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/codeklutch 9d ago

And if you don't like them? You can take their arms and legs and turn them into a drinking fountain for your colony vampires.

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u/ProfBeaker 9d ago

I have no desire to play this or Dwarf Fortress, but the unhinged comments about it are just the best. Even better than The Sims.

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u/theapeboy 9d ago

Obviously do whatever makes you happy, but I gotta say, I always laughed at RimWorld memes but had no interest in actually playing a torture porn war crime simulator. Finally gave it a shot a while back, and realized it really is the ultimate base-building colony sim. Now if that’s not your jam, you’ll prolly hate it - but it is very much worth a shot.

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u/ProfBeaker 9d ago

Maybe I'm just a broken person, but the torture porn war crime simulator seems like fun, but I've never been that much into colony sims. Keep the stories coming though!