JRPG's are overrated?!

[Words Of Wisdom]

WiiBox3 said:
@Kirby007
Because a good JRPG will kick your butt if you do not strategize your battles even with the weaker enemies and still be enjoyable enough to make you keep wanting to play. This is what was great about the Final Fantasy games pre FFVIII and the older Dragon Warrior games. The enjoyment came out of figuring out how to beat bosses without grinding levels for hours. And the great thing was if you searched there was usually a way to do it.

The problem with the modern JRPGs is not their stories. (Saying to go watch a movie is pointless in recent years when many genres are trying to develop stories in their games. And why go watch a movie when the stories we get from video games are not usually the type that Hollywood will pump out.) The problem with the ones I have played is that when the battle mechanics are good the game is often not difficult enough to force you to continually strategize throughout the game.

If you need an example of what I am talking about play FFIV. You don't even have to find a SNES to play it, it is coming out for the DS soon.

You've never actually played the games you're talking about have you?  Most of the older games were almost 100% about grinding for some kind of points and slaughtering enemies.  Strategy was taken out back, shot, and buried next to player choice and freedom.