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RPGs with the best casts

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octavius

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Zed Duke of Banville, his bitch Wuuf the Bika and the rest of the cast from Dungeon Master.
They don't nag or sexually harass you.
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Lilliput McHammersmith

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  • Jagged Alliance 2. I'm sure the combat is great, but without a compelling cast, it's hard for me to get immersed.
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Yeah, that was spoken like someone who nevery played the game. WTF am i reading? indeed
Well as I said, I’m liable to be very wrong on that list. That was just my impression. It’s definitely cool that all the mercs have distinct voices, but compare the mercs to something like Morte from Planescape. Are they anything like that? From what I have seen, no. But I could definitely be wrong there. That was my whole point of making that list, so that people could tell me I was wrong about these games.
 
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Well as I said, I’m liable to be very wrong on that list. That was just my impression. It’s definitely cool that all the mercs have distinct voices, but compare the mercs to something like Morte from Planescape. Are they anything like that? From what I have seen, no. But I could definitely be wrong there. That was my whole point of making that list, so that people could tell me I was wrong about these games.

It's just that you said Jagged Alliance 2 doesn't have a compelling cast, but I personally think it does. The characters are not as fleshed out as PS:T or MotB, but they've got a bit more depth than you might think. There is a ton of reactive dialogue for each of the 62 human companions. PS:T only has a companion pool of 6.
 

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And if I'm not mistaken, notable mercs from the previous entries make an appearance as antagonists (I'm thinking of the guy with the G11 at the prison, it felt a little bit like fan service).
 

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The best character ever in an RPG is the Chosen One from Fallout 2. Just a completely nasty dickhead to absolutely everyone s/he meets, it's fantastic. Who needs a cast of NPCs when the protag already has so much personality?
 

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Zed Duke of Banville, his bitch Wuuf the Bika and the rest of the cast from Dungeon Master.
They don't nag or sexually harass you.
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Pre-teen me had the amiga version with the art edit.... yeah.... nude boobies. I was kinda delighted with the nudus bunsus spell in Keef the thief too.

Hello Cookie the Secretary..
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Hmmm.. the barmaid too?
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Who sort of looks like the mermaid?
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And rings of power looks similar... as we've seen.
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deja vu
 

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Almost forgot about Hyperdimension Neptunia series that has a great cast of characters. Nep Nep is easily one of the best protagonists in RPG history.

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KeighnMcDeath

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I thought people liked Vert's assets more?
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PLEASE STOP OBJECTIFYING US VIA FAN-SERVICE!
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