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Well, I should probably specify. I think that for an action RPG, random battles don't work very well, but they're alright for a traditional menu-based RPG. They go especially well with RPGs that still retain the oldschool vibe like Dragon Quest and Etrian Odyssey, but I think they don't have much of a place in action RPGs. ;)
Yeah I can see that. It goes either way for me with action rpgs, although I haven't really gotten into too many of them. I normally prefer more traditional rpgs (dragon quest, older final fantasy games, etc). I did really like the dark cloud games though.