Yeah, but I really like Disgaea over the other 'balanced' srpgs. You grind to crazyness, you get super powered, then you try to fight the big boss and you get roflstomped, then you grind some more and poop on his face, then you start trying to max stuff by grinding more.
First run through usually is pretty balanced, but then it's more about what you have instead of how you play, but it turns out I really enjoy that for some reason.