/vr/ - Retro Games

Following my Dragon Quest V playthrough on the SNES, I decided to try out older JRPGs on the NES. Dragon Quest I had already played enough (reached the Dragonlord's castle) before deciding I wasn't going to submit myself to any more grinding. Dragon Quest II started out as an straight improvement before succumbing to the game's awful lack of directions.

Now the same problem has befallen to Dragon Quest III (NES). There's something particularly insidious about open world games where

1. You are not given directions as to where to go next, leaving you to find out where to go on your own, by pure dumb luck.
2. There are random encounters up the ass and these aren't particularly fun or engaging.
3. Last but not least, wander into the inadequate area and watch how your party is decimated.

At this point should I even bother with Final Fantasy III and Dragon Quest IV? Or should I skip to SNES JRPGs and just accept these games are terrible? It's so annoying for a game to be fun only for it to go to hell 12 hours in, I've gotten into two random encounters in a row, literally by entering a dungeon and then after by taking a step.