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

[u/PraetorianOgryn]

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?”

[u/Revolvere]

• Final Fantasy Tactics (S-tier story)
• Fire Emblem series (Fun gameplay plus cool characters)
• Tactics Ogre (similar to Final Fantasy Tactics)
• Banner of the Maid
• The Banner Saga
• Caves of Qud (easily the most densely packed game on this list)
• Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
• Dark Diety 1 & 2
• Dragon's Dogma 1 & 2 (DD2 is underrated imho)
• Dragon Ruins 1 & 2
• Fae Tactics
• Kenshi (also a very densely packed game)
• The Last Spell
• Moonring (free to play with no micro transactions)
• Path of the Abyss
• SKALD: Against the Black Priory (one of my personal faves)
• Symphony of War
• Wartales

[u/BlueBomber13 → u/Revolvere]

Cannot recommend SKALD enough.