I agree with Vivi22. This game is coming after I've already denounced random encounters in many a thread before. Its the only thing that's even got me interested in trying this FF as for the most part I've fallen away from them. I can only hope that it's not done like the visible enemy encounters in Chrono Trigger. I hate random encounters, so I'm not gonna buy DQVIII (a game that relies heavily on them) to check out the demo. I'll just wait and rent the game. I'm in no hurry.