Seconded Ys and TOMEby Lurker 02357 07/16/2015, 7:13am PDT
All the Ys games tend to get a little to numbery, but it's not too much of a problem since there's a pretty set limit of how high you can level between bosses (dependent on difficulty). Ys Origin is especially grating because the combat is so fun with each character, but the animoo dialogue is unskippable and you need to run through at least 3 times to fight the final final boss. Ys Oath in Felghana is indeed the best on Steam now, and also has the shreddiest, bestest, final boss music evarrrrrr:
TOME has a special place in my heart just for the "Explore and pick up everything until you see an enemy" button.