The reason FFXIV is lacking content is because of casualization.

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Final Fantasy XI.

Dragon Quest VIII.

Depending on what metric for surpassing we're going by, at least half a dozen other games.

Chrono Trigger is one of the best games of all time, but even it has its faults and weaknesses. Overall the best thing about it is the Dual/Triple techs, the quickly paced ATB combat, and the structure of its 5 visitable time periods and associated endings.

Its weaknesses though....

There's a disconnect between actual expected level progress and difficulty i.e. Spekkio's first form is actually a green frog. Most people do not know this, because without even stopping to level up, you will be a higher level unless you purposefully force yourself to miss as many encounters as possible and even kill Crono a few times before the first time you make it to The End of Time.

Its translation/localization done single handedly by Ted Woolsey is actually pretty good, but he changed just enough things for players to miss out on an entire subplot for Zeal, Lavos, Frog, and the Gran Leon(the Masamune's actual name, which Woolsey straight up changed).

To get all of the different endings requires new game+ and basically trial and error with when you beat Lavos. The game gives you a hint or two with regards to this with the Developer's Room ending which is available if you defeat Lavos at Zeal in a regular NG, but otherwise, if you don't look things up, you could beat Chrono Trigger a dozen times and be confused as to why you only got two or three endings, instead of the promised 15.

I love Chrono Trigger, but it sure as shoot ain't perfect.

I wouldnt count FFXI to be on par with Chrono Trigger since its a different thing all together. Also that even in its heyday I personally wouldnt count it to be as well polished as Chrono Trigger and I love FFXI.

DQVIII is a good contender though but its plagued down by its need for level grinding and its cast being used as well as it shouldve. They get their small moments but a lot of the sub-plots couldve been used to better implement them into the narrative and the most we got was party chat to flesh them out. Also while its combat is simple yet satisfying, its pacing is still slow compared to Chrono Trigger where battles are about the same level of depth but encounters dont take nearly as long to complete. Also CT's battles are properly paced through dungeons.

It still has a killer orchestrated soundtrack though and its voice acting is very charming.