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I've been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution on and off for the past couple months. It's pretty ethically naive, and doesn't hold up as a prequel to the original Deus Ex, but at least it's better than Deus Ex: Invisible War.
I'm impressed by anything in video games or movies that isn't caveman sci-fi. I enjoyed DE:HR.
Oh, I enjoy it too; it's very satisfying in places.
Did you play Final Fantasy X?
Once upon a time, in the era of the Playstation, Squaresoft made three great, although very different, games. I think I'm not alone in feeling none of their games before or since measured up to these three. (It's a cherished sentiment of my childhood.)
Xenogears. Vagrant Story. Final Fantasy VII.
FF-VI is often mentioned in this company as well.
As for FF-X, it's certainly a big improvement over VIII or even IX, but I don't think it's that great. Recommending the genre/series to someone who expects modern graphics, the Great Three are indeed problematic(*) - XII might be considered too.
(*) But if you're aware of the technical limitations of the PS platform, Vagrant Story truly shines in its accomplishment!
I never liked FF7 all that much, and Xenogears suffered from a translation that, while adequate and free from obvious errors, had a writing style I didn't care for.
I'll certainly endorse Vagrant Story as being very good, though.
Incidentally, my 3 most favorite JRPGs of all time are Final Fantasy 6, Lunar Eternal Blue (the original Sega CD version), and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
FF7 was the first jRPG I ever played. I grew up with it. I may not be able to judge it dispassionately enough for recommendations.
Xenogears suffered most obviously from being incomplete.
Unlike most people, I liked disc 2 of Xenogears more than disc 1...
yes, but I can't stand jRPGs. I never finished it.
So you probably never got to the point where the game engages in a complete repudiation of the "caveman sci-fi" ideal, then. (It happens when the group reaches present-day Zanarkand.)