Thinking about what Pero said about Illusion of Gaia...I don't know if I'd say it's "poorly designed", but it was a bit of a letdown. I've been thinking about how people are always saying the Zelda games are overrated, but I can't think of too many overhead adventure games that are at least as good as the Zelda series. Crystalis and the StarTropics games are about all that's coming to mind at the moment. Maybe Alundra, but I haven't played too much of that.
<center><font color=red>The Omni-Wonder of the Universe has spoken</font><br><i>~cackle ~cackle</i></center>