Basically what’s a game that you’ve played that seemed so mind blowingly unique at the time but for one reason or another the game never took off and other developers didn’t pick up and run with it either.
Dragon’s Dogma Pawn system
Everyone has a Pawn, an NPC companion you create. The other two party members are also Pawns, but downloaded from other players.
Need a mage that knows a fire spell to fight a Griffin? Pop online and download one. One of your pawns too squishy? Download one with better armor.
The cool thing about this system is pawns retain knowledge from what they see and have done. If someone has finished a quest you haven’t, they will help lead you to the next location, or call out an enemy’s weakness.
Pawns also take back what they have learned to the player who owns them. And when you return a pawn, you can give it an item that goes back to the pawn’s owner.
It’s a great way to help other players in a single player game.