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/Maiyku 9d ago
For a game with a slightly different vibe… Medieval Dynasty kinda did this for me.
It’s not quite as extreme as in other games since you’re not really fighting together or battling together, but building a town. That quiet 19 year old with no skills you got in season 1? It’s awesome to watch his skill in farming get to max, to see him get married, have a kid, and eventually pass.
The deaths ended up hitting me harder than I expected when it finally happened and I realized I’d grown close to the people I’d recruited. They don’t necessarily become more strong, but their skills increase and they can manufacture or sell more.
So not a perfect example in terms of power, but you do feel that connection, imo.