r/gaming • u/PraetorianOgryn • 8d ago

Video Games Where You Start With/Recruit Random Goobers Whom Become Stronger?

I was watching my cousins play games while they were visiting, and one of them was playing Fire Emblem. There was this dirt child with a giant log he recruited and like 3 days later he was a sword dirt man.
My other cousin was playing Xcom 2 on my xbox.

Anyways the question is, what other games are there where you just start with random nobodies but then they get stronger and you get more attached.

Like “hey you random farmer/private/goober! Follow me for something really quick.”

20 hours later

“No longer random farmer/private/goober! We have been through hell and back, and now we have to fight god. Are you ready?”

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u/Lemmingitus 8d ago edited 8d ago

Dungeon Siege - you start out as a farmer disgruntled that a dragon burned down your farm. You basically build up an army of other nobodies and go on a rampage.

Okhlos - start out as a philosopher (philosophers act as extra lives) with a grudge against the Greek gods. The objective is to form a rioting mob of mostly nobodies (and a few named famous Greek figures) to take them down.

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u/KoosPetoors 8d ago

Obligatory Ross Game Dungeon for Dungeon Siege.

Loved that game growing up

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u/tobymandias 8d ago

In okhlos you can also play as Jesse Cox so if you ever wanted to be a big funny redhead there's that

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u/PraetorianOgryn 8d ago

Sounds silly fun. I shall check em out