
Originally Posted by
MegaVolt
I haven't played ChronoCross in a long time, but AFAIK it DID have a random encounters, Chrono Trigger didn't.
As for playing for the storyline:
Dragon Quest V Remake for PS2 (It's a Dragon Quest, what elese to say..that it's even better than the original and DS remake)
Suikoden V (Great storylinie and memorable characters)
Dragon Quest VIII (It's a Dragon Quest, what elese to say..)
Tales of the Abyss (No random encounter AFAIK, great storyline)
Atelier Iris 3 (No ramdom encounters AFAIK, a bit on anime side but has nice storyline and music themes)
Unfortunately most of those games have random encounters, but the storyline is so good that you may forget about them.