Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

The story is... to be honest, the overarching story is actually QUITE interesting, but the beginning trappings of "blah blah high school boy becomes hero" is very tired.

From my experience in the first playthrough, there was never a moment where I had to mindlessly grind for any longer than 10 minutes, aside from negotiating with demons to save Macca for fusion early on.

The combat is also very in-depth, and you are able to do as many wild and wacky builds as you can, and still defeat anything that stands before you.

Playing on normal difficulty, I have found it somewhat easy to fly through the main campaign.

Plus with the atmosphere and soundtrack, I can be really immersed in the experience that is Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance.

The graphics are good, the demons are incredibly varied and I really love how each of them has lore on the cultural signifcance of them (since these "demons" are basically gods, fairies and so on from around the world. Really interesting idea, I know it's a staple of the series but I'm new to it), and the variety and control you have is truly impressive.