All these could be contenders for the best video game companion; however, when it comes to the best of the best, it’s gotta be someone who’s there for you in your darkest hour, and for that, one of the picks for the best video game companions in my eyes would be Torrent in FromSoftware’s Elden Ring. He is the players’ knight in shining armour from the moment you drop into the world. When you feel scared, who do you call? Torrent. When you need to climb up to high ground, who do you call? Torrent? When you need to run from a boss that would devour you whole, who do you call? Torrent. He is always there for the player throughout most of the game, and his absence at times is felt when you try to call him to no avail. Fighting Dragons and other big bosses become much more manageable with him around, and traversing is a breeze on this spectral steed that chose you.
Another Pick for best companion would have to be Miles “Tails” Prower from the Sonic games. He is Sonic’s day one and his best friend who has helped him through the toughest of situations, as while Sonic may be the fastest Hedgehog, that doesn’t make him the most rational and smartest. He can even be quite cocky at times but with Tails’ big IQ and being real tech-savvy he’s constantly able to back up Sonic when he needs it, especially all the times Eggman flies off and Tails has to tail him with his plane with Sonic in tow to foil his plans.
Now this last one might be seen as controversial considering the state of the games initial release but Glamrock Freddy from FNAF: Security Breach is one of those loveable guys even if he’s useless when he decides to not come to your aid cause of the games bugs but he’s a safe place in a Pizzaplex full of horrors and mystery, he guides and encourages you even when he’s not with you, I just love it when he calls the protagonist superstar comforting the boy when everything else around him is out to get him. Freddy is someone he can rely and run to when in danger, when he doesn’t just run straight past you and leave you to die like he did many time in Markiplier’s lets play of the game but thats besides the point, Glamrock Freddy is just a sweet bundle of joy and my favourite iteration of the many Freddy Fazbears that exist in the Universe. There are so many other companions that could easily be considered the best; it all comes down to how they helped your gaming experience!