Tactics.

It's a great game, but it's like all "hardcore gamerz" hail it and wear it as a badge of pride that they ever played the game. It's not the end all be all people, it's just a solid 3/4 over game. It's one of those cult classics that gets built up way too much.

I'm guilty of doing the same thing with Xenogears, if I'm honest with myself.