To this day, I still love traditional JRPG's. A part of it is the nostalgia factor. I remember being blown away by how deep FF1 was when I bought it for the NES. Even though I was only 10 or 11 at the time, I thought it was the most killer game I've ever played on my NES. Then I played FF3 (or FF6) and Chrono Trigger during my teen years, and man were those sweet games.
I know a lot of review sites talk about how random battles and grinding are dated, but I honestly don't mind it. I'm playing a couple DS JRPGS right now and I'm still loving how they feel, even when they have the aforementioned random battles and grinding.
Maybe it's because I'm resistant to change, but I find a lot of games these days way too complicated for my tastes. That includes some of the newer RPGs.
Edit: Just wanted to add that Xenogears is my all time favorite RPG. Could it have been better? It's too bad they ran out of funding and had to half ass the second disc, but the story more than makes up for any shortcomings it had.
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