Best for side character depth
Gears of War: E-Day
4.8 attribute score
Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.
Best Xbox Video Games for side character depth
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Safest pick
Hollow Knight: Silksong
4.7 attribute score
Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.
Most evidence
The Outer Worlds 2
21 supporting reviews
Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.
Best overall product
Forza Horizon 5
4.3 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.
Mags and Lucas generally earn their place beside the established leads, with personal histories that add texture to Bravo Squad. Lucas in particular is sometimes seen as underdeveloped until later...
Pros: combat system, graphics quality
Cons: exploration quality, mission design
Side character depth receives positive evidence from a review praising Pharloom’s supporting characters as charming and motivated.
Pros: difficulty balance, art direction
Cons: economy and resource balance, checkpoint system
Side characters earned praise for having enough interaction and backstory to avoid feeling flat.
Pros: soundtrack quality, narrative quality
Cons: combat system, enemy variety
Side characters add more car culture, local context, and human texture than prior entries.
Pros: graphics quality, accessibility options
Cons: AI behavior, difficulty balance
Side characters and companions were highly divisive: some found them memorable and heartfelt, while others thought they were shallow or uninspired.
Pros: combat system, narrative quality
Cons: difficulty balance, enemy variety
Side characters and companions were divisive: many praised their faction ties and quests, while others found them uneven or unmemorable.
Pros: combat system, progression system
Cons: pacing, AI behavior
Side character depth was usually criticized, with reviewers calling supporting characters forgettable, unmemorable or impossible to care about.
Pros: combat system, weapon balance
Cons: flying mechanics, narrative quality