Final Fantasy VII

As someone who have never experienced this game growing up, there are a lot of things I can say about this game, both good and bad.
But in short, if you are a JRPG lover, you might as well play this game before delving into FF7 Remake. I do think it will help to enrich your experience on playing the remakes later on.

Pros:
+ Timeless amazing story.
+ Extraordinary storytelling, especially if you remember that this game came from the 90s.
+ Memorable characters.
+ Amazing soundtracks.
+ Perfected the old-style battle system of FF. The implementation of materia revolutionized the game. Opening up countless possibilities with your creativity.

Cons:
- You might want some mods as Square don't really care about improving user experience and just port this game as is. Low frame rate might be quite jarring. Mods can do that for you and then some.
- The game might hide or never explain some stuff and you got to figure it out by your own. You might even miss something and never know about it even after finishing the game. Some would argue that's the characteristics of JRPG, but I would say it's just the old game design as every other game from that era would also do the same thing.
- General jankiness. You might experienced jankiness here and there. As example, the game was designed with d-pad movement in mind, so you might find movement awkward if you are not used to it.
- Especially in minigames, they are doing a poor job on explaining things to you on what you are actually doing. The good news is, there's only a few of them in your entire playthrough.

Even with all of the small hiccups, I don't think you should skip this game. It's worth the effort to experience this game at least once.

The game I wish I knew existed when I was a kid.