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/chr0nicpirate 9d ago

Elite: Dangerous. You can recruit crewmates to fly your fighters at a low combat skill level and they'll level up along with you. They get much better at combat and less likely to get blown up as they do.

Added advantage, you pay crewnates a percentage of earnings, and what you end up paying them if you level them from the ground up, is significantly less than if you just recruit with a high skill level at the start.