Balance issues.

>Pet is easily killed, leaving you vulnerable (World of Warcraft)
>Pet is ridiculously overpowered, you don't need to do a thing (Ragnarok Online)
>Pets are just a gimmick (Every MMO/RPG ever)

Closest things would be Pokemon, Digimon, or even Yokai Watch, but those are all childrens' games.

File: beastmaster and his true nature.png (523 KB, 705x623) Image search: [Google]

523 KB, 705x623

Dota

>>318138785
doto

Diablo 2

>>318138961
>>Pet is ridiculously overpowered, you don't need to do a thing (Ragnarok Online)
Homunculus farming in that BDSM dungeon place is both hilarious and sad, because just about every other class has to micromanage to not get fucking lynched

>>318141352
>>318141446
>>318141509
>>318141562
man the bird and the dog barely do shit, bird is only good for vision and the dog just has like a 5% slow

>>318141641
>Diablo 2
>bird and the dog
Wew lad

>>318138785
Everquest.
It's a weird combination of a monk/shaman with a pet.

>>318138785
Try a druid in Temple of Elemental evil, you have a permanent compainon and you can summon shit nonstop, if you spend a couple feats your summons become pretty good

rift

it used to be OP as fuck too, highest DPS in the game, not sure if still is

Same reasons as Necromancers

Too different from everything else in the game

>>318138785
DnD games have ranger and druid.
Titan quest and grim dawn have some kind of summoners.
ome roguelikes have druids/summoners e.g. TOME

Fallout 4 gives you a dog right off the bat and you can unlock perks for it. There's even one to pacify wasteland creatures. The AI is really solid this time round and it works well, you can talk to him and get him to search areas for loot/containers and sniff out enemies.

I'd say Fallout 4 is your best bet out of current games

The Beastmaster is pretty cool in Darkest Dungeon, but the game itself is pretty frustrating.

>>318141641
And this is how you know someone is 2k shitter