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| Companion | Gameplay purpose | Intelligence | Attachment level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yorda in 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. |
 Alyx Vance in 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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