mess around doing side quests and such and find all the hidden treasures before advancing to the final battle?

Normally, I hang around a little longer before doing that final battle (if, assuming I know that is the final battle).

But lately, I find myself more and more into finishing the games as fast as I could so i could move on to the next one due to the humongous list of backlog titles.

Which one are you? 

I mess around doing side-quests, it's really bad though, for example I killed the last boss on FFX in 1 hit with 99,999 damage.

At least when it comes to RPGs, I often get so involved with doing things other things that I often don't actually beat the games before they stop being fun. But hey, the point is to have fun, and I'd simply have less of that if I were trying to plow through to the end anyway.

Never rush through ANY game.

The fun is in the exploration and journey.

John Lucas 

yes and not.

I dont like to kill montser to reach 99 lvl and maxout all my character but I like to make side quest (at least the ones I succeed to found).

So I dont rush to final boss but I dont try to have the game completed at 100%
... 99.99% is sufficient ^^

i tend to do every side-quest and grind till i reach lvl 99

It depends on the game really.

The last time I finished a jRPG was FF7 around ten years ago, and I didn't bother with all the super secret extra bosses.

I beat Twilight Princess with less than maximum hearts and other stuff, but that's probably because I played it through in like five days, and have been regularly coming back to get the last few collectibles.

I refuse to beat Okami without getting every single stray bead, which is pretty much the only reason I haven't managed to beat it yet, despite been able to go for the final boss for absolutely forever already.

In proper wRPGs like Baldur's Gate I usually get pretty much every there's to get, but remember skipping quite a bit of that stuff in Fallout and Avernum 3.

Conclusion: I dunno, mostly?

I agree with this 100%.

I want to enjoy every part of the game. I want to see everything and do everything I can.

For example, I'm one of those people that got all 13 endings in Chrono Trigger.

I'm usually guilty of rushing. Side-quests, different endings, and such just don't interest me much.

But then, maybe I was just spoiled as a teen playing the Infinity Engine games, which had the best side-quests ever...

QFT.

I like to savour a game - explore every nook and cranny. Usually, the more I explore - the more I like the game.

FFX for instance - I couldn't be bothered, and was quite happy once the game was over (had enough).