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[Suairyu]

Was quite a fan of Arkham City's take on Robin. Good conceptual redesign.

 

[trab pu kcip]

since agro, garrus & morte have been posted:

johnson from shadow of the damned

scree from primal

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

I was just about to post this. Anyways guess what time it is?

I hate Reyn. Once I realized Dunban was a dodge tank I was so done with him. Also, Sharla is way too hot for him.

 

[TUROK]

Passos, mang. He and Max were great together.

 

[jsnepo]

 

[TheJollyCorner]

is this actual gameplay (like, a player actually pulled this off and recorded it) or an in-game cinematic?

 

[prwxv3]

Daxter and Ratchet are the best examples of this. They compliment their partners so well that the duos are considered as one character.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Lol

It took me a second to understand. xD

 

[JavelinRobin]

Tatl.

She didn't even had a voice over, just a jingle, but it managed to be more expressive than Navi, somehow. Midna is up there too.

Tatl was definitely an improvement over Navi (although at the time I didn't mind her that much). And Midna was fantastic in my opinion.

And then there's Fi who just. Would. Not. Shut. The. Hell. Up.

 

[RoboPlato]

Sully and Garrus are the best bros a dude could ask for.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Brown, your trusty dog sidekick in Rule of Rose.

 

[Tizoc]

This badass

Vernon Roche even if go other path he still trusts you and helps you

Yo what game is this guy from? That 2nd GIF sold me.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Yo what game is this guy from? That 2nd GIF sold me.

The Witcher 2.

My vote goes to Sergeant Johnson. The meanest, baddest, cigar-chompingest space sergeant I've ever had the honor of knowing.

 

[J0dy77]

Winner

 

[Row]

in terms of fucking shit up, boone from new vegas

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

in terms of fucking shit up, boone from new vegas

RIP ED-E

 

[trab pu kcip]

I don't know if they technically count as sidekicks, but anyway:

alistair-dragon age

zoltan-witcher

alvin-witcher ...most interesting character developement of a follower/side character ever!

 

[Tizoc]

The Witcher 2.

My vote goes to Sergeant Johnson. The meanest, baddest, cigar-chompingest space sergeant I've ever had the honor of knowing.

Cool I've got that game but need a new laptop to run it properly XO.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Other than Tails? Do we count Luigi as a sidekick? If not I'd say Clank. Ratchet just isn't the same without the little guy and Clank needs Ratchet around as well. And they've been through a lot together.

 

[Deified Data]

in terms of fucking shit up, boone from new vegas

Doesn't count. You were Boone's sidekick. It was humiliating.

 

[melichrous]

scree from primal

YES! This little guy was awesome.

 

[Tex117]

Scoped and dropped!!

Came to post this.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Snake in mgs2



Oh yes.

This. Snake's position as (as well as transition to) a sidekick in this game worked so, so well.

Also, while not my personal favorite, he hasn't been mentioned yet:

Sothe, from Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn. Was interesting to see his story come to light in the second game, after being briefly hinted at in the first.

And (on the right):

Jacques Blanc, from Onimusha 3. While technically a main character, he really brought something new and interesting to the series, both in story and in gameplay.

 

[Earthpainting]

Everyone in Xenoblade Chronicles is the heropon's best sidekick. They do good.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Lyon, the Prince's bodyguard from Suikoden V. And IIIII... will always love yooouuuu

Tsubaki from Trinity Universe. Always fanning the flames.

 

[grosvenor_92]

Clementine from The Walking Dead

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I have high hopes for season 2 and I'd also say Liara

 

[Leckan]

in terms of fucking shit up, boone from new vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAXfE5TTo-Q

 

[Hystzen]

is this actual gameplay (like, a player actually pulled this off and recorded it) or an in-game cinematic?

In game cinematic

 

[ii Stryker]

Wheatly from Portal 2

Claptrap Borderlands

 

[Nicktock]

Took long enough.

 

[trab pu kcip]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAXfE5TTo-Q

hahaha boone <3

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

Cortana!

 

[jett]

Murray from Monkey Island 3! ...but is he really a sidekick? I don't remember exactly.

 

[Professor Renegade]

Curly Brace

 

[jono95]

If not I'd say Clank. Ratchet just isn't the same without the little guy and Clank needs Ratchet around as well. And they've been through a lot together.

Was gonna say this.
I think I even got a bit emotional in A Crack In Time when you're inside the mnemonic station and you can see scenes from the other Ratchet games in the background.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Daxter and Clank are the best examples of this. They compliment their partners so well that the duos are considered as one character.

Fixed?

 

[BosSin]

Murray from Monkey Island 3! ...but is he really a sidekick? I don't remember exactly.

MURRAY CANNOT BE RELEGATED TO THE MERE POSITION OF SIDEKICK!

HE IS THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS! KING OF CAPS!

ALL HAIL MURRAY!

 

[PFD]

I support the Vernon Roche comments. Awesome character.

 

[prwxv3]

Fixed?

Ment to say clank

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Agro appeared for the first time on page 2? For shame, GAF.
You even nominated the dog from Fable ahead of Agro, which was basically Molyneux's rip-off of Team Ico's partner A.I. game design.

 

[-Stranger-]

The skull from Shadows of the Damned was awesome.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Da Vinci from AC2 if he counts.

Raiden in MGS4.

Noob Saibot's shadow from Mortal Kombat.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Brown, your trusty dog sidekick in Rule of Rose.

This reminded me about Hewie from Haunting Grounds (Demento in Europe)

 

[Blinck]

So true! Agro is awesome, and the only thing in SoTC that doesn't make you feel so lonely in your journey.

 

[Metal B]

I would say that there are four kinds of videogame sidekicks: the Guide, the Voice, the Princess and the Silent One . The Guide explains the game world to the player and also stands for the absolute truth for him, what can be important for gameplay and puzzles. The Voice gives the silent character an voice for dialogs and other interactions, gives the main characters someone to talk about his thoughts (Internal monologue) and entertains the player in lonely places. The Princess is the characters for escort missions, which the player needs to protect for danger. Finally the Silent One is mostly a gameplay feature, which needs to be fast to use. That's why he almost never talks and is often an animal to order around.

The important part is, that the sidekick is an interesting character with deepness, usefulness or enjoyment to fill a long journey and builds a importants to the player, so that he wants to protect him/her. If this fails, which happens especially to the Princess, people begin to create big hade against them. Who wants to hang around with a person, who is not funny, useless and annoying.

Best example is to compare Navi from Ocerina of Time and Tatl from Majors Mask. Tatl gets almost no hate in comparison to Navi. Even so they look and work the same. But the difference is, that Tatl was an much more interesting character. She had flaws, goals, opinions and importantly an arc through the game. On the other hand Navi hasn't much going for her. She yelled some times, but hasn't good personalty.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Multiple/Option

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

GAF I AM DISSAPOINT!

Not a single mention to Crow from The Longuest Journey series?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Z_sIIBjQY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Puz4897t9s