Invisible-Pancreas t1_jefuefu wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:28 PM

My guy, I think you just described the Persona games.

HedleyLamarrrr OP t1_jefuzwq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:32 PM

Maybe I should check those out

JamJackEvo t1_jegstme wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:22 PM

If you have a PC, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal are on Xbox Game Pass.

Try them out if you want. Personally, I'd go for P5. It's pretty much the quintessential Persona game, refining the style, music, and gameplay of the series. Story is the usual thing with Persona (and you also don't need to play the old games to get this one, apart from Easter Eggs scattered about and a small twist late in the game that you MIGHT suspect coming), but the theme centers around "rebels" of society (and in a society like Japan where the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, there are plenty of ways someone can become a "rebel" due to outside forces).

If you're into turn-based combat on one half of the game and Sims-like third-person gameplay in the other half, then try this out for yourself.

namelessentity t1_jegqpcw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:07 PM

I wish I could just play them without the dungeons. I really disliked the combat, but the story and life sim part was cool to me.

conker1264 t1_jegrfxk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:12 PM

Yeah that’s the only part I like too