And he is. Especially in the Gen I/remakes.
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The first time I played Baldurs Gate, I made a thief, but I wound up restarting as a fighter just so I'd have an excuse to keep Imoen in my party.
Also, the one time I tried a Suikoden game, I wound up keeping the hero's three best friends in the main party most of the time. It just felt like a proper team.
That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
HOORAY!
Every Shin Megami Tensei game and its spinoffs: Jack Frost.
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So true. Especially of Ace Frost and Black Frost.
Huh. If I have the option, I will pick up a Steelix in the Pokemon games. How can you not love a monster metal snake? Even if it is apparently made out of styrofoam (seriously, the thing is the size of a bus. How is it that light? And yes, I know, Artists Are Not Architects...)
For others... eh, if they've got dialogue that amuses me for whatever reason, they'll often get a long-standing place in the party (Jolee Bindo & HK-47, Minsc, those types). Haven't played a lot of RPGs lately, really need to dig into my stack.
edited 2nd May '11 11:08:16 PM by TeChameleon
HOORAY!
And Black Frost is mighty useful in Persona 4. Drain Fire and Ice? Repel Mudo? And no weaknesses? Okay, I'll take him!
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Baldurs Gate II: Yoshimo (pre-Spellhold) because he's cool (and tragic), Imoen (post-Spellhold) because she's been there since the start and even if she wasn't, I just spent the past however-many-frickin'-hours getting to Spellhold to rescue her in the first place, and Minsc cause, well, he's Minsc. I want to bring Keldorn along too because of his having written the book on how to be a Paladin that isn't a Lawful Stupid Knight Templar, but I can never bring myself to resolve his personal quest with anything but letting him go home and be a family man.
edited 3rd May '11 6:19:51 AM by Reflextion
^ Same. Poor Keldorn's wife. :(
In BG 2, I bring Edwin if I'm not playing a mage myself, and I use a mod to keep him from leaving the group if I'm not evil. I like having diverse alignments in my Dn D adventuring parties, with at least one complete bastard to balance out the good/neutral characters.
I always bring Imoen in both BG games, because it wouldn't be Baldurs Gate without her.
edited 3rd May '11 6:16:51 AM by Talby
Mog in Final Fantasy VI.
I hear he's a mid-tier character, but I always pick him in team because "nonhuman = awesome".
The way you say that makes it sound like Bulbasaur's your all-purpose utility tool.
It's more frustrating waiting for the asskicking than the asskicking itself.