I am (I assume) most of the way through the dreaded chapter 13 and… yeah it is too long and a bit of a genre shift but in its current state I don’t get how it’d be so hated?
I personally consider engaging in turn-based random jrpg encounters similar to self-harm so… yeah put me in the camp that is dramatically much happier that FF XV is the way it is rather than like… any other jrpg I’ve played in my life. Mother 3 is the better overall game but if it somehow had battles like this I’d like it more.