Lunar: Eternal Blue

Lunar: Eternal Blue was a massive improvement on its gameplay/aesthetic structure. While the format was still very much confined to the tropes of its era, their execution was impressive. On the aesthetic level, the slicker production allowed for a better-focused story complete with polished cutscene quality, battle animations, and soundtrack. On the gameplay level - combat was still a little dull, but was made a little more tolerable by both the aesthetic appeal and QOL improvements, and its now-heavily linear format was enhanced by some additional challenge and more elaborate dungeon design. Having refined its style, the comical personality of Game Arts' previous entry was accentuated by goofy pop culture references, memorable characters, sarcastic quips, and for the first time - poignant subplots and moments. Lunar's witty mannerism had reached its peak.