I stick with Dragon Quest and Pokemon for the most part. They're games that for me never get old. I don't play a ton of JRPGs which is why I still have a high tolerance for them. I try my best to avoid generic anime JRPGs, or action RPGS where all you do is spam buttons. I love DQ and Pokemon because of the strategy that these games make you take into consideration. Games like Final Fantasy XV, Tales, etc. aren't really games I play anymore because it's more about looking cool than actual gameplay and strategy.

I think based off your interests as you said, Dragon Quest XI should be great, Ni No Kuni II, and Octopath Travelers as well. While most western RPGs focus on being endless experiences, I appreciate the linearity of games like the ones I've mentioned above. I think you just need a reset or games that tap into that nostalgia and feelings you've had as a kid. Overall, I do think we need more retro indie content that tries to emulate NES, Master System, Snes, Turbografx, Genesis, PS1 and Gameboy RPGs which is why I'm so hyped for Octopath travellers.

I expect this game to win many RPG game of the year awards the system is not just deep it is amazingly deep.

I see this exaggeration way too often. There are spammy action RPGs but a good one has multiple abilities and techniques to master. Parrying, blocking, counter attacks, dodges, positioning. Granted, turn based is inherently more strategic but any competent game won't allow you to smash the attack button to every victory. FFXV could have made it a bit more challenging but there are defensive tactics you need to learn in order to succeed. The only turn based RPGs i enjoy are actual strategy based ones like Wasteland 2 and Divinity Original sin, not the likes of pokemon.

Do yourself a favor and buy a 3DS and a Vita, that´s where all the awesome RPGs are :)

Check out I Am Setsuna on Switch and PS4? It's getting a follow up game (not a sequel) called Lost Sphear. Very old-school.

Thank you for saying this. Calling a game "Divinity" is anti-christian? Please. You feel so attacked? Try being an atheist. I can't even let my grandmother or employers know what my beliefs are. Don't go reading offense into everything and then say you feel "attacked." My wife was in a bookstore once and picked up a book on Darwin and a nearby Christian said loudly to his wife: "I hate atheists! They always have to ram their beliefs down your throat!" Seriously? Who was loudly bitching about whom? So I don't feel any need to coddle. I found the idea that one needs to be "on guard" for anti-christian sentiment in a game because it was called "divinity: original sin" childish, privileged, tone-deaf, and basically ridiculous. It'd be funny if it weren't so upsetting.

Ah, you are simply playing the wrong games it would seem. There's plenty of good stuff already mentioned in this thread, eg Bravery Default, Persona 5, and others.

If WRPG's were my measuring stick like they somewhat are for you, I'd be disappointed as well.

Bravely Default and Bravely Second are basically 8 bit Final Fantasy games on 6th gen hardware. Random encounters, turn based battles, saving the world by restoring crystals, and a job system straight out of FF3 and FF5.

If you want these type of games, then buy them...

I have no problem shelling out $60 day 1 for some of my favorite Turn Based JRPGs. Just because they became less mainstream, doesn't mean it has to for you.

Those type of games are still being made in Japan and by indie devs. You can still get them if you really want to but you have to learn Japanese for it.

I like old school JRPGs and JRPGs of today along with western RPGs. Eventually, I plan on buying a bunch of the ones I never played when I was younger but alot of it is expensive. The modern RPGs are a lot more immersive/believable and I play games in general to experience that world or universe. The deeper down the rabbit hole I am, the more I like it.