Have been sinking quite a bit of time into Dragon Quest 7 on the 3DS over the last couple days. As I heard, the pace is really on the slow side (stories about it taking two hours before you get your first battle are not exaggerated) but I do like it's more episodic story approach.
The last section can go eat a dick, though. Removing access to magic and abilities so your only two options are bruteforcing your way through and spamming healing items? It was rather cathartic once I got them back, but the way leading there was frustrating, to say the least.