I did all that. Just not my thing I guess. Felt more like puzzles and negotiating with summons, etc.
The story was cute enough. I felt like I was in a slice-of-life high school anime and I felt like I was a teen again watching one.
Maybe Dragon Quest XI S would be a better choice then if you want to scratch a JRPG itch, as the game pretty much plays out just like the series did in the 80s on NES and 90s on SNES, and you can even play it in 2D mode where it looks like an SNES game but played on something really powerful like a Saturn without looking too polished like a flash game or something. It's the original JRPG and Chrono Trigger was basically an allstar compilation between the creators of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Akira Toriyama's art is amazing in it. I would caution if you get it on console make sure you get the S version since the soundtrack is recorded by the Tokyo symphony orchestra while the non S version uses a terrible MIDI soundtrack. On Steam though I think the S version is the only one you can buy. Dragon Quest XI S was my second favorite RPG last console gen, behind Persona 5 Royal, and last console gen was a pretty good one for JRPG fans (though definitely not as good as the PS2 and PS1 gens).
If you're not into dragons, knights, castles and such you might not like it but the Dragon Quest games are a blast for playing a really old school style JRPG. If you want Dragon Quest style old school JRPG style gameplay but in a different setting surprisingly Yakuza Like a Dragon was able to really nail it too despite it being the studio's first JRPG. In it you play a disgraced yakuza just out of a long prison sentence for taking the fall for another yakuza's crime and treated like a dog by the crew after your release and end up homeless. Then you team up with another homeless guy, a disgruntled cop, and later on others and all the fantasy elements and attacks are explained as the main character's mental illness lol. I haven't played the sequel, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, yet, but that's mostly because Sega decided to hide NG+ behind a special edition so I refuse to buy it until there is an edition including NG+ for $30 (I would have bought it day 1 for $70 had they not pulled that crap). Yakuza Like a Dragon is great though.
On a side note if you're interested in either, I would expect both Square Enix and Sega to have Golden Week sales starting on Monday, as Golden Week is a huge holiday for school age kids in Japan. Like Christmas break is here.
Dragon Quest VIII is really amazing too, but you'd have to either play on PS2 or 3DS or emulate. It's such a popular series in Japan that Square Enix moved its release dates from Fridays to Saturdays to keep kids from skipping school to go buy the games haha.
Back to Yakuza Like a Dragon, Sega released this trailer for it on April Fools and the fanbase all thought it was a joke, but we were begging Sega to actually make this game. Until then the Yakuza series had been more a beat'em up, like what a modern Streets of Rage with story would be like.