RPGs and Their Elements

[Kosheh]

I go with RPGs where I get to do things in the overworld and the battle system is more involved than just waiting to input commands. Naturally, the Paper Mario games, the Mario & Luigi games, and the Kingdom Hearts games come to mind.

You might like South Park: The Stick of Truth. Even if you're not like a devoted fan of the series, the turn-based battle system is basically Paper Mario, with action commands and everything.

I'm kinda in the same camp as E-Man, though: I like turn-based RPGs that have you doing timed button presses to do extra damage, better defend yourself, etc. I dont' know why, but I get really impaitent sitting and waiting through enemy turn phases. Chrono Trigger handles it decently for me, though, showing exactly how much time I'll have before my next attack, though.

Also, maybe it's just me but I like it much more in RPGs when I can see my party members on screen. Sure, games like Earthbound allow you to have much more lavish enemy and boss character art...but I dunno, I just feel like it's easier to keep track of my character when I can visually see their status (like...dead)