Games about dudes

[Jonathan Meer]

Now that I know what you're asking about, I completely second the Disgaea suggestion. It's Fire Emblem with, seriously, almost infinite replayability. And way more involvement. And surprisingly cool music.

EDIT: Disgaea 2 is for PS2; I've probably sunk two hundred hours into that bastard, and I barely dipped into the meta-games (Yeah. There's more than one).

While you're at it, check out Phantom Brave. It's the oft-neglected little sister of Disgaea, and it's lovely.