That's why I don't play japanese rpgs despite liking them. You have to "play" for 10 to 15 hours before the game actually starts. And during this time it's a whole lot of cinematic and dialogs with minimal gameplay. Sometimes it gets ridiculous. I can't remember which game, but after few minutes of dialog you'd be walking for less than a minute to then have dialog again... I want to play and have fun damn it.