FFIX is about some midgit with delusions of granduer who wants to save the world to impress some chick. Involves lengthy dialogues.
hippie ecoterrorists have identity crises. (ff7)
An elf runs around collecting pendants to save a girl from a wizard. He turns into a rabbit at some point. Lots of fairies are involved. (zelda: link to the past)
Unicycles! Racing!!!!!
A man holding a rope tells a very, very long story. Then he meets his brother and they go to a fairground, but we don’t get to see much of that.
edit: eh, was probably stupid not to say, it’s Monkey Island 2.
Of the top three above I would have got FFVII and Link to the Past and they both sound quite good from the descriptions. FFIX does sound terrible but I would never have narrowed down which game they were talking about. I have no idea what Brad’s is!