/vr/ - Retro Games

Atlus can't keep getting away with this.

>>5061771
Shin Megami Tensei. Just tell them it's Pokémon but instead of Pocket Monsters you have folklore beasts, daemons, deities and whatnot. Not a Pokèdex, but instead extracts of documents from which you actually learn something. Other then fighting you have the option of socializing, in order to talk with them, recruit etc. You won't have a childish story but often a very obscure one, where the most twisted shit takes place. You won't have Giovanni has a boss, but Hitler instead. Everytime i used these types of affirmations, for people was instant sold out on the title(s).

>>5027023
You're searching, most definitely, for the Megami Tensei serie. Imagine this >>5027018
but not with cute fancy little creatures but instead demons, deities, folklore beasts and other examples directly taken from traditional culture or religion(s); challenging said demons is very entertaining because you can decide to socialize with them instead of fighting, often with the intent of recruit your personal legion. So there's plenty of variation when interacting with them, lot of options, and not the simple battle that feels more like rock-paper-scissors and only that in mechanics then anything; you also have, by demon fusions or for plot reasons, something of the caliber of Satan or YHVH themselves. Very deep game, totally recommend it.

There's always Persona 2: IS