Let me tell you a story. One time when I was 14 years old. I decided to play this game after hearing so much about it and hearing some of the tracks in the game. I instantly fell in love with it. I would play it religiously. I would grind when it wasn't necessary. I would go for all of the techs, do all of the side quests, and I even did a certain dungeon 3 times just to prepare for the final boss. Then, I lost my save. Yup, I lost my save entirely. I don't know how, I don't know what happened. Hours, multiple hours, almost 40 hours of work gone. I was devastated. I just couldn't bring myself to play it again.

-Then the DS version came out while I was in college. I bought it thinking I could restart it. Yet...I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
-Then the steam version with all of its many bugs and issues came out, and I couldn't bring myself to do it either...until a few weeks ago.

I let this game haunt me for 17 years. I'm 31 now. I finally beat this game. I adore it. This game is exactly what I thought it was when I was 14 years old and then some. I wish I had buckled down and started over back then. I felt so satisfied beating the final boss and obtaining my ending. I played this game similar to how I played last time too. All side quests(in the main story), as high level as I need to, saving everyone I could.

I've heard that there's a super boss or something, but I'm not interested right now. For now, I'm gonna bask in the fact that I finally beat a game that has been on my mind for years. Funny thing is, it will continue to be on my mind for years to come well after I beat it.