I don't know what games are popular or not so I'll list three that a lot of people I've spoken to seem to not know about

Atelier Arland series
Okay so I've played Atelier Totori and Atelier Meruru, and I personally prefer Totori, but they're both fun games. Totori is about a young alchemist girl who wants to become an Adventurer and find her mother, and Meruru is about a young Princess who wants to become an alchemist, but she has to prove to her father that alchemy can be used to benefit the kingdom

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Some things:
-Time management is a large part of the games
-Lighthearted tone, bright graphics, upbeat music
-Large casts of playable characters
-Not a deep story or plot, although it isn't like its total junk either. Just might not be for some who want a deeper more serious or investing story

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This is the exact party I used most

Agarest War series (Agarest Senki/Agarest Generations of War/Record of Agarest War 1, Zero, and 2)
Haven't played 2 yet but I've played the others. Basically they are political drama stories with dating sim aspects. In each game you play as a hero who needs to chose a bride. The next generation will follow their child. In the first game there are 5 generations, Zero has 2 generations, and 2 has 3 generations.

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Some things:
-Tactical/Strategy RPG
-There are A LOT OF FIGHTS. Like 80% of the game is fights. Good if you like strategy RPGs. *Tip: Fights can be made considerably faster by turning the attack animations off
-Loads of characters, as would be expected from games that span several generations
-Dating sim aspect
-I found the story very interesting and compelling, and is one of the few political dramas I can actually follow. The downside is you need to do like 30-60 minutes of fights to get 5-10 minutes of story. Unless you're significantly better at the game than I am, which is entirely possible
-The first one has an easy difficulty but zero does not. Trust me when I say it makes a difference
-Despite the massive amount of characters, most of them are interesting and actually get personalities and development instead of just being background noise
-Fanservice. It is clearly there. Although not as bad as I thought it would be based on some image searches, but it is certainly there

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Fairy Fencer F
I'm listing this one because I'm playing it now and I am very much enjoying it! It's about a hungry dude who pulls out a magical sword and has to go collect fairies to revive the Goddess. Along the way he meets others with Fairy companions

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Some things:
-Funny. Some parts are overdone but the game has made me laugh out loud more than once
-Overall a more lighthearted story. It's supposed to be silly and fun
-Not super difficult
-Loads of customization. Heck you can customize the fairies that you use to customize your characters to a certain degree. You can add effects to the dungeons if you'd like
-Weird characters. They're very... weird. This could be a good thing or a bad thing depending
-Fanservice
-Overall bright atmosphere
-Missable characters

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