>>51004890All the best Monster Raising games play nothing like Pokemon. If you want actual quality you have to dig deeper and not play a literal pokemon reskin like Pokemon. My personal recommendations.
Monster Sanctuary
https://store.steampowered.com/app/814370/Monster_Sanctuary/Monster Crown
https://store.steampowered.com/app/830370/Monster_Crown/Disc Creatures
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1083190/Disc_Creatures/Monster Hunter Stories 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1277400/Monster_Hunter_Stories_2_Wings_of_Ruin/Monster Rancher (You can't go wrong with any game in this series, if you want to emulate 3, 4, or EVO, I recommend it)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716120/Monster_Rancher_1__2_DX/Jade Cocoon
This one hasn't been re-released so you'll need to emulate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4hfjZ8e-K0Shoutouts to Nexomon Extinction. It is actually sort of a Pokemon Clone with weak gameplay but it's carried by actually having fun and interesting characters with engaging cutscenes and a world that's fun and rewarding to explore. Basically everything about this game is good BESIDES the weaksauce ripoff pokemon gameplay. Yet, I still played it to completion and had fun with it. This is an example of how Pokemon could actually have dialogue and characters that aren't made for babies and so grating/boring you just want to mash A until they shut the fuck up and go away.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196630/Nexomon_Extinction/In my opinion, Disc Creatures and Monster Sanctuary are the cream of the cop in this genre, followed very closely by Monster Crown. I consider myself to be pretty well versed in the Monster Taming genre and I intentionally left out Coromon and Temtem for being mediocre Pokemon clones. If you're going to make a Monster Taming game, do not just make a Pokemon reskin. It will never be as good as just playing a good romhack.
