Summon Night 2

Besides your starting character (who defines the path you will take in the game) you also get a sidekick right from the start, and you get to choose a guardian creature that will further define your character's abilities and influence the dialogue choices you get to make.

Gameplay is the same as in the original, with a free-roaming "world-map" mode in which you explore towns and chat with NPCs for items and quests and a battle mode in which you are placed in an isometric tile-based map from which you issue orders to your character and all allies, and attempt to destroy your enemies by using your weapons or the magical abilities of the creatures you can summon into the battlefield.