I have a list of five games I think everyone should play. While I make no claims to them being perfect, they're all a considerable slice of awesome.

In no particular order:

1. Xenogears: Great storyline, thoroughly enjoyed it.

2. Final Fantasy Tactics: Best Final Fantasy. Ever. Hands down. Great battle and job system, best stories, best characters, villains with actual (and believeable) motivations, this one has it all wrapped in a horribly engrish-ified package.

3. Zone of the Enders II: the Second Runner: Good story, awesome graphics, stellar gameplay, genuinely creative and challenging fights, great controls. There need to be more ZOE games.

4. The Bard's Tale: Great game with fun gameplay, RPG elements, and hilarious dialogue. Loading issues do bog it down, but the gold shines through.

5. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Great battle system, lots of classes and customizability, fun skills, really nutty but amusing story, and great characters. Laharl-sama > all.