That’s how I felt after about 30 hours. I stopped playing and then came back to it a year or two later, progressed on the main story quests, and all of a sudden I’ve been playing for over 300 hours.

Okay, so La-Mulana is technically a more recent game, but I remember the original version from 20 years ago looking just like an MSX game.
Anyway, the gate of guidance theme really stood out to me. Oh, and the village’s theme too, and several others.