Just wanna say, GOW 2018 was like that for me too. I hated it at first. Replayed it a few months ago more casually. Didn’t like it still at first, but stuck with it a bit and ended up loving it.
Anyways, if you want an actual answer it’s Xenoblade. The combat was so boring, and exploration was slow and also boring. The story really didn’t captivate me either. The world was interesting but the actual gameplay of the game was so underwhelming.
For me so many games are like how you describe Xenoblade.
I can get through a lot of JRPGs because the constant interruptions for a slow moving story plus the combat that is uninteresting/tedious/repetitive and forced on you while you are trying to get anywhere.
Very hard for me to enjoy that genre. Expedition 33 was like a revolutionary game to me though because it was so much more interesting and way less tedious than any other JRPG I've played. Off the top of my head Chrono trigger and Golden Sun are great too in a different way. Don't think there are others that I've tried and actually been able to get through
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u/WickedJ0ker Aug 19 '26
Just wanna say, GOW 2018 was like that for me too. I hated it at first. Replayed it a few months ago more casually. Didn’t like it still at first, but stuck with it a bit and ended up loving it.
Anyways, if you want an actual answer it’s Xenoblade. The combat was so boring, and exploration was slow and also boring. The story really didn’t captivate me either. The world was interesting but the actual gameplay of the game was so underwhelming.