Get some popcorn and a drink to go with it. Trust me on this one. I've played every RPG since Final Fantasy 6 on SNES. This is the worst amount of dead time in an RPG I've ever experienced. Especially for a one-DVD game.
Here's a tip... When you get the chance, FIGHT... Fight til your thumb hurts... Fight until every monster on the map is dead and gone to afterlife, because for one, there's so many cutscenes you don't even realize a boss fight has started, and then you're too weak and too low on supplies to even tickle him with an attack, and for two, it's so rare to get items in this game you have to fight and hope that items come up from dead monsters.
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