After reading the recent thread on Japan's picks for the top Tales of Games, I reflected on the games I played throughout the series. I realized I barely remember the majority of character in most of the games. There's some games I definitely remember more than others (I can remember the cast of Symphonia and Xillia a little better, but there were also two each of those games), but there's entire casts of games in the franchise where I can vaguely remember the protagonist's name and that it. These aren't games I just picked up and played either, in most cases I spent 40+ hours with the characters in the game and finished their storylines.
I don't know why. There's certainly JRPG franchises that I've played that have considerably less character interaction than the Tales series, yet I remember those casts significantly more. I can name you all the characters and their stories from DQVIII, Xenoblade Chronicles, or the Persona games and yet I'd argue that some of those games feature less direct interaction with the secondary cast.
This could just be a thing I have with this franchise, but it made me wonder: what franchises do you all struggle to remember the casts of? Or rather, what franchises do you think have forgettable casts of characters?
I don't know why. There's certainly JRPG franchises that I've played that have considerably less character interaction than the Tales series, yet I remember those casts significantly more. I can name you all the characters and their stories from DQVIII, Xenoblade Chronicles, or the Persona games and yet I'd argue that some of those games feature less direct interaction with the secondary cast.
This could just be a thing I have with this franchise, but it made me wonder: what franchises do you all struggle to remember the casts of? Or rather, what franchises do you think have forgettable casts of characters?
