/vr/ - Retro Games

>>877046
>I try to go back and play old JRPG's now and have trouble stomaching the boring turn based combat and annoying random encounters every few steps. I only enjoyed them for story, characters, music in some cases, and some interesting features like zelda style puzzles and tools in Lufia II. But otherwise it's walk a few steps, random battle tape down the A button until they're all dead, walk a few steps, random battle, tape down the A button till they're all dead, yawn.

I'm one of those weird assholes who actually likes some JRPG gameplay. I played Etrian Odyssey IV recently and loved every second of it, even though it had purely random battles and a completely turn-based combat system. I expect I'll like SMT4 similarly.

I think you're right about the story aspect, though. I used to be able to put up with bad JRPG gameplay for a good story, but now you can find story-driven games in every genre, so it's no longer such a special thing.

Final Fantasy games from the PSX and earlier will always hold a special place in my heart, though, especially 6 and 9. Also Grandia. God I love me some Grandia.