I played Grandia the first one on the playstation it was fantastic it's a really nice upbeat game with a great narrative and it was a good experience. The turn based battle was nice and innovative for it's time and the colour manga/ anime graphics were engaging. I think everyone knows about it but it was overshadowed at…
there are also various versions of disgaea that offer similar gameplay, not quite my cup of tea tho. the best J-SRPG i remember playing is clearly level 5's 'jeanne d'arc' on PSP. modernized usability and combat compared to FFT. anyway, my recommended RPG's however totally unlike the original poster's preferences they…