Realistically speaking, can it ever be topped?

Realistically speaking, can it ever be topped?

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>can
oh, you poor shit taste child. it's already happened many times over.

As far as story, no, I don't think so.

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Maybe by a 10 billion dollar budget rpg.

I finished it for the first time 2 years ago, and I unironically think there hasn't been a week since then where this game hasn't been on my mind at some point.
Elder God Tier JRPG for sure.

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No, modern JRPGs are no longer made with the same ambition and scope in mind.

What went wrong?

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Disc 1 can't be topped. But even the themes in Disc 2 can stump some of these newer RPGs.

>'Disc 2 is bad' meme