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>describing all PS1 era JRPGs
>this is bad

What are your standards? Like modern arrow-points-you-where to go shit? If you're playing a JRPG and upset about "wasting time" you're way off the mark right away. Don't force yourself to play games from when you were two, you missed out on decades of context and innovation in RPGs. Hell, play FF2 or Mystic Quest SNES(US) if you want to experience real "samey" tedium.