I hear people say all the time that it is perfect. It definitely has imperfections.
However while I will insist on it being imperfect it has still been my number one favorite game for at least two decades.
It is easily the closest to perfect I think you could possibly ask for with the hardware limitations and the fact that teams don't have magical infinite time or budgets. Anyone with even a slight interest in RPGs should play it.
Plus it gave us the musical career of Yasunori Mitsuda
Nope what fell out of the sky was the wizard holding the scrolls that give you an insanely high magic jump that kills you in impact on the other end if you don't prepare.
The boots of blinding speed and worn by someone that is effectively blind when you meet them. Don't remember the name. Fun thing is you can just infinitely try sneaking around them and always keep gaining skill since they always fail their roll for if they see you which gives you the exp.