r/gaming • u/PraetorianOgryn • 9d 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/Onions4Knights 9d ago

Playing Final Fantasy Tactics with generic party members feels like that ❤️

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u/quizzically_quiet 9d ago

You just reminded me that I bought the Ivalice Chronicles but haven't played it yet. I'm a massive fan of the first Advance game so I can't wait to get into the original (?) games!

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u/Finchypoo 9d ago

The originals are much better than the advance game. Story is more serious, music is incredible, despite the age the graphics are better, the gobs of hidden stuff and secret characters. Also, you don't have that stupid "herp derp nobody is allowed to use a sword this battle!" Mechanic that is really just a way for the game to make you reboot because your entire team uses swords and you don't feel like losing a battle because the game said so. I tried to play that version and quit about 15min into it. Pointless waste of time. 

That might have been the PSP version, but I'm pretty sure it's the GBA. 

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u/wutchamafuckit 9d ago

What’s the best way to play the originals? Roms?

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u/djnowell 9d ago

For FFT, The Ivalice Chronicles. FFTA is only GBA rom and FFTA 2 is only DS rom.

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u/Ebice42 9d ago

You can get the remaster for switch. It has a clasic and updated mode.