Hello guys.
Do you have any recommendations for Switch (or, alternatively, PSP or PSX) JRPGs with low filler/padding content and/or that have QoL settings (such as cheats, fast travel, etc.) so an adult that works full time and study by night have hope to complete (so, no Trails recommendation please)? I give emphasis to QoL improvements, because some of you guys may have played games in their old, original versions, that were slow but the Switch port can be speed up, or random encounters disabled, or something like that that let you skip grindy/bullshitty parts.
I hate random encounters, but if the game is "that good", or at least non-grindy I could play it. Don't care about graphics at all, I play ASCII roguelikes and get immersed anyways lol.
I would prefer an RPG with a more mature, less-tropey approach, no harem dating sim bullshit, or anime-ass - though I know that restricts a lot the options and I would be able to play anything if these aspects are not something major to the game or can be skipped. I need a good story to be able to play - it can be something more down-to-the-earth or save-the-world.
The only JRPGs I've played and finished are Grandia 1 and 2, and I liked both very much due to: their stories are simple (even 2 having the "save the world/kill god" story...), the game pace is perfect (little to none sidequests that don't advance the plot), the gameplay is absolutely fantastic - if a dating sim had Grandia combat I would play it, and they can be finished in 20~25hrs. Played and loved Persona 4 Golden, aaaaand dropped it after ~35hrs due to the game length and BORING dungeons (nice slice of life gameplay though), never gonna play another lol.
In regards to WRPGs I've played Mass Effect 1 and 2 and Witcher 1 and found them awesome (Witcher has a lot of padding but, at the time I've played, I had lots of time and loved the lore - have no intentions of playing Witcher 3 right now). Mass Effect can be finished under 20hrs even reading all the Lore files, etc., and was the best paced rpg I've ever played. Also loved Disco Elysium but don't know if it is an RPG or an Adventure.
I did some research (read a lot of topics that ended in people trying to murder each other because - for some - P5 is a short game with 100h of gameplay...), and kind of got some games that look promising (mind you, never played any): FF7, FF10, FF 12, Xenoblade Chronicles DE, SaGa Scarlet Grace.
Thank you!
Do you have any recommendations for Switch (or, alternatively, PSP or PSX) JRPGs with low filler/padding content and/or that have QoL settings (such as cheats, fast travel, etc.) so an adult that works full time and study by night have hope to complete (so, no Trails recommendation please)? I give emphasis to QoL improvements, because some of you guys may have played games in their old, original versions, that were slow but the Switch port can be speed up, or random encounters disabled, or something like that that let you skip grindy/bullshitty parts.
I hate random encounters, but if the game is "that good", or at least non-grindy I could play it. Don't care about graphics at all, I play ASCII roguelikes and get immersed anyways lol.
I would prefer an RPG with a more mature, less-tropey approach, no harem dating sim bullshit, or anime-ass - though I know that restricts a lot the options and I would be able to play anything if these aspects are not something major to the game or can be skipped. I need a good story to be able to play - it can be something more down-to-the-earth or save-the-world.
The only JRPGs I've played and finished are Grandia 1 and 2, and I liked both very much due to: their stories are simple (even 2 having the "save the world/kill god" story...), the game pace is perfect (little to none sidequests that don't advance the plot), the gameplay is absolutely fantastic - if a dating sim had Grandia combat I would play it, and they can be finished in 20~25hrs. Played and loved Persona 4 Golden, aaaaand dropped it after ~35hrs due to the game length and BORING dungeons (nice slice of life gameplay though), never gonna play another lol.
In regards to WRPGs I've played Mass Effect 1 and 2 and Witcher 1 and found them awesome (Witcher has a lot of padding but, at the time I've played, I had lots of time and loved the lore - have no intentions of playing Witcher 3 right now). Mass Effect can be finished under 20hrs even reading all the Lore files, etc., and was the best paced rpg I've ever played. Also loved Disco Elysium but don't know if it is an RPG or an Adventure.
I did some research (read a lot of topics that ended in people trying to murder each other because - for some - P5 is a short game with 100h of gameplay...), and kind of got some games that look promising (mind you, never played any): FF7, FF10, FF 12, Xenoblade Chronicles DE, SaGa Scarlet Grace.
Thank you!