{"id":824253,"date":"2025-12-09T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-minor-characters"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:35:41","slug":"five-of-the-best-minor-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/five-of-the-best-minor-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Five of the Best: Minor characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/five-of-the-best-minor-characters.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Five of the Best is a weekly series for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/subscribe\"><em>supporters of Eurogamer<\/em><\/a><em>. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/five-of-the-best\"><em>our entire Five of the Best archive<\/em><\/a><em> elsewhere on the site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every year, there are awards given to the best lead and supporting characters in games or movies, or TV shows or whatever else. They are, after all, the characters that the stories usually revolve around. But what about all of the other characters in those fictional (and sometimes factual) worlds? They might be less integral to the overarching story but I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re any less important to the feel and impact of the world. Some, of course, can go on to be so memorable they actually replace some of the main characters in our memories of the game, and that&#8217;s who I want to highlight here. The question is, which minor character do you most remember from a game, and why?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-minor-characters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-of-the-best-minor-characters\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It&#8217;s a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It&#8217;s also about having your say, so don&#8217;t be shy, use the comments below and join in! Oh and if you want to read more, you can &#8211; you can find our entire Five of the Best archive elsewhere on the site. Every year, there are awards given to the best lead and supporting characters in games or movies, or TV shows or whatever else. They are, after all, the characters that the stories usually revolve around. 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