Shaun Balthier
I can't get over this game, it's like crack to me.
I've had it for a couple of years, just couldn't get into it the first time I tried. The battle system bothered me, I didn't like the license board, etc. For some reason, I popped it in a few days ago, and now I play whenever I get the chance. I mean, hell, I even made this mule so I could cosplay the best character I've seen in a game in a long time. I never cosplay, so consider it a testament to the sheer badassery of Balthier. XD
I love this system. So groundbreaking. Gambits are extremely handy, I can't believe I didn't like them before. Maybe I was just too set in my FFX ways, I dunno. Anyway, this is one of the best games I've played in a long time. I haven't beaten it yet, of course, but I'm bustin' through it at a pretty good pace.
This. It was almost exactly the same way for me. I just could not get into it the first time. My best friend kept telling me that it was positvely fantastic, and even thoguh I didn't really like it, I tried to trudge my way through it. I couldn't stand it anymore and gave her her game back.
Then my mother gave it to me for Christmas that year. My memory had recently comitted suicide and I wanted nothing to do with Ps2 games, so it sat on my shelf for a year and a half before I popped it in this May.
And I fell in love. Lol. It was so fricking addicting.
@ Shaun Balthier; You avi is kick a**, but I win. I dressed as Fran IN PUBLIC! MUAHAHAHAH! Lol.