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In my brain, it seems to settle into two different categories. There are must-plays that I feel have aged well. Then there are the historically important games that may feel old: must-plays if you want to see where today's games came from.
Aged well
Historically important
And at the risk of dating myself, how old is retro exactly? I've seen some people call PS2 retro lately and that's just... ๐
Why do you thin the Final Fantasy games doesn't aged well? I played them i thought it's fine. Dragon Quest III gets a 2D HD version from Square, maybe that's a good version to play.
I think you can't specify wha'ts retro exactly, yes some see PS2 as retro and something like Final Fantasy X is a retro game.
The original has things like Vancian magic and older dungeon design. VII is super early 3D, and Tactics is missing newer SRPG undo features--can't even take back a move! Random encounters in general are a hangup for some, but that's in all of mainline FF before XII anyway (DQ5 on the first list also has them).
Not everyone will be bugged by these things, of course.
Omfg, SMRPG an absolute must! And no list is complete without Chrono Trigger.
I'd say FF7, FFT, Suikoden 2 and to a certain extent Xenogears are, if not actually in the aged well, then just outside it, but still 100% must play. I'd also like to put forward FF9, and the Jade Cocoon games for consideration.
As a soon to be old fart, I'm sorry to say that PS2 is well and truly retro now, hell, another 5-10 years and PS3 will count.....