Sometimes I dont need it, but for the most part I find I tend to get drawn in more when theres a story to follow more closely. I'm not a big fan of lore finding type stuff, in Elden Ring I basically ignored the story but the gameplay is fun.
Fair enough, it would bother me if it was a long time, but if its only 5 or even 10 minutes I dont even think about it. Lucky me I guess
I remember save points in Final Fantasy 7, is this a problem with JRPGs or something? Not many other RPGs that come to my mind havent had manual saves.