Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
A wonderful experience, hands down the best RPG I've ever played. Story was engaging with genuine surprises, for the most part the characters were funny and likeable, plus the gameplay was actually fun and for the first time I was putting together proper strategies and set ups for battles.
It does suffer, however, from a few small things that were simply hindrances. I won't talk about backtracking because I'm sure that you've all heard it before. My other complaint is: the stage mechanic was flawed. It was only annoying and never helped me. It was so occasional that I couldn't learn the guard or dodge timings, but it happened enough for it to be a serious issue. My main example is in the Chapter 7 boss fight; the stage froze me, so I couldn't move. The boss then was able to perform an attack landing around 20-30 damage, with me being literally incapable of doing anything but watch me get an inevitable Game Over.
Look, I know I'm talking more about the bad stuff than the good stuff, but it is an incredible game. My main problems I have with the game don't happen enough for me to enjoy it any less. Looking past the battle system and the sometimes tedious gameplay, you have a charming story with great music and presentation, and I was constantly having fun when playing it.
So, I'll give it an 8 or maybe even a 9 out of 10.