So I have a dilemma: do I skip playing through the rest of Phantasy Star I and just jump to Phantasy Star II?
You see, I've gotten past the first few dungeons of PSI and I just don't want to deal with the random battles any more. The graphics, sound, music, characters, story, and world are all really great, but the gameplay is unforgiving. It is like a player has to level up for a large amount of time just to make it through one dungeon, and then when he moves on to the next area/dungeon all that work seems for naught because all the enemies are just as strong as if he were back at the beginning of the previous dungeon without all those new levels for the characters. I know leveling up is part and parcel of RPGs, but sometimes it is too much when it feels you aren't making any progress by doing so.
But I have Phantasy Star II, and I hear it is even better than the first. So do I stay forever unwilling to move forward with the series because of PSI's gameplay, or should I just skip it and start playing II? And if I do, is there somewhere one can read the plot of Phantasy Star I so I don't feel like I'm missing out?