non-fantasy and non-scifi RPGS!?

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Does Paper Mario count as a fantasy game?

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

Does Persona count?

 

[Zukhramm]

EarthBound maybe? Thought it's still a bit fantasy and sci-fi.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

The only three that come to mind are Shin Megami Tensei (including the Persona series), Earthbound (although I suppose that counts as sci-fi) and Shadow Hearts.

 

[N-Sef]

The Megami Tensei games are mostly set in a modern urban environment, dealing with heavy occult themes. It usually deals with normal teenagers put into an extreme situation, where their perception of who they are and what they need to do is put to the test.

The Shadow Hearts games are set in the early to mid twentieth century, which is really fun.

 

[Mistah Kurtz]

Well, there's GTA IV. It's not marketed as an RPG, but it has pretty much all of the elements there apart from an XP bar.

Aaaaand if you don't mind its age, Shadowrun on the SNES might be exactly what you're looking for.

Shadowrun? Come on, that was BOTH fantasy and sci-fi. Talking dogs in a futuristic wasteland with magic spells?