger for me too. In terms of replay value, it's got bucketloads. I always find myself forgetting an ending and replaying it to remind myself.

[Dr. Acula]

Definitely Chrono Trigger, though Secret of Mana and the KH games are up there.