I been alternating Monster Sanctuary and the remake of Romancing Saga 2.

Monster Sanctuary is probably everything a Pokemon game should have been a long time ago, and it managed to seamlessly blend a full Metroidvania into the capturing system. Which means its beneficial to try and capture everything because it might have a new or upgraded utility or traversal ability, rather than catching just for the sake of it. And because every battle is 3v3 its a lot more about synergy between monsters rather than pure stats.

Which is why the tiny mushroom at the start of the game that in any other would be a throwaway temp guy is actually one piece of the strongest team comp (Poison Eater).

And having never played a single SaGa game, I picked the remake on a whim. And the freedom of character building and non-linear progression in the game is mindblowing for a game now, let alone from the SNES era. Being able to just decide "you look like axes and earth magic" and then build a guy that way because you gain exp with whatever you used that battle is incredibly nice.

I'd also be a liar if I didn't say one of the factors that pushed me over was seeing the big titty anime girls you can recruit, which meant the remake was likely very mildly censored if at all.