Discounting personal preference, the history and peer evaluation affects "must-have" tendencies a lot. FF used to be a must-have due to its history. Heck... Metal Gear is still a must have for me anytime, except Acid perhaps. Prince of Persia was OK, and it sucked me in with the "revived and reinvented old game" thing. It was OK, but nowhere near the "must-have" quality of MG.
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