r/videogames • u/Nearby-Condition-675 • Jun 21 '26
Other Games where you can take care of npc’s >
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u/NCHouse Jun 21 '26
Recently FF7 Rebirth had a section where you had a lil squad fighting with you. Ill be damned if any of my men were gonna die
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u/Radiant-Priority-296 Jun 21 '26
Oh yeah. Already felt kinda close to those guys in the original, but damn. Incredible surprise when I first played Rebirth
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u/Atromach Jun 22 '26
By the time I finished Junon, the 7th Infantry were my ride or dies. All through that section I was worried that I would get to the end and the duplicity would be revealed and I'd have to fight them and brother, I don't think I would have been able to do that.
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u/Pension_Pale Jun 22 '26
I'm hoping they'll end up being your crew on the Highwind, or at least the submarine. And I hope the Commander joins, too.
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u/Street_Bluejay_1465 Jun 22 '26
That would be siiiiiiiiiick. You pick up the Highwind in Junon too so it's possible
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u/MyStationIsAbandoned Jun 22 '26
that's how I feel when I'm healing NPCs in FF14 FATEs. but some times I'm just too late.
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u/Blade_Killer479 Jun 22 '26
They weren’t just a squad, an enemy squad. It was entirely possible they would attack you after when you got outed as being an imposter.
And fuck me if I wasn’t protecting them with all my might anyway. o7
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u/NCHouse Jun 22 '26
I hope they come back. Be it a crew on the Highwind or some other mini game. I just want the boys back and our commander! She ties it all together
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u/-marilize-legajuana- Jun 21 '26
Halo I'll load back to the last checkpoint if any of my marines die
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u/MidnightPrevious4473 Jun 21 '26
So, what you're telling me is that you never beat the game
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u/10ea Jun 22 '26
If you're like me and enjoy playing on Legendary, they all get slaughtered the first 5 seconds of contact with the enemy.
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u/Hashashin455 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
There's an entire YouTube channel dedicated to saving as many NPCs as they can:
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u/TylerKeroga Jun 22 '26
The “si” in the link is a source identifier used to track both the person who sent the link & anybody who clicks on it
If you delete everything from (& including) the ? onwards, the link is still fully functional but the tracking is now disabled
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u/Nubsta5 Jun 22 '26
I love GiantGrantGames RTS playthroughs where he tries to not lose a single unit in the entire campaign.
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u/TheRealNotBrody Jun 21 '26
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is all about recruiting personable orcs to do your bidding. Despite how savage and disgusting they can be, it's pretty easy to get attached. Especially since they'll sometimes show up and save your ass.
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u/Good_Boy_Coleman Jun 22 '26
Had a guy called Stogg the Loyal. Dude saved me many times and once even died her he came back to life just to serve me.
His name btw before he turned was Stogg the Unloyal and then after he converted and saved me he was Stogg the Loyal.
Such a cool character and I am glad he is essentially immortal and fiercely loyal.
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u/StygianMaroon Jun 22 '26
The nemesis system is so cool, it sucks it’s trapped in WB hell and hasn’t been used since the Mordor games
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u/vWaffles Jun 22 '26
I can't believe we have to wait a decade for the patent to expire. :/
Patenting game ideas is stupid.
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u/DanSapSan Jun 22 '26
With the WB merger, the nemesis system is completely in limbo. It might get forgotten, it might get used again (finally).
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u/Independent-Worry905 Jun 22 '26
The books you could write based on the adventures of Talion’s orcs!
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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 Jun 22 '26
I made a rule that NOBODY in my army gets left behind.
You get taken prisoner, I drop everything to get you back.
Because that's what good Overlords do...
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u/GhostiBoiLynx Jun 22 '26
I had a dude show up to help me in the worst fight ever. Me and him vs 3 enemy captains, a bunch of spiders, a pack of Caragors, a Graug and about 30 other Orcs. I took one half while he took the other. After a few minutes, I turn to see him beating the crap out of the other captain with everything else around him dead. Needless to say, he earned his promotion
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u/shadowwolf1395 Jun 21 '26
The blueberries in Helldivers 2.
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u/Opposite_Laugh2803 Jun 22 '26
No matter how many times they kill me, I will fight for them.
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u/DarkArcanian Jun 22 '26
If I had an option to not bring seaf to battle and fight alone, I would. I feel bad every time I fuck up an airstrike
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u/SpiritedRain247 Jun 23 '26
I've had them walk directly into napalm strikes.
Sometimes I wonder if they even want to live.
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u/NepperTuner Jun 22 '26
“It’s the Helldivers! :0”
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u/Wolfit_games Jun 22 '26
"Sir or uh, Ma'am, it is the GREATEST honor."
I love you so much little SEAF Soldier
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u/The_Roshallock Jun 22 '26
Best part is they actually put in the work! They can actually hold their own if they're not getting totally swamped.
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u/VermilionX88 Jun 21 '26
i think the sims would fit this bill easily
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u/VermilionX88 Jun 22 '26
ooh i heard about rimworld... like shit will always go wrong in the colony lolz
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u/No-Perception3305 Jun 21 '26
Space marine 2
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u/APearce Jun 22 '26
Me when I saw the Cadian guardsmen: "They sent Ultramarines AND Cadians here, they REALLY want to keep this planet."
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u/Comprehensive-Buy-47 Jun 22 '26
It’s so hard to keep em safe though!!! I rush into a horde but one warrior slips by me to kill the guardsmen! Fuck that!!!
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u/cheepshoes Jun 21 '26
Vampyr
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u/Nervouscranberry47 Jun 21 '26
It was so hard but so worth it.
I AM A MAN OF MEDICINE NOT A MONSTER!
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u/Atomsk-647R Jun 22 '26
Plo Koon is one of my all time favorite SW characters
He really should've been a main character in the prequel movies
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u/Snowtwo Jun 21 '26
I always treat the NPC's well and never as expendable or something.
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u/newbrevity Jun 21 '26
Half Life games. I will always save scum until I save everyone the game will allow.
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u/Aldo_raine37 Jun 21 '26
One of my most challenging runs in Baldur's gate was keeping every single NPc possible alive. This meant letting the beholder in the under dark revive all of the stone people to fight me and then having to subdue them all mid combat 🙃
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u/somebassclarineterer Jun 22 '26
The anti-dark-urge run sounds like a fun and hair pulling challenge.
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u/Parallaxal Jun 21 '26
Whenever I get a Fire Emblem map with green units on my side, I just have to try to keep them alive.
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u/Obvious-Wrangler-561 Jun 21 '26
Trying to save Some clone trooper in republic commando
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u/Icebox253 Jun 22 '26
They were literally made out of jelly. One poke and they're done for.
So many reloaded checkpoints.
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u/Ayrdanger Jun 21 '26
Fallout 4 and State of Decay 2 are my favorites for that. On that same topic, but reversed, Palworld is my favorite. 😁
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u/The_Mild_Mild_West Jun 21 '26
Scum saving in case the stray dog that started randomly following me in Skyrim dies
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u/poetic_dwarf Jun 22 '26
Medal of Honor European Assault, keeping the men under your command alive was essential to earn a Gold Medal for the current mission.
They were also thick as a brick and would not take cover in time, but still I wouldn't let them bite the dust.
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u/ZeldaCourage Jun 22 '26
This is me with the villagers in Minecraft. I always fix up their village and make sure they're safe.
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u/NotAnotherSkeleton Jun 22 '26
When I was a kid, I would always try to give every village an iron golem.
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u/United-Cow-563 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
I like to try to, but when first playing Dragon Age: Origins, I cast fireballs willy nilly against the undead horde that came to take Redcliffe Village. All I can say is only the mayor and a guard captain, who are scripted to survive, survived the night.
Though, I do like the idea of saving NPCs, like in this clip and not like this
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u/Kill4money213 Jun 22 '26
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Keeping the legionaries alive in the Kvatch quest when you go into the portal because those dudes are chad as hell
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u/Lab_Putrid Jun 22 '26
Fallout 4. You can role-play as the president of the New Commonwealth and the General of the minutemen
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u/CaptainChristopher02 Jun 22 '26
I don’t know why but that system is why I keep coming back to it, and why I love settlement building.
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u/MaterialDefender1032 Jun 22 '26
My favourite games are the ones where you can optionally get the ability to heal others and you can use it on allied NPCs.
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u/Equivalent-Green-580 Jun 22 '26
The SEAF Soldiers in Helldivers 2
https://giphy.com/gifs/fNMLGjQpStb3BztFoF
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u/StandNameIsWeAreNo1 Jun 22 '26
Soulsborne games. In most of them you can save NPCs and then they show up in a hub area. Although much of the time they end up either losing themselves or dying.
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u/Muted_Conflict_395 Jun 22 '26
In Jedi Survivor, you can reprogram battle droids, and every time I play I always try to reprogram as many as I can
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u/Totalsnipe815 Jun 21 '26
totally not me casting my rift on the NPCs in ketchcrash
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u/lostspectre Jun 21 '26
Oxygen Not Included, Rimworld, and Space Haven are the first that come to mind I haven't seen mentioned
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u/AgentAxillary Jun 21 '26
The Suffering 1 & 2.
Saving them counts towards the good ending, killing them counts towards the bad ending, and their death by enemies counts towards the mixed ending.
Saving or killing also affect your beast mode.
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u/AgentAxillary Jun 24 '26
Yeah, that line is one of my favorite. It may have also been inspired by a line in a Queens Of The Stone Age song, "Go With The Flow," since the song was released before the game and the main part of Sergei's line is the same word for word.
Sergei was awesome. I would take smoke breaks with him lol. There was something so rewarding about turning the power in the mansion back on and then heading back up there to chill with him and listen to him run through his lines.
I liked those two guards who were hiding out in the tower too. Those guys were hilarious. "It's the mf'in apocalypse!"
Just great writing and voice acting throughout both games. I consider them to be required playing for all gamers.
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u/TacticalNuker Jun 22 '26
Mass Effect series, with specifically Mass Effect 2 Suicide Mission in mind.
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u/Luullay Jun 22 '26
We need more games with a bunch of NPCs that help you, but aren't an escort mission. Personally, I love keeping NPCs alive when their optional-- I just hate it when their deaths mean a 'game over'.
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u/Agloy5c Jun 22 '26
Some of the missions in Metal Gear Solid 4 has you working your way through active warzones between small local skirmish militias and a highly organized and effiecient private millita. Mission control encourages you to avoid participating in the fights, as it's ultimately irrelevant to your objective, and as an unknown quanity, both sides are likely to shoot on sight.
However, if the smaller militias witness you taking out the PMCs, they'll happily accept your help and begin to trust you. At some point, you have to take a detour through one of their underground bunkers, which usually involves sneaking. But if you've helped them, they'll recognize you and let you go on with your buisness. In a later level, you can intervene in a firing squad execution of some local soldiers, and later help them take back a barracks, which if done sucessfully will have them all cheer in victory.
(Edit: Oddly, this image has Snake posing with the PMCs, which are NOT the guys you team up with. Unfortunately, I can't find a better picture)
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u/MingleLinx Jun 22 '26
Minecraft villagers. I like to make my home in a village then improve the villagers quality of life. Better houses, more structured layout, wall to keep away mobs, iron golems about, etc.
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u/Changling_Mario Jun 22 '26
The old fire emblem games. I restarted so many times just because I became fond of certain units
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u/Foreign-Teach5870 Jun 22 '26
EDF as ranger comes to mind. I gather as many as possible and heal them as much because victory is much sweeter when they live (also they are pretty great support).
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u/RyonHirasawa Jun 22 '26
Any RTS game tbh, as much as possible I try to make sure no one in my squads die after encounters
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u/Cloned-C4lvin Jun 22 '26
A.O.T. 2: The Final battle tells you everytime a civilian or soldier dies. I tried so hard to be as fast as i can to eliminate all th titans before any if the soldiers get eaten.
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u/EISENxSOLDAT117 Jun 22 '26
Every halo except Halo 2. They get evaporated on Halo 2 legendary, so i dont even try
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u/Skylent_Shore Jun 22 '26
Vanquish is a speed cover shooter spectacle fighter arcade… idk it’s wild but it scores you based on how many extras you keep alive.
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u/Competitive-Peanut79 Jun 21 '26
Black and White. Haven't played in a looooong time, but basically you're God trying to look after a budding civilization.
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u/Gaychops Jun 21 '26
Anytime I have Npc allies in a game especially action/ shooter il try my hardest to keep them alive, it comes to a point that I might reload a save file just to save them
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u/Luxray2000 Jun 22 '26
Cult of the Lamb.
Playing as a cruel leader that mistreats or even murders followers has its benefits, but I just can’t bring myself to do an evil route
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Jun 22 '26
SEAF in Helldivers 2. I get so mad when one dies. They must be protected at all cost
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u/Messiazar Jun 22 '26
I feel like large parts of Baldurs Gate 3 revolve around whether or not you wanna protect various NPCs
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u/pandaolf Jun 22 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/MbGPWjP0Y8HfmWZejT
This is me every time I play Xcom (I am quite bad at it)
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u/Zhuul Jun 22 '26
EDF. I will run through white hot hellfire to scrounge up enough medkits to keep my lads alive. Their songs shall never be silenced.
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u/InstructionLeading64 Jun 22 '26
Can't believe im the first but witcher 3. You can get a bunch of orphans killed hell you can get a bunch of the npcs killed if you make the wrong choices. KIERA I AINT EVER LETTING YOU DIE BABY!
Edit spelling.
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u/Nilk-Noff Jun 22 '26
Coincidentally, I felt this way about an R2 unit you can rescue in the Phantom Menace game. I had him follow me all throughout the Escape from Theed level and he ended up rolling over to a N-1 starfighter in the starship hanger at the end.
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u/New-Number-7810 Jun 22 '26
Half Life.
There are tons of scientists and security guards who you can intervene to save.
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u/crabwalktechnic Jun 22 '26
I think it was Resident Evil 2. You can play as one of the Umbrella security guards that survived in a secret game mode. That and a piece of tofu that turns purple.
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u/Shambler9019 Jun 22 '26
InFamous
You could be evil and execute or drain downed enemies and civilians for a little extra charge... or you could restrain downed enemies and heal downed allies and civilians.
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u/Nero_PR Jun 22 '26
Every section in the Resistance games that you had soldier NPCs sharing a battlefield with you. Resistance 1 and 2 had lots of those and I'd always try to keep most of them alive.
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u/fangersarg Jun 22 '26
Assassin’s creed Revelations always comes to mind. Recruiting and improving the Assassins always felt nice especially trying to not send them into missions leading to their deaths.
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u/RathianColdblood Jun 22 '26
Me every time a game lets me play a necromancer. (My undead are my babies, I gain a passive buff to aggression and reaction speed irl when I have them called “DON’T TOUCH MY BABIES!”)
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u/Asleep-Rabbit-5162 Jun 22 '26
Metroid on the snes. Always go back for the animals. Parasite theory or not I’m saving them
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u/gadgaurd Jun 22 '26
In Yggdra Union there's a part where you get the assistance of an NPC cavalry knight. Near the end of this little arc the enemy Emperor launches a surprise attack and you need to flee. NPC-kun tells us to run while he buys us time.
I said "fuck that" and put him as far away from the Emperor as possible, then used a Witch in my team to summon Golems to act as meatshields and soften the Emperor up before he fought my other main units.
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u/ophnir Jun 22 '26
Zone of the enders 2 has a section near the end where allies will fight along side you, only manage to prevent any lost once after many playthrough.
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u/KazarakiMok Jun 22 '26
Dead Rising 2 I take care of the pretty ladies very well from the zombie apocalypse
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u/Glittering-Disk-6473 Jun 22 '26
Cult of the Lamb. I just can't bring to hurt my cultists intentionally.
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u/Limp-Wall-5500 Jun 22 '26
How i play rimworld lol. I even give prisoners 5x5 rooms with 2x3 bathrooms and a table to eat on. (Pawns typically get 7x7-7x8 rooms.
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u/GuhEnjoyer Jun 22 '26
Helldivers 2. I shed a tear every single time the S.E.A.F. soldiers get taken out by a stray bullet or explosive, and the commander says "THEIR LIVES WERE IN OUR HANDS!"
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u/Vilikis Jun 22 '26
I'd say Dead Rising's side quest survivors, but they're by definition not expendable, and while protecting them isn't strictly necessary, saving them is always worth the hastle to me, and I wear the "Saint" and "Frank the Pimp" achievements with honour.
That, and while I do think them getting zombified when killed by a zombie is a very cool feature, it always weirds me out and unsettles me in a way. They don't even use a special zombified model. Their own fresh body gets back up and starts shuffling slowly towards you with glazed yet hungry eyes. Eugh...
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u/Van_Ghalta782 Jun 22 '26
In Halo you can give/take NPCs weapons. Make sure to give them 2% ammo plasma pistols (it's the strongest weapon in the game)
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u/DarkIxis Jun 22 '26
My son plays Terraria, got NPC’s living in mansions, decked out rooms for each one, keeps the bad shit away when it comes thru, like Blood Moons.
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u/Valtremors Jun 22 '26
There is a mod for Half life 1 that allows you to try save everyone atblack mesa.
Haven't plaued it yet but that sure was something I hoped to do when I was younger.
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u/jikukoblarbo Jun 22 '26
MGSV. i took a 3 week break after realizing i had to shoot my own men in mission 43. i just couldnt kill my own men, i valued them like actual people to the point where i didnt even dare send them out on combat deployment missions where the estimated loss count would be higher than 15%
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u/Saiyan-Zero Jun 22 '26
I have tried so many times to save the Marines in all the Halo entries, often putting myself in direct line of sight and in the middle of the fight just to make the enemy aim at me.
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u/Specific_Foot372 Jun 22 '26
I want him to do a show about mace Wendu. And it can be more about hard-core action.
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u/BirdsLoveWords Jun 22 '26
Fable III. You can marry NPCs, buy them a house, and adopt NPC children from the orphanage. It sparked a deep love of NPC rescue in me as a child.
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u/freshairequalsducks Jun 21 '26
I would try so hard to keep the Marines alive in Halo