Legend of Dragoon is a game that holds a special place in my heart. It is a game with great characters and interesting plot and probably in my top 5 playstation 1 jrpg's of all time. But i will be the first to tell you while it's a great game it's not a genre defining game like xenogears or ff. It's basic, it's standard, it doesn't redefine the tropes of the genre of the time, instead plays most of them straight. The tragic backstory hero, the mysterious heroine, a childhood friend love interest, the evil empire that is just being manipulated by another more interesting villain. If there was a game that i would choose to represent the genre as a whole at the time, not the games that redefined it or are remembered as quintessential examples of the genre, but the one that you could play and say that is what jrpg's were at the time. It doesn't have really much to make it stand out from the pack, it just has good gameplay and a good story just not what one you would call unique. well besides it's super sentai transformations and yes that is exactly what they were right down to the leader of the group being red and hand having their civilian clothes be the same color al their transformation most of the time.
It's one of those games that if it was released today it wouldn't be remembered or treated nearly as fondly, but it's a game i can't help but love
It's one of those games that if it was released today it wouldn't be remembered or treated nearly as fondly, but it's a game i can't help but love