I used to play Final Fantasy pretty much non stop. Between that and dragon Warrior 3, I loved those kind of games. Some of the later versions. Do put a bit of emphasis on front row and back row characters when you are fighting. Fallout also has a totally aggravating inventory system that only lets you carry a certain weight of stuff.
Indeed the frontrow backrow mechanic was one of those things that clued me in to how positioning needs to matter more.