waron on 26 May 2009
aside from what you mentioned Brave Story, Gurumin, Tales of Eternia, Phantasy Star Portable(though it's more like action rpg) and Popolocrois. if we're talking about Astonishia Story i really recommend skipping first game and play sequel(Crimson Gem Saga) it's way better in everything.
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim - this is really bad game. non japanese versions are simply broken especially if you are playing UMD version which has horrible loading times. i would rather wait for Ys Chronicles and Ys 7.
also i recommend Mana Khemia, but it have different leveling system so you may be confused a little at first and also it takes a lot of time to really get into this game(tutorial part of this game takes like 4hours)
