Chrono Trigger, Wild ARMS 2, Tales of Symphonia, and Suikoden all solved the random encounter problem in completely different ways and we appreciate that
@Felthry Huh, what's the random encounter problem? *perks ears* And how'd they solve it?
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@IceWolf the random encounter problem is just that random encounters are really annoying and players don't like them
chrono trigger solved it by not having any random encounters at all, they all spawn in set locations
wild ARMS 2 solved it by giving you the ability to choose to skip low-level encounters before even the battle transition, or encounters of similar level to you but not for free
Suikoden solved it by streamlining the entire process, from the battle transition taking like one second to the menuing being very simple and straightforward
Tales of Symphonia solved it by having enemies still spawn randomly, but they move around visibly on the map and only start an encounter when they catch you
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@Felthry Huh, neat!
Okami does that last one too. :3
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@IceWolf Ōkami isn't really a jrpg, though! it does do something similar though
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@Felthry Oh, this is specific to jrpgs?
...what /is/ a JRPG, anyway?
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@IceWolf A game like Final Fantasy or Tales or something
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@Felthry Can't say I've ever played either of those. :P [Although I've been thinking about getting into a Final Fantasy, although I have no idea where I'd start.]
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@IceWolf Start with either 6 or 9! they're the best.
would also recommend wild arms 3, tales of vesperia, baten kaitos, suikoden, and chrono trigger as jrpgs to try
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@Felthry Neat, thanks! 
Are either of those on PC? I don't have any consoles to speak of. >,,>
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@IceWolf Both of them have PC versions but we'd recommend emulating the original SNES version of FFVI if you do
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@IceWolf they kinda mangled it. the FFIX port isn't great either but it's less terrible
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@Felthry Good to know! Although /getting/ the SNES version and /reading/ the... however it's stored would probably be nigh impossible, so I'd probably have to go the PC version. >,,<
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@IceWolf Rrm? Just get the rom and play it in retroarch or snes9x, it's not hard! dubious legality but eh, not unethical in my book
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@Felthry Yeahhh... I don't like doing illegal stuff even if it's ethical. I don't know why. Just feels wrong somehow. :/
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@IceWolf Mm, that's fine then. Go with the PC version.
The PSX version is really cheap to get too but it's got super bad load times
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@Felthry *snorts* Considering I tend to run my games off of USB...
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@IceWolf PS4 can't play PSX games, you'd need a PS1, PS2, or PS3 for that. And afawk you can't play PSX games from anything but disc--remember this was before downloading games was even a vaguely imaginable idea
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@Felthry Wait, what does PSX mean? *tilts head*
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@IceWolf PSX = PS1, the original playstation
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@Felthry Ahh, gotcha!
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@Felthry [We actually do have a PS3 too, come to think of it. :3]
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@Felthry Uhh, dunno. Probably. My family /does/ have a PS4, I could use that I suppose, but I was talking PC there. I basically never use the PS4.
[I know you can use external storage for some things on PS4, I don't know if that extends to game installations.]