Games in which a character dies

[Loki]

Spoiler alert.

Hey gang, I need some help brainstorming games in which the main or a playable character dies permenatly. Chrono Trigger (yes I know he comes back. But he doesn't have to), Phantasy Star II, Final Fantasy IV and VII jump to mind but I'm having trouble thinking of others. What am I missing?

[Big Rick Cook]

Re: Games in which a character dies

Legend of Dragoon and Final Fantasy V both count, technically, despite the fact that the new character you get to replace them is basically the same.

Final Fantasy X also should technically count.

Or are you only looking for games where main or playable characters die during the course of the game, and not at the very very end?

Grandia II is another.

Chrono Cross would as well for Kid or Kit or whatever her name is, since she *can* die.

Phantasy Star IV.

[Translucid]

Re: Games in which a character dies

are you thinking of Phantasy Star IV?
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That's the one with Alys dying.
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Final Fantasy V...
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Galuf dies 2/3 into the game after fending off XDeath.
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Final Fantasy Tactics.
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Algus dies pretty early in the game.
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Mass Effect.
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You have to choose whether to leave Kaidan or Ashley to die on a planet. To be fair, though, we never see that character dead, and I wouldn't be surprised if Bioware brings the dead one back in Mass Effect 2. Oh, and you can choose to kill Wrex.
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Huh. You're more likely to find main characters dead in western RPGs, I suspect.

[Red Dragon]

Re: Games in which a character dies

A couple more recent when the main character dies:

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Dragon Age: Origins

Fallout 3
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[Kire]

Re: Games in which a character dies

both of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfares.

[Karim]

Re: Games in which a character dies

spoilers obviously


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SMT: You either kill both of your male party members or they end up killing each other depending on your alignment.

SMT2: Beth dies after taking a killing blow intended for your character.

Digital Devil Saga 2: Your entire party is killed off over the course of the game in increasingly elaborate manner, ending with the main character being burned alive so that you can enter the final dungeon.

Suikoden: Gremio dies saving you, Pahn can be killed while fighting
your father, and like 90% of the characters you recruit can be killed
during the army battle sections.

Super Robot Wars OG2: Daitetsu, one of your battleship captains, is killed
during an ambush.

Valkyria Chronicles: Isara is killed by a sniper after a battle.

Valkyrie Profile: This is sort of the opposite of all the rest...
but uh, everyone who you can recruit is already dead.
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edit: uhh, sorry, i figured spoilers were sort of the point of the topic.

[Big Rick Cook]

Re: Games in which a character dies

spoilers obviously

Suikoden: Gremio dies saving you, Pahn can be killed while fighting
your father, and like 90% of the characters you recruit can be killed
during the army battle sections.

If we allowed for "90% of the characters you recruit" kind of thing, we'd have to allow every Fire Emblem game, and Hoshigami, and Final Fantasy Tactics, and like... half the SRPGs out there.

[marcus]

Re: Games in which a character dies

Hey, let's keep using spoilers, holy **** Karim.

Planescape: Torment
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Ignus betrays you at the end. Vhailor will attack you if you reveal your evil past life imprisoned him. You can sacrifice all of your party members to the pillar of skulls. You can leave someone to be permanently lost in the Modron Cube. Also, during the final dungeon, every single NPCs will die. They can be resurrected but it depends on what you say near the end of the game.
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[DK]

Re: Games in which a character dies

This is a cheapo one but FFXII

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Vaan's brother, a few of them thar guest guys~~~
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[Tintenfisch]

Re: Games in which a character dies

Near all personas

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

Re: Games in which a character dies

Does Agro in SotC count?

EDIT: Wait, I forgot about the epilogue, derp. It's been too long since I played it.

[Loki]

Re: Games in which a character dies

I think Argo counts if Chrono does. And yeah, I was thinking more in-game rather than something that happens as during the ending. Something that has some effect on gameplay and story.

[Denmo]

Re: Games in which a character dies

ff6 if you count Celes failing to feed Cid.

And Shadow if you failed to wait for him.

[John Mora]

Re: Games in which a character dies

ff6 if you count Celes failing to feed Cid.

Cid wasn't a PC...

[Jamos]

Re: Games in which a character dies

In Final Fantasy II, *** SPOILERS ***
practically everyone that joins your party that doesn't start the game with you dies. Josef, Menwu (okay I can't remember his name), and Ricard are the one's that bite the dust. In other words, don't bother teaching the forth party member any spells (or at least expensive ones.) The only ones that didn't seem to kick the bucket was Gordon and the pirate captian Leila. Gordon joins the party twice, but briefly. Leila does stay with the party for a quite a while, but does leave it eventually. I haven't beat the game yet so I'm not sure if Leon kicks the bucket, but it is bound to happen.
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Final Fantasy X also should technically count.

If you want to be real technical, even without the ending you could count FFX. *** SPOILERS ***
Seymour does join your party for one fight, so he was technically a member of the team for a brief moment. I guess you could say the same for Sephiroth who was with you for longer... nevermind he dies at the end.
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