Recently I've been surprised with how much I enjoyed Chained Echoes. I picked it up because all the hype thinking that it was just going to be another overpraised amateurish love letter to JRPGs. What I got did have lots of references to the classics, however its implementation and understanding how the systems interact with each other was surprisingly competent. Even with the reverence to tradition it brought plenty of original ideas to the table as well.