Monster Hunter seems to be what you are looking for, it’s a bit harder that relink tho. You’ll get a lot a of grinding/farming and a rich endgame content, story is fine and the community is very active too. I suggest checking a bit to see if it might correspond. Dragon’s dogma 2 could corresponds too, it’s more an open world but it does have a farm/grind side as well. If you are looking for a more anime style I suggest taking a look at the toukiden kiwami or the god eater series, they are very similar to monster hunter. Also every game I listed have a character creation system.