Arc the lad takes place thousands of years after the originial Arc the Lad series. It's cool if you haven't played them though cause they have almost nothing to do with them except a vague mention here and there. In this world there are humans and deimos and they are at major odds with each other, you play alternately as a human in his story (Kharg) and a deimos in his story (Darc). I enjoyed the story and the music, the story isn't as predictable as you might think. Also try Xenosaga, the first ones a lot better imo, and Star Ocean Til the end of Time, which I thought was a breath of fresh air storywise (still cliche-bound but interesting) even though a lot of the characters were boring. There is Suikoden 3 too which you don't really need to have played the first two although it's nice. Beyond Good and Evil too isn't exactly an rpg but great story albeit not nearly enough.