Dragon Quest IX

[Typhoid]

A friend of mine has it and said it's pretty cool.

I didn't know you could just recruit people from Inn's. Is it sort of like FF:Tactics in that way?

What's the battle system like in it? I've never played a Dragon Quest game before, so I have no idea what the game would be like.

[Vampyr]

Yeah, it's a lot like Final Fantasy Tactics, except you'll probably only ever recruit 3 people, unless you're feeling very adventurous and want to level others up. You can change their class at any time, though, so you aren't locked into whatever class you initially choose for them.

The battle system is a traditional turn based. You get as long as you want to choose your attacks. After a fight you get gold and experience, once you level up (after hitting level 5) you get skill points which you can invest in weapon skills or a vocation skill.

It's basically a dungeon crawler / grinder / item collection sort of game, and the story is pretty good too.