>>718530461
>Name that game.
Xenoblade 2
>give protagonist the manly father figure he never had
>he's a fucking great guy, teaches the party all sorts of things that sticks with them for the rest of the game
>he's only in the party for one chapter, dies in a heroic self sacrifice
>menu and stuff make it seem like he'd be a permanent party member
>you can technically get him to the max level through NG+ autism but there's no point since he's just around for a single early game chapter
>timeskip in Xenoblade 3
>protagonist grows up to pretty much be him