Secret Project: Characters
As I’ve alluded to in the past, there are multiple playable characters in the game, and you don’t commit to one at the beginning of a game; any time you return to base, you can switch to a different character. Each of the characters is sort of a stock fantasy archetype, and each has different strengths, weaknesses, and skills.
One of the major design goals in this game is that it should be possible to complete sticking to one character the whole time if that’s the way you want to do it. It might not be as easy that way, since different characters will be better suited to different tasks, but it will be possible at the very least. There are, however, going to be certain tasks that can only be accomplished by certain characters, along with secret areas and hidden treasures that only certain characters can reach. So it’s best to say that it’s possible to beat the game using only one character, but it’s not possible to complete the game 100% unless you switch it up.
A good comparison for the character system would be Super Mario Bros. 2 — you can’t switch in the middle of a level, but you can switch between levels. Each of the characters has different strengths and weaknesses, and are better or worse in different situations, but all of them can get through the game. That’s the same story here. Oh, except that I don’t plan on having Luigi be hilariously overpoweringly better than all the other characters like he was in SMB2.
