>mentor/old veteran character temporarily joins your party

>>377084979
>2 characters join party
>they cannot lvl up or learn new skills
>only the MC can
HMMM GEE I WONDER WHATS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT
Bonus points if you know what fucking game does this.

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>mentor/old veteran character joins the party
>level 1

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>Old veteran character joins the party
>He's at his strongest when he first joins you and as he levels his stats only go down, as a metaphor for old age

Auron?

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>Optional sidequest that spans thoughout the game
>reward turns the MC into a near debug-mode tier unit

>>377085634
Name 78 games that do this.

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>>377084979
>you ARE the old veteran
>you're still too soft
>Old war buddy tells you as much when you meet later in the game

>>377085961
Dungeons and Dragons (times 78)

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>mentor/old veteran character joins the party
>rapes the whole game balance
>can solo fucking everything

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>Beloved characters from a previous game that were MIA make an entry early into the game and eventually join your party with a much higher level
>Leave party temporarily
>Join later when you are around their level
I fucking love suikoden 2

>guest characters have their own special limit break
First time I saw this was Seymour in FFX and even though it was just holy with a different name I thought it was neat.

>>377086048
X is the worst Mega Man protagonist. Whiny pussy that never sacks up and gets shit done.

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>mentor/old veteran character joins the party
>overall better stats
>fucking backstabs you later on the game

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>mentor/father and old party members join your party ridiculously overlevelled
>fucks off to do some investigating, never comes back
>that was the best part of the game and the rest is all downhill from there
>there will never be a sequel

Why Camelot

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>>377086426
I mean he did found a utopian society.
But he kinda fucked up by not leaving his kids in charge while he sealed his body to the dark elf. He was just so tired of fighting he couldn't give a fuck anymore.

>>377085132
On the other hand
>new party member joins
>can level up, learns unique skills no one else in the game can emulate
>generally super useful
>lots of room for development
>betrays you anyway, all characterization out the window, MC kills her with no remorse
>not even a complex sidequest or noncanon postgame thing to keep her

Fucking Child of Light.
Fucking Ubisoft rushing the shit out of that game.

>>377085961
I'll name one
kotor 2

>>377085961
Final Fantasy V

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>old veteran
>is asian
>a karate master

>>377085132
Something similar happens in Tales of Symphonia 2 where the original cast joins you in the late game, but only the 2 new characters and your wanna be Pokémon can level up

>>377087059
The old party members can level, but only to 50, whereas the new guys go to 100.

Fuck Vesperia for eating ToS2's budget. That shit should have been so dope.

>>377087261
Did they level up? I just remember them being stuck at a certain level, it's been years since I've played that hot garbage. What a let down

>>377087261
Nah, ToS2 should've never happened, Vesperia was awesome

>game continues to feed your level 1 characters even in late game
>no way to bring them up to speed quickly

Some writer gave them all sidequeats and backstories that I'll never know about because I don't want to have to babysit characters in the final parts of the game

>>377087882
Yeah, being given level 1s when your party is level 40+ is insane. There should be some sort of curve...