Are there any games featuring The entire(or most) family unit?

[Stay Up Be Easy]

Kind of an offshoot topic to this one.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/wo...d-other-genre-wrinkles-not-often-seen.101535/


Was bored, ended up on a SMB 2 info page where I learned it was adapted from a completely different game.

You play as mom, dad, son and sons girlfriend.

Kind of struck me how rare that dynamic is in games. So rare that it's the only game I can think of.

Sure there's siblings or a single father + one child/ward but the whole family never gets in on the adventure.

I guess it's rare where there's enough playable characters to have an entire family.

Now that I'm actually typing it out the only other examples in action/adventure/horror fiction where the entire family unit is at least present if not entirely active are The Incredibles and Lost in Space.

 

[Deleted member 15428]

The Sims

 

[stinkyguy666]

Does Simpsons Hit & Run count

they even had Apu

 

[John Omaha]

Dragon Quest V - Protagonist, his wife and two kids.

 

[CopperPuppy]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

 

[Gush]

Rusty Lake Roots kind of does this, though it's more like you swapping between their perspectives on a big convoluted web of events rather than a unified family adventure.

 

[SunBroDave]

The Witcher 3 - Dad, ex-wife, new girlfriend, daughter, grandpa (more or less)

 

[Plum]

In Assassin's Creed Odyssey the whole game is basically about trying to reunite your family and all of them are major players in the story.

Spoiler

You've got your brother/sister (depending on who you picked), your birth-mother, your step-father (plus your real father who's chilling in Atlantis) and your adopted brother. You'll meet all of them throughout the main story and if you manage to reunite everyone (except for the real father) you get a short scene of them chilling before getting all 4 of them as members of your ship crew.

 

[Jessie]

Conception

 

[Massicot]

Not quite a normal family 'unit' but in Lost Odyssey you have two grandparents and their two grandchildren all as party members.

 

[Soulflarz]

Conception

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NO

 

[Hu3]

Children of morta op go play now! You play as the entire family.

 

[Deleted member 34873]

Does Pokémon count. Ditto, father of all my Monz.

 

[Fireblend]

 

[Jessie]

Final Fantasy VI has a father, daughter, and maternal grandfather in the party (the father's identity is a secret)

 

[Deleted member 49535]

Lost Odyssey. No playable mom and dad, but grandfather, grandmother and a couple of their grandchildren.

Also, don't all the new Fire Emblem have this? Couples in the game have their children come from the future to join them.

 

[jesu]

Sheltered

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltered_(video_game)

Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic survival game developed by Unicube. Team17 published it on March 17, 2016, for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, and Nintendo Wii U. Players control a family that survives a nuclear war by taking refuge in an underground shelter. As their supplies run low, the family must scrounge above ground.

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[Seraphis Cain]

Legacy of the Wizard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Wizard

 

[Lulu]

Children of Morta just came out. It's supposedly great but no one cares

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Mother 3

;-;

 

[Thatguy]

Mother 3 comes to mind. Dog included!

edit: BEATEN

 

[Kouriozan]

Came to post about Mother 3 as well, damn it Nintendo just localize it!

 

[Lord Vatek]

Zero and Ao no Kiseki.

Spoiler

Depending on how you're defining "family", anyway.

 

[Pirateluigi]

Mother 3

;-;

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Mother 3 comes to mind. Dog included!

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Both y'all just made me cry.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Incredible Crisis was the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[giapel]

Does DK64 count? The Kongs are a family, aren't they?

 

[Billfisto]

 

[Syril]

Dragon Quest V - Protagonist, his wife and two kids.

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Don't forget the greatest pet.

 

[Gakidou]

You can recruit a lot of family members in Chrono Cross.
You can recruit Korcha's little sister and Mom (and a guy called orcha who might be the dad?? not sure?)
You can also get Karsh's dad and Lady Riddel's dad
And the pirate guy Fargo has kids and a sister-in-law(?) but thats a sneakret spoilerr ;>

Oh, also there's a LEGO The Incredibles game

 

[retroman]

I can't imagine anyone here having played this one. I'd love to be pleasantly surprised, though.

 

[JeffDunhamsPeanut]

God of War on PS4. You have a son and father, mother is dead so is not present. Unless you count Freya, but she's not playable ;)

 

[mopinks]

Legacy of the Wizard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Wizard

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immediately what I thought of even though I haven't played it in decades

 

[SweetBellic]

The De Santa family in GTA V

 

[Carassius Auratus]

FFIV: The After Years

 

[Pirateluigi]

Mortal Kombat X and 11. Get the whole Cage Blade clan in on the action.

 

[Puggles]

Resident Evil 7

 

[Melpontro]

Assassin's Creed Syndicate lets you play as Brother, Sister,

Spoiler

Granddaughter/Great Niece

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Costume Quest came instantly to mind.

Edit: Oh playable?

Tekken series. You've had grandpappy, daddy dearest, momma, son and cousin all playable in one game (Tag 2) and 7 takes out momma but adds grammy.

 

[Deleted member 42637]

The Suikoden games have lots of family connections between various characters

 

[ManNR]

Children of morta op go play now! You play as the entire family.

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I'm kinda wondering if this whole thread is a stealthy way to get people talking about Children of Morta.

 

[Deleted member 8860]

Assassin's Creed Origins has you play as the father and mother, with the son featured in flashbacks/spirit world scenes.

What Remains of Edith Finch has you play as quite a few family members.

 

[Kung Fucius]

Simpson's Arcade Game. Everyone's in it. Grandpa, Patty, Selma, even the Dog and Cat make an appearance.

 

[Willin]

Metal Gear?

 

[Tempy]

Lost Odyssey. No playable mom and dad, but grandfather, grandmother and a couple of their grandchildren.

Also, don't all the new Fire Emblem have this? Couples in the game have their children come from the future to join them.

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I'm so glad Fire Emblem Three Houses doesn't have any time travel shenanigans.

 

[KaiPow]

Came to recommend Lost Odyssey and Legacy of the Wizard so I'm glad people are recognizing greatness.

 

[Tavernade]

Fire Emblem Awakening has Chrom, whichever character he marries, Lucina, and another child.

I imagine it's cheating to include Flintstones/Simpsons/Family Guy games?

 

[xir]

mr mosquito?

 

[Blackbird]

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is all about the concept of family.

 

[Snormy]

Glad I'm not the only one here giving a shoutout to Children of Morta

 

[Stay Up Be Easy]

Simpson's Arcade Game. Everyone's in it. Grandpa, Patty, Selma, even the Dog and Cat make an appearance.

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LOVED that game. Played it all the time at Chuck E Cheese.

Mother 3 comes to mind. Dog included!

edit: BEATEN

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My brother played Earthbound. There was a point in time I could do RPGs. But that has long passed.

Children of morta op go play now! You play as the entire family.

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Children of Morta just came out. It's supposedly great but no one cares

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I'm kinda wondering if this whole thread is a stealthy way to get people talking about Children of Morta.

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Actually never heard of it.

Just YouTube's it....

Looks well made but probably not for me. Might try it when my renovation isn't taking every single free second if my time.