Dragon's Dogma - OT (Release 5-22-12; Demo 4-24-12)

Party Details
Player: For the player character, you customize appearance with quite a bit of depth, as well as gender, of course. You can make your character anywhere from young to elderly, with a wide variety of customization options. When your pawn falls in battle, the player may revive him or her via physical contact.

Main Pawn: The Main Pawn is like a permanent partner, who will follow the player throughout the adventure. As with the player character, the Main Pawn’s appearance and gender are customizable, and the Main Pawn will also level up and improve through increased experience and knowledge. You can also “rent” other players’ Main Pawn’s using an online feature.

Support Pawns: Main Pawns borrowed from other players will act as your Support Pawns. Of course, there are also many Support Pawns built into the game, so you don’t have to take advantage of the online feature to have these pawns and create the party of your liking. Players should consider the conditions of battle when choosing their pawns.

Online Mode: Players will be able to borrow other players’ Main Pawns and use them in their own party. Lending one’s pawn out to other players will cause that pawn to improve and gain new knowledge of enemy weakpoints and dungeons. Players can also “educate” pawns and choose the way they want their pawns to act.