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| ^ Companion ^ Gameplay purpose ^ Intelligence ^ Attachment level ^ | ^ Companion ^ Gameplay purpose ^ Intelligence ^ Attachment level ^ |
| | {{:yorda.jpg}} Yorda in [[http://www.icothegame.com|Ico]] | To be rescued | General wandering, object avoidance, local route finding - lack of any direction or purpose until a cutscene script takes over. | Quite high to begin with, followed by a trough when you realise she's actually quite annoying - e.g. inability to avoid being dragged away by the "shadows" that come after her. In the end you strangly feel attachment again, when she's taken from you - a sort of attachment due to persistence, an annoying friend that won't go away.| | | {{:yorda.jpg}} Yorda in [[http://www.icothegame.com|Ico]] | To be rescued | General wandering, object avoidance, local route finding - lack of any direction or purpose until a cutscene script takes over. Talks in strange unintelligible language. | Quite high to begin with, followed by a trough when you realise she's actually quite annoying - e.g. inability to avoid being dragged away by the "shadows" that come after her. In the end you strangly feel attachment again, when she's taken from you - a sort of attachment due to persistence, an annoying friend that won't go away.| |
| | {{:alyx.jpg}} Alyx Vance in [[http://half-life2.com/|Half-Life 2]] | Cooperative play | Object avoidance, combat, use of terrain and cover, blind fire etc. Helping with level progression tasks and capable of showing excitement, dismay and anger. | Reception seems good from players, although some complaints about dialogue spoiling the effect with repeated and nonsensical chatter | | | {{:alyx.jpg?100}} Alyx Vance in [[http://half-life2.com/|Half-Life 2]] | Cooperative play | Object avoidance, combat, use of terrain and cover, blind fire etc. Helping with level progression tasks and capable of showing excitement, dismay and anger. | Reception seems good from players, although some complaints about dialogue spoiling the effect with repeated and nonsensical chatter | |
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