Best for side character depth
Hollow Knight: Silksong
4.7 feature score
Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.
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Avowed
3.9 feature score
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Most evidence
The Outer Worlds 2
21 supporting reviews
Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.
Best overall product
Gears of War: E-Day
4.0 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.
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Side character depth receives positive evidence from a review praising Pharloom’s supporting characters as charming and motivated.
Pros: core gameplay loop, world interactivity
Cons: loot system, accessibility options
The new squadmates are viewed as potentially meaningful because their different temperaments and motivations can shape the campaign.
Pros: emotional impact, art direction
Cons: value for money, platform-specific feature support
Side characters earned praise for having enough interaction and backstory to avoid feeling flat.
Pros: atmosphere, voice acting
Cons: world interactivity, camera behavior
Side characters add more car culture, local context, and human texture than prior entries.
Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel
Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality
Side characters and companions were highly divisive: some found them memorable and heartfelt, while others thought they were shallow or uninspired.
Pros: tutorial quality, level design
Cons: stealth mechanics, endgame content
Side characters and companions were divisive: many praised their faction ties and quests, while others found them uneven or unmemorable.
Pros: world-building, mission design
Cons: mission variety, enemy variety
Side character depth was usually criticized, with reviewers calling supporting characters forgettable, unmemorable or impossible to care about.
Pros: environmental detail, polish
Cons: camera behavior, value for money