Ilove JRPG s, but I didn't grow up with them. My earliest forays into the genre weren't until high school, when I started trying out games ranging from Final Fantasy 6 to Eternal Sonata . While I found the genre attractive, Chrono Trigger was my only early experiment that really stuck. Without a love for turn-based combat or frequent encounters, I found it all too easy to bounce off after a few hours.

A couple of years into my college career, I picked up Tales of Zestiria in a Humble Bundle, which was an unlikely candidate to win me over. I was partly inspired by a friend who loved the Tales series, but Zestiria had relatively weak reviews, and I later found out that my friend didn't even like it. 10 years after Zestiria 's release, I agree with her. Against all odds,

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