I first rented this game in my pre-teens or so, it was said it was a hard game (meh, well it's maybe the third hardest RPG on the SNES). Got stuck in a dungeon (you have to fall into a pit to proceed). Game back years later and mostly demolished it. Came back to it in college to write and refine a major FAQ for the game, learned the ins and outs and that's how I learned it has two different endgames. I love the aspect of meeting and interacting with people who become casual acquaintances, tense rivals, or long-term companions, while also fighting memorable enemies like fat fire breathing rats and fairies that use breath attacks by playing their flutes. Oh, and the historical fiction aspect where stick yourself in the thick of the plotting between rival daimyos is cool, too.