I thought FF8 was just Tetsuya Nomura's version of X-Men: Phoenix Saga.
Free Step Dodge
Awesmic
XxNoriakixX
Jrpg today: The same but with worse graphics and more waifu crap :^)
UpSideDownGRUNT
"about teenagers with abandonment issues using the power of friendship to kill God" that is literally the plot of Persona 5
DestructionBomb
I was gonna say, that trend still exists today lol. And Persona is one of them.