Zodi Plays: Tactics Ogre The Knight of Lodis (Crime Island Adventure)

[tonberrian]

Eh. IN THIS GAME you just have to hire a dragon at a level below the stats at which it will evolve. You can always hire a level 1 dragon, and it's fairly easy to get a character to the same level as your main guys. And you could even do it where Zodi is now, every day changes the third slot into a different beast/dragon/demihuman. Also, there are only 4 types of dragons in this game: the basic one and the three evolved forms (one for each alignment). The basic dragons come in different colors based on element, but you can choose which element as part of recruitment.

And alignment (or even element) changing is really easy in this game - later on there are consumables that will change your alignment one step along chaos or law (one for each) and there's also a mirror of elements that will put the user's element on the target.

This game has some annoying mechanics, but for most it's refreshingly direct.