The Last Remnant in my experience was actually quite a poorly contrived game. The underlying mechanics might be truly awesome, but they are quite inaccessible. I concede to being none the wiser as to what I was doing after going at it for eight hours then I was after playing for fifteen minutes. I am not a idiot I am quite adept at learning complex systems, but all I found myself doing was trial and error runs. Once that happens it stops being stimulating, and just devolves into a chore. I think I got to about hour ten before I accepted that I wasn't going to have any fun with this game. If you want to play this game firstly you should probably find a online primer.
I think the safest bets are Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, and Infinite Undiscovery. There aren't many major issues to be had with any of those titles. At least as far as playability goes. Your not going to have any problems grasping how to play. The stories are also decent there isn't a lot of convoluted story telling, or dropping into metaphysics in these games. Perhaps I am jaded, but a good story really matters in this genre.







