Summary
- Well-written party members enhance the gaming experience emotionally through strong character arcs.
- Games like Persona 5 Royal and Baldur's Gate 3 have beloved party members for players to bond with.
- Final Fantasy 7 and Dragon Quest 11 feature memorable and distinct party members that players grow attached to.
Your party members are a key part of your experience in any game. They support you in battle, and can often 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:have well-written character arcs that are just as good, if not better, than the main protag෴onist’s. Nꦇot all games have a strong main cast, though, which makes those that do stand out.
It takes strong character writing to make you feel attached to your party as you go on an adventure together, but it elevates the entire experience when you’ve emotionally connected to the characters. Here are some excellent games where you’ll become attached to your party🉐 when playing through the story.
8 🦩✤ Final Fantasy 7
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Final Fantasy 7
- Top Critic Avg: 81/100 Critics Rec: 84%
- Released
- January 31, 1997
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Blood, Fantasy Violence, Langu🐷age, Mild Suggestive Themes
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation (Original), PC, iOS, Android, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4
- How Long To Beat
- 37 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake
- Top Critic Avg: 88/100 Critics Rec: 95%
- Released
- April 10, 2020
- ESRB
- T for Teen due to Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence ꦆ
- Developer(s)
- 🐠 Square Enix Business Division 1
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Platform(s)
- PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5
- How Long To Beat
- 35 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Top Critic Avg: 92/100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- February 29, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence 🍸
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5, PC
- How Long To Beat
- 40 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
Final Fantasy 7 has one of the most memorable parties in all of gaming. You start off in Midgar with just Cloud, Tifa, and Barret, and eventually your team grows to include Aerith, Red XIII, C🌊id, and Cait Sith, as well as optional party members Yuffie and Vincent.
Each character has a distinct character arc (well, except Cait Sith, but he’s a talking cat, so he gets points for that too) that makes you grow attached to them as the story progresses. By the end of the game, you’re rooting for them all, and 168澳洲幸运﷽5开奖网:mourning for one character in particular.
7 Metaphor: ReFantazio ꧃

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Top Critic Avg: 93/100 Critics Rec: 98%
- Released
- October 11, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen // Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol,🀅 Violence
- Developer(s)
- 🍒 ꦐ Studio Zero
- Publisher(s)
- Atlus
- Engine
- GFD
- Number of Players
- 1
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Playable
- PC Release Date
- 🐽 October 11, 2024 ✱
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- ꦿ October 11, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- ⛦ October 11, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S
- How Long To Beat
- 65 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 81.15 GB
- How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
- 104 hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
Metaphor: ReFantazio has a strong narrative that’s bolstered by all the character interactions 👍you have with your party throughout the main story. You 💟can spend time with them through rank-up events, which lets you learn more about who they are and what type of world they visualize for the future.
Thes꧂e events are optional, but they’re well worth viewing and spending your time on. For example, you get to learn more about Heismay’s guilt about losing his son and how he’s trying to move forward, as well as how he grows to view the protagonist as a son too. The party in Metaphor: ReFantazio has some of the best character writing in all RPGs and truly makes you feel connected to them.
6 Pokemon

- Created by
- Satoshi Ta෴jiri
- First Film
- 💦 Pokemon: The First Movie
- Latest Film
- 🧸 Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
- First TV Show
- Pokémon
- First Episode Air Date
- ✤ April 1, 1997
- Video Game(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Legends Arceus, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Pokemon Sword and Shield, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon B🅺rilliant Diamond and Shining Pea🐭rl, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Sun and Moon, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Black and White, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon GO, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Snap, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon Unite, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:New Pokémon Snap, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokémon Masters EX, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon TCG Live
How connected you feel to your party in Pokemon depends on you, but because you’re ca🃏tching Pokemon and nicknaming them, creating your own party that’s completely unique to you, it’s incredibly easy to become attached to them.

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These games don't make you stay as a loꦕwly grunt forever.
No matter which Pokemon game you play, training your Pokemon and exploring the region together lets you bond with your team very quickly. Some games in the series even ไlet you pet your Pokemon and play minigames with 𒈔them, which allows you to connect with them even more.
Most people become so atta♋ched to their starter Pokemon that they refuse to leave it in storage, even if there’s a better option of the sa✤me Pokemon type available.
5 Chrono Trigger ღ

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Chrono Trigger
- Released
- March 11, 1995
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fant𒁏asy Violence, Mild Blood
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Engine
- Cocos Creator Engine
- Multiplayer
- 🍌 ✃ Local Co-Op
- Platform(s)
- SNES, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation (Original), PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo DS, Android, iOS
- How Long To Beat
- 23 Hours
Chrono Trigger has a strong cast of party members who you pick up across different time periods. You start off by playing as Crono, then quick﷽ly recruit Marle and Lucca. Frꦺog and Robo are great members of the party too, with both having super-catchy character themes.
Frog also has the best character arc in the game, where he has to learn to accept his past and who he is now. You also meet Ayla, a chief from the Prehi𝓡story period, who’s passionate about fighting and protecting her people. Chrono Trigger also has an optional party member, Magus, who you can ask to join your party, despite him being a villain so far.
4 🅠 🔯 Xenoblade Chronicles

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- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xenoblade Chronicles
- Platform(s)
- Switch
- How Long To Beat
- 58 Hours
- Metascore
- 89
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
The first Xenoblade Chronicles game is one of the best RPGs ever made, and a large part of that is because of its excellent party members. Shulk and Reyn leave Colony 9 after it’s devastated by the Mechon, where they’re later joined by Sharla, Dunban, Melia, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Riki (a Nopon).
T🀅here’s another party member who joins later, but they’re a spoiler, so we can’t mention them in case you haven’t played the game y⛄et!
The game has a brilliant feature called 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Heart-to Hearts, where your party memꦜbers can get to know each other outside of the main events. These occur between all party members, too, not just between Shulk and the rest of the party, so you truly get to see the full dynamic, learn more about the characters, and grow closer to th﷽em as a whole and as individuals.
3 Dragon Quest 11: Echoes Of An Elusive A⛄ge

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Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of An Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
- Top Critic Avg: 92/100 Critics Rec: 99%
- Released
- September 27, 2019
- ESRB
- ✃ T For Teen // Crude Humor, Simulated Gambling, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol☂, Mild Blood, Fantasy Violence
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- ꦓ Nintendo, Square Enix
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Quest
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- 𝄹 September 27, 2019 ♒
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4
- How Long To Beat
- 60 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
Dragon Quest 11 has the blood of classic RPGs running through its veins. Its storyline is fairly traditional, just like its turn-based combat system, but its party members are definitely not basic by any means. The protagonist (kno𒀰wn as Eleven or the Luꦡminary by fans) first befriends Erik, a thief he meets in jail.

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You eventually recruit twins Veronica and Serena, Sylvando, Hendrik, Jade (a child꧋hood friend), and Rab (the protagonist’s grandfather). All the characters have their moment to shine in the story, and you can also choose any of them to be your roommate/partner and live with you later in the game.
2 Baldur’s Gate 3 🉐

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Baldur's Gate 3
- Top Critic Avg: 96/100 Critics Rec: 98%
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore,💟 Partial Nudity, Seꦗxual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Larian Studios
- Engine
- Divinity 4.0
- Multiplayer
- 🍷 Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- 🦩 Full cross-platform play𓃲.
- Cross Save
- ☂ Full cross-platform progression.
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- V🥃ertical Only 💛
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- PC Release Date
- August 3, 2023 🅘 🐼
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- ಞ December 7, 2023
- PS5 Release Date
- 𒉰 September 6𒊎, 2023
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S, PC, macOS
- How Long To Beat
- 100+ Hours🌄 🍃
- X|S Optimized
- yes
- Metascore
- 96
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-2 Players ❀ ♊
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the most expa🦹nsive RPGs you’ll likely ever play, with hours and hours of story and optional content to go through. While it’s known for its D&D-style gameplay, another reason why it’s so popular is because of its party members and how fans have grown attached to them.
Characters like Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Astarion, a🌠nd Karlach all have excellent character arcs and story possibilities that maཧke them distinct. You can also romance any of the party members, with lots of special scenes only becoming available once you do so.
1 Persona 5 Royal 🐬 🐽

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- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer 💟
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch, PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S
- How Long To Beat
- 100 Hours
- Metascore
- 95
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
The high school setting and life-sim element of Persona 5 Royal is what makes it so easy to become attached to your party members, known as the Phantom Thieves. Alongside taking on dungeon𒊎s and battling tough demons, you can also take the time to get to know your paꦯrty members casually, growing your bond with them.
Party members like Ann and Futaba are so beloved that they’re viewed as some of the best characters in the entire Persona series, not just in Persona 5 itself. With how many hours you’ll spend with these guys though, it’s pretty impossible not to become attached to them in some way.

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