So you want to play a game where you can only go down one path of story? No wonder why JRPGs are going out. I wish the main line games , you could have the option of going different with your path, and with the size of the 3DS carts, they could exploit this and have it possible to traverse either and pay for the consequences of either. Make the game more immersive, period.
I don't want GTA per say, but a free-range JRPG that has the same fighting mechanisms, but with a different use so you can be more immersed in the story. Any more, I just play through the motions.