Final Fantasy is cool, but I don't like the 'future' angle all that much.
I like dragons, plate armor, olde english, stuff like that....
Dragon Warrior III (NES) is my favorite of all-time. I thought they couldn't top the original, especially when 'II' I didn't like as much as the first....but 'III' seemed like they just got EVERYTHING right. *
*- Exception being that III takes place before I (I think) and they talked 'olden' in the first and 'modern' in the third....so they pretty much went ass-backwards as far as language goes in the games (Enix translator dummies!). I might be confusing this for the fourth game...hopefully not. 'IV' is excellent also, and it's a shame II - IV aren't that easy at all to find! Paid like $22 for II, $50 each for III and IV...and I got I for free (Nintendo Power subscription bonus).