I thought someone who has Xenogears in the topgames would have a bit of resistance to the kind of gameplay you describe.

@Rensie i mean, in Xenogears you spend like 60% of the time reading. Dungeons can get painfully annoying at the end of the game, but at least plot hooks you in and battles can be skipped or spammed with one button.

I just don't enjoy spending most of the time backtracking my units through gigantic maps. I understand the idea of grand sense of scale and stuff, but it's just obtuse for me.