Booya, I made a discussion.
Their RPGs are only better because their games are more visible than a Sega RPG or a Game Arts RPG. Anybody I know who has a privilege of playing Panzer Dragoon Saga, Grandia (the Saturn version, not the jacked up PSX version), Phantasy Star II or IV, Lunar 1 or 2, or the Shining Force series can tell you that they are as good or better than Square\'s best.
Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III are excellent RPGs but are no match for Panzer Dragoon Saga. Note that if you look at almost all of my past RPG posts, I will name Chrono Trigger as my favorite, I did not play PDS before that. Now I know.
PDS can be completed in 20 hours or 70 hours, it is how you play the game that makes the experience, flying through the game beating everyone, or getting every item, fighting every battle and exploring every cave, you decide.
The cutscenes actually develop the story, and are relevant, while many of Squares are not.
Eric Jacob