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Counselor

Other (objects, etc.) entity

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Player has one or more characters almost constantly nattering what they should be doing or how to do it.

99
games
30
platforms

Alternate names: Instructor, Operations officer

These can be characters who tag along, but more often they're on the other side of a radio, sometimes they're tiny magical creatures that can thus "naturally" travel in your pocket or otherwise avoid dangers of the protagonist's life.

Unfortunately these are often done poorly, or at least prattle at such a frequency that noticeable number of players wish they could make the "counselor" shut up for just a moment. More useful to younger people who like the guidance, as they may have trouble discerning the what-now bit by themselves, but for more mature players they're usually less enjoyable.

This can be sometimes excused with the "counselor" character's impatience or to deliver the illusion of hurry even when the game will leisurely wait for the player to arrive at set locations before anything real happens. The latter case is more easy to identify while the former is easily "mistaken" with unnecessarily high reminder frequency, neither really has any bearing on the use of this tag, however.

Notes:
* Can be combined with the companion tag when they do more than just talk.

Future:
* Tag strength has little meaning for this, though max value could be used for the most chatty cases while anything below just fills in the necessary but does not badger the player (much) after the initial statement.
Related:
* Companion - though the counselor type rarely does anything besides talking.

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Parent group

Companions and subordinates

Games by year

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The first Counselor video game was released on March 12, 1992.

Nintendo, Codemasters, Kalypso Media Digital and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows30
Linux15
Mac OS X7
X3606
PS35
GameCube4
Wii3
Mega Drive3
N643
PS22
PS42
Mega-CD1
Switch1
Xbox One1
GBA1
Amiga CD321
FM Towns1
NEC PC98011
Amiga AGA1
Nintendo DS1
Jaguar1
Xbox1
PS1
Saturn1
Mac OS Classic1
Amiga1
3DS1
MS-DOS1
3DO1
Wii U1

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