Are there any jrpgs with a good story and minimal grind.

I have a ps3 that plays ps2 games, what jrpgs are there for those systems that are good and have either a lower difficulty setting or very little grind.  For what it worth one of my favorite series is kingdom hearts and I preferred Crisis Core to FF7

Chrono Cross for PS1 has zero grind (you level up after beating a boss).
 
If you figure out how to beat the system early, Shadow Hearts Covenant (PS2) is also a good option, but it destroys conventions people take for granted in JRPGs. For that I love it, but I don't know if it is what you are looking for.

anything else would be stretching it. I mean you don't have to grind so much if FFX or FF X-2, but that time will be spent in half-bad cut scenes that are too long most of the time.

Chrono Cross for PS1 has zero grind (you level up after beating a boss).  If you figure out how to beat the

FFXIII.

@GunslingerPanda said:

FFXIII.

Been so long since I played them, so I can't really remember how much "grind" is involved, but I second the mention of Shadow Hearts.  I really enjoy Shadow Hearts 1 and 2.   Others I can think of as some of my favorites can have a decent amount of grind.  Persona 3 and 4, Dragon Quest VIII, etc. 
 
Edit:   Thought of one.   Dark Cloud 2.   Again, I can't really remember how "grindy" it was, but it does have a real time combat system.  So, the combat is closer to what Kingdom Hearts does.

If you qualify Valkyria Chronicles as JRPG, then yes.

Otherwise, no on both counts.

Yes. Many.

@kashif1: Anyone who tells you bad things about Chrono Cross is just stuck on nostalgia for Chrono Trigger. I love Chrono Cross and played through it again not too long ago. It has a massive cast of quirky characters and while the story isn't incredible because a lot of time is spent recruiting and such, the world is beautiful, though there are a couple pretty great moments. I wouldn't say there's 0 grind, I fought enemies and you do gain bonuses from fighting enemies, not just bosses, but there's no random battles so they're all skippable. Also, the soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard. Or, you know, Chrono Trigger.

edit - @nintendoeats said:

If you qualify Valkyria Chronicles as JRPG, then yes.

Otherwise, no on both counts.

Or this. That game was better and way more serious than I expected from the style of the game. Not to say the style is bad, I love everything about the way that game looks.

@Hailinel said:

@GunslingerPanda said:

FFXIII.

@Cloudenvy said:

@Hailinel said:

@GunslingerPanda said:

FFXIII.

I was going to say "he said a GOOD story"

but then I realized he said his favorite JRPG is kingdom hearts so this is a perfect suggestion

@kashif1: Anyone who tells you bad things about Chrono Cross is just stuck on nostalgia for Chrono Trigger. I love Chrono Cross and played through it again not too long ago. It has a massive cast of quirky characters and while the story isn't incredible because a lot of time is spent recruiting and such, the world is beautiful, though there are a couple pretty great moments. I wouldn't say there's 0 grind, I fought enemies and you do gain bonuses from fighting enemies, not just bosses, but there's no random battles so they're all skippable. Also, the soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard. Or, you know, Chrono Trigger.

edit - @nintendoeats said:

If you qualify Valkyria Chronicles as JRPG, then yes.

Otherwise, no on both counts.

Or this. That game was better and way more serious than I expected from the style of the game. Not to say the style is bad, I love everything about the way that game looks.

@Laketown said:

@Cloudenvy said:

@Hailinel said:

@GunslingerPanda said:

FFXIII.

I was going to say "he said a GOOD story"

but then I realized he said his favorite JRPG is kingdom hearts so this is a perfect suggestion

I think you're trying to be condescending.

@Cloudenvy said:

@Hailinel said:

@GunslingerPanda said:

FFXIII.

I was going to say "he said a GOOD story"

but then I realized he said his favorite JRPG is kingdom hearts so this is a perfect suggestion

Been so long since I played them, so I can't really remember how much "grind" is involved, but I second the mention of Shadow Hearts.  I really enjoy Shadow Hearts 1 and 2.

FFX or Chrono Cross, that's really all I can think of. Most of my favorite Jrpgs have a decent amount of grinding involved.

Is there any water that's dry and solid like a brick?

As mixed as my feelings are on FFXIII... considering your parameters, it really sounds like you should play it.

I haven't played it, but apparently Xenoblade Chronicles is an awesome game. It's only out in Japan and Europe, though, so I don't know if you can play it.

Chrono Cross hasn't come to the PSn has it? I want to try that, but I also need to finish Chrono Trigger. I put that down a while ago.

I have a ps3 that plays ps2 games, what jrpgs are there for those systems that are good and have either a lower difficulty setting or very little grind.  For what it worth one of my favorite series is kingdom hearts and I preferred Crisis Core to FF7

Is there any water that's dry and solid like a brick?

Final Fantasy IX requires virtually no grind.

Persona 4 > *

FF13 is adventure-action, just go Star Ocean Last Hope International. Play with Japanese Voices if you want to keep your sanity and switch to Japanese style UI for more eye-friendly graphics. There's an infinite amount of JRPG in it compared to FF13, even has end-game dungeons and a sort of newgame+ if I heard things right.

The Tales of Eternia/Destiny/Abyss...type of games tend to be more action than RPG. But for some tend to be to childish. I LOVE them though

The Yakuza games.

play nier, you should be able to get it cheap

demon's souls.  not much of a grind and story easily rivals kingdom hearts.

@Solidsnak said:

play nier, you should be able to get it cheap

I love Nier, but he said no grind. Even if the main quest line is piss easy, the side quests take a forever amount of grinding.

Any emulated SNES RPG. You can enable an experience code at any time you feel stuck and bypass all the grinding involved. You don't have to max yourself at level 99 at the first snag or anything like that.

On the flip side, are there are any good jrpgs with almost no story and lots of grind?

@satansmagichat: Final Fantasy one (and two and three) have almost no story are are still fun the first persona has a story but has TONS of grinding.

edit: also blue dragon.

@DarkShaper said:

@satansmagichat: Final Fantasy one (and two and three) have almost no story are are still fun the first persona has a story but has TONS of grinding.

You're glossing over the amount of grinding there is in the early Final Fantasy games.

@Hailinel: I was replying to a question about games with lots of grinding, I assumed high grinding was implied.

@satansmagichat said:

On the flip side, are there are any good jrpgs with almost no story and lots of grind?

resonance of fate? I guess? the story is dumb but the battle system is fun to the point of it being fun to grind

@Solidsnak said:

play nier, you should be able to get it cheap

I love Nier, but he said no grind. Even if the main quest line is piss easy, the side quests take a forever amount of grinding.

Is there any water that's dry and solid like a brick?

@Tan said:

@HandsomeDead said:

Is there any water that's dry and solid like a brick?

Ice.

It was a bad analogy, but don't sit there and tell me that normal ice is dry.

Yeah. I should have said liquid instead. JRPGs are still garbage.

@HandsomeDead: if you don't like a genre it is effectively garbage, that makes sense. That is why all sports, racing and simulation games are trash.