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The_true_gamer_man

What's a reasonable amount of jrpgs to play in one year, and what does that look like in a busy life?

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So I've completed final fantasy 10 for the first time ever this year, I started on the 15th of January and finished it on the 4th of March. I've never properly liked jrpgs up until now (their length is what put me off, most my favorite games sit on the 10-15 hour mark) however due to how amazing of an experience FF10 is, I am now in the mood to play as many jrpgs as I can. However, I am currently in year 12 of school and my life is only ever going to get busier, I regret not getting into this genre sooner because I could've played heaps when I didn't have to study as much. I'm planning on playing the ps1 final fantasies after FFX-2 and then tackling the tales games. Obviously since these games are much longer, I cant beat them in a week like i would with a dmc game, so it feels very weird not being finished with the game that fast (since its what I'm used to), I'm curious as to what's a normal amount of jrpgs to beat in a year (for reference, i beat like 30 games last year, but none were jrpgs or longer than 20 hours)? similarly, how's a healthy way to make time to play these games, I found that when i started ffx, i was playing 2-3 hours a day every week but towards the latter half where grinding became important (around the calm lands) I was playing maybe 1-2 hours a day every 2-4 days. I'm hoping to become more consistent with playing time so I'm interested to see how others spend their time playing jrpgs.

Posted Mar 4, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

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