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Which RPGs do you think have the best cast of characters?
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Imp the Dimp
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Way to kill your own thread, OP
Ikr especially the part where several people agreed with OP off the jump
Unless that's your point lol
poodaddy
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For me it's easily the two best RPG's of all time, Chrono Trigger and The Witcher 2. Honorable mentions to The Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and Planescape Torment. Oh, and Dragon Age Origins has an absolutely stellar cast of characters. Now that I think about it more, the cast of DAO is easily up there with Chrono Trigger and The Witcher 2. KOTOR 2 also had a fantastic cast of characters, better actually than KOTOR 1, though the game isn't as good in general.
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment has the best cast of any JRPG I've ever played.
No lies detected. I'm very fond to Ulala and Baofu (mostly the former), actually.
Hippopuncher12
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Final Fantasy 6 for me. Celes, Terra, Locke, Setzer and Edgar alone make it the best for me.
A lot of great answers here. I'm trying to think of something that hasn't already been covered and I can't think of anything.
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 4,6 and 7
Persona 3 and 4 had great characters.
Saga Frontier had super interesting characters
The Witcher games all had really great characters
and my all time favorite is the Mass Effect series. I prefer Mass Effect 1 to 2, but 2 had the best ensemble cast of characters.
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 4,6 and 7
Persona 3 and 4 had great characters.
Saga Frontier had super interesting characters
The Witcher games all had really great characters
and my all time favorite is the Mass Effect series. I prefer Mass Effect 1 to 2, but 2 had the best ensemble cast of characters.
Dragon1893
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Trails in the Sky trilogy.
The Witcher trilogy.
Persona series.
Shadow Hearts 1&2.
The Witcher trilogy.
Persona series.
Shadow Hearts 1&2.
For sure.
Glad to see this in the first page.
Everyone character in this game is amazing. I love Vyse, I love Aika, I love Fina. I love the dog who joins your crew.
THE BEST
JustSomeone
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Planescape torment and baldur's gate 2
For sure.
This.
TheNotoriousAFG
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Persona 4 or Trails - OP choices are solid.
finalflame
Banned
FFIX, period.
Easily this. I've played most games people have brought up here, and PS:T has far more memorable cast than them.
IbukiLordSA
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Mass Effect 2 easily.
ClearMetal
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Both already mentioned, but Chrono Trigger and Persona 4.
These images are all that need to be said in my opinion*:
*One might argue that the group picture at the end of P4 is better, but this image captures the feeling of a general warmth and contentment better, I think.
These images are all that need to be said in my opinion*:
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*One might argue that the group picture at the end of P4 is better, but this image captures the feeling of a general warmth and contentment better, I think.
silver moose
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Well, the Witcher series obviously.
Also Baldur's Gate 2, Xenogears, and FF Tactics come to mind.
Also Baldur's Gate 2, Xenogears, and FF Tactics come to mind.
DaciaJC
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The Witcher 3
Perfect.
For me Persona 3, Xenoblade Chronicles and Final Fantasy V.
In Persona 3, they had problems for sure, but in the end they manage to become a real team. This is most evident in FeMC route when, in Shinji's social link he makes dinner for everyone in the dorm. One of the best scenes in the entire game for me. Plus, unlike P4 and P5, their development as characters is deeply tied to the plot.
I also loved the Xenoblade Chronicles cast, especially Melia and Dunban as the mature members of the group. Despite all the shit that happened to them, they still persevered and continued with their journey.
Finally, Final Fantasy V. This bunch of people of different backgrounds joined in their quest to defend crystals, and later, defeat Exdeath. Despite the simple premise, I loved the group and all their characters.
Special mention to Final Fantasy VI cast too. All of them were interesting and in some ways brought something to the party.
In Persona 3, they had problems for sure, but in the end they manage to become a real team. This is most evident in FeMC route when, in Shinji's social link he makes dinner for everyone in the dorm. One of the best scenes in the entire game for me. Plus, unlike P4 and P5, their development as characters is deeply tied to the plot.
I also loved the Xenoblade Chronicles cast, especially Melia and Dunban as the mature members of the group. Despite all the shit that happened to them, they still persevered and continued with their journey.
Finally, Final Fantasy V. This bunch of people of different backgrounds joined in their quest to defend crystals, and later, defeat Exdeath. Despite the simple premise, I loved the group and all their characters.
Special mention to Final Fantasy VI cast too. All of them were interesting and in some ways brought something to the party.
For sure.
Good call!
pretty done
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FFIX, period.
Outside those last 2, yea.
cryptosporidium
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Mother 2/3, Xenoblade
DiipuSurotu
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You mean last 3.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I also want to give FF6 a shout out just due to how impressive it is that the cast of playable characters is that large and damn near every one of them is actually interesting and memorable instead of just being completely generic archetypes.
I mean, they are absolutely archetypes, but handled in a good way that makes them actual characters. They have personality.
I mean, they are absolutely archetypes, but handled in a good way that makes them actual characters. They have personality.
Spieler Eins
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Breath of Fire IV. Fairly standard main party types excel in sympathy through above average writing. And the main villain is something else entirely.
From the Tales series, I'd like to add both Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Berseria:
The game was packed with content, skits and extra events, the chemistry was there and the cast of characters did a really good job at potraying different viewpoints of the games theme, which was "justice" IIRC. Yuri is often praised as a fresh, down to earth and really cool protagonist, but I feel like the game strikes a nice balance between the more down to earth and "lets get shit done" characters and the more idealistic and generally naive ones. Estelle, Karol and Rita each represent different ideas on how to achieve it and are challenged through the game. Each character seems to have flaws they need to overcome, and you can see them growing through the game. Some people complain because Yuri doesn't really grow that much through the game, but he is a driving force in other party member's growth and that's something I really liked about it.
A recent example, and probably one of the best casts I've seen in a JRPG in recent years. Tales of Berseria features a cast of really, really selfish people that have a common enemy that honestly is as bad as them, so they go through empty fields causing problems and trying to destroy the Abby's plans eventhough their attemps could turn a village population into a pack of ravaging monsters that they'd kill on their way back to their ship.
And, despite sharing so little in common with each other, they manage to become closer to each other and form a really engaging ensemble.
Velvet is the absolute stand out in the game. Her character arc advances slow but steady through the game, having a great send off in the last third of the game. She is clearly depicted as emotionally damage person that gets closer and closer to the point of no return as the game advances. And she is not the only one. Being the main character, she is the member of the cast whose story you are exposed the most, but as you progress you start learning about the rest of the cast little by little. The game in general has a really solid writting and knows how to slowly deliver you the information you need to learn about the characters motivations and backgrounds, sometimes in a more serious manner, and others in a more lighthearted and funny one.
Furthermore, the game has some really nice chemistry between characters. The way Laphicet sees Rokurou and Eizen as role models leads never ceases to be funny, in the same way having Eleanor correct Eizen's when he tries to amaze everyone with his (often out of date) knowledge never stops getting old. Characters often clash too, sometimes due to really banal stuff, which adds a nice layer to them. Even Magilou, whose sense of humor is purposefully hit or miss, grows on you after you start piercing her background together.
The game was packed with content, skits and extra events, the chemistry was there and the cast of characters did a really good job at potraying different viewpoints of the games theme, which was "justice" IIRC. Yuri is often praised as a fresh, down to earth and really cool protagonist, but I feel like the game strikes a nice balance between the more down to earth and "lets get shit done" characters and the more idealistic and generally naive ones. Estelle, Karol and Rita each represent different ideas on how to achieve it and are challenged through the game. Each character seems to have flaws they need to overcome, and you can see them growing through the game. Some people complain because Yuri doesn't really grow that much through the game, but he is a driving force in other party member's growth and that's something I really liked about it.
A recent example, and probably one of the best casts I've seen in a JRPG in recent years. Tales of Berseria features a cast of really, really selfish people that have a common enemy that honestly is as bad as them, so they go through empty fields causing problems and trying to destroy the Abby's plans eventhough their attemps could turn a village population into a pack of ravaging monsters that they'd kill on their way back to their ship.
And, despite sharing so little in common with each other, they manage to become closer to each other and form a really engaging ensemble.
Velvet is the absolute stand out in the game. Her character arc advances slow but steady through the game, having a great send off in the last third of the game. She is clearly depicted as emotionally damage person that gets closer and closer to the point of no return as the game advances. And she is not the only one. Being the main character, she is the member of the cast whose story you are exposed the most, but as you progress you start learning about the rest of the cast little by little. The game in general has a really solid writting and knows how to slowly deliver you the information you need to learn about the characters motivations and backgrounds, sometimes in a more serious manner, and others in a more lighthearted and funny one.
Furthermore, the game has some really nice chemistry between characters. The way Laphicet sees Rokurou and Eizen as role models leads never ceases to be funny, in the same way having Eleanor correct Eizen's when he tries to amaze everyone with his (often out of date) knowledge never stops getting old. Characters often clash too, sometimes due to really banal stuff, which adds a nice layer to them. Even Magilou, whose sense of humor is purposefully hit or miss, grows on you after you start piercing her background together.
pretty done
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He's ok even though he's a non-character. I love Monks and his design is cool.
HashtagLapsed
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This. Very easily this.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Agreed.
I can recall even individual quotes for each character.
Mass Effect trilogy cast is fantastic as well, you get to care for all those misfits!
Head of Vengarl
Banned
The Witcher 3 probably has my favorite cast of characters, especially since I read the books beforehand.
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FFIX, period.
God would I love to play all the 3D FF games with sprites like that.
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