I’m about 20 hours into Grandia, and I just can’t take it anymore. It’s quite literally put me to sleep on more than one occasion. The game is very well made (I love the battle system and colorful graphics), but the story isn’t compelling to me at all. I think it’s time to move on.
Not too surprising. It is a very traditional J-RPG that felt like it annoyingly adhered to the genre tropes (even at the time in the late '90s). So I'd be surprised if it actually held up well over time.
On my side of things, my son and I just finished Breath of the Wild (third time for me, first REAL time for him). He immediately wanted to start again with a new character, all on his own. I'll also put in a plug for this book, which I got him for Christmas: https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Breath-Wild-Creating-Champion/dp/1506710107/ It has everything you could want to know about the game's design. It's been our bedtime story book for the past 3 months.