I really like the pots in Shiren games.
Sounds stupid but I like the risk/rewarding of different types and the sheer risk when you are dealing with unidentified pots.
For exampl3, if you find something like a antiode grass but you hot no room, risking a smash-only pot for something that you might not need un the short term (like Bananas) is a trade off. Dumping something you know isn't cursed into a purify pot just for the storage sometimes is the better option to squdge through.
The mall dungeon in S4 is a great example, you aren't likely gonna have a way to stop food from rotting so doing something silly like putting a banana in an identify pot and then smashing it early is a nesscessity.
Just adds more flavour to the inventory management, not just extra storage upgrades but with effects and risks.