Grandia

Mullen and Leen are assigned by General Baal (Mullen's father) to an important excavation of the Sult Ruins, looking for traces of the Angelou civiliation. Meanwhile, Justin, a self-proclaimed "first-rate adventurer" is play-hunting for treasure with his friend Sue and her pet butterfly-thing Puffy. Little does he realize that the Spirit Stone his father left him is the real deal, and the key to the secret the military is searching for--a secret that will send him on a journey far across the sea.

( ...not that I learned very much beyond that. )

Overall: Every once and a while, I think I just need to declare that while a game might be "a classic" to some, it just doesn't appeal to me and I'm not going to get through it. The PS1 era was an especially rocky time for jrpgs, and not all of the attempts at innovation worked. At least for me, this was one of those cases.