One of the best Final Fantasy games ever made-tactics and magic at their best!
The art style in this game is what does it for me the most I think. It just looks really amazing, like it's hand drawn or water color or something, it's worth looking at. Also, this was my first foray into tactical RPGs, so it holds a special place in my game-list.
Music and story are definitely of the caliber you would expect from the Final Fantasy series. I know it's not a "numbered" one in the series, but the stories don't/aren't supposed to overlap anyways. All in all this game has a lot to discover, a novel way of playing, tons of customization with character job classes and mixing and matching thereof. Oh and Cloud is unlockable, which is kinda neat too.