Anyone else like Pokemon but hate rpg?

>>33513897
My friends try to get me into other games like Monster Hunter but I just stick to Pokemon. I also play Yu-Gi-Oh but just Duel Links nowadays since the real game is too sped up and text-cluttered for me to enjoy it.

>>33513897
>monster Hunter stories etc
this is arriving today. i play rpgs exclusively and i love grinding sometimes. I'm not even being contrarian. it's because i suck at everything else.

>>33513897
I find that PMD hits that sweet spot between a turn-based RPG and a real-time game. It's still turn-based, but it's very good at tricking you into believing it isn't. I can't play the main series games at all after PMD.

>>33513917
I've been playing Yugioh since it came out, and I just can't enjoy Duel Links. Something about it feels off.

>>33513942
Maybe I should play this

>>33513955
Skills make the game a lot more fun and interesting. The big barriers to entry for me were the grinding necessary to increase stages and getting used to stuff like no MP2, but since I had played from the beginning of its release and don't have to play catch-up it wasn't that big a deal and I'm happy with where I currently am in the game. The other enjoyable thing was that they dropped the power creep all the way to the ground and so it's got another maybe 2 years till I drop it (which will be around when they add Xyz). Partway through Xyz was when things got too ridiculous for me, and I stopped playing altogether during Pendulums.

>>33513897
Honestly, if you even hate other monster collecting games, it might just be nostalgia. Try playing the spinoffs like >>33513942
said (except not the RPG-based ones, obviously)