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> Number of characters, How many is too many
DMBF
post Nov 27 2012, 08:19 AM
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Hey guys.

I have about 18 characters in my game. You can swap between them pretty much whenever you want. What's people's opinions on party sizes? Is there ever such a thing as too many characters?
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post Dec 30 2012, 03:17 PM
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The number depends on how deep you want the story to be and long, if your shooting for a 20-40 hr rpg you're probably alright using 10-15 characters.

There should always be supporting characters IE playable characters, characters that help you during the game but can't actually play as them and then you have your village idiots to add humor.


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- DMBF   Number of characters   Nov 27 2012, 08:19 AM
- - Shaddowval   As long as each character has a reason for being t...   Nov 27 2012, 08:22 AM
- - Jens of Zanicuud   It seems like a huge roster... eighteen characters...   Nov 27 2012, 08:26 AM
- - amerk   As long as you are able to develop each story and ...   Nov 27 2012, 03:30 PM
- - ZarroTsu   The only time "too many characters" occu...   Nov 28 2012, 04:19 AM
- - Clord   Be careful with that. I have seven party members i...   Nov 28 2012, 05:25 AM
- - Strawberry   We have 10 playable characters. Mainly just to pl...   Nov 28 2012, 06:50 AM
- - bulmabriefs144   I dunno about the 7 limit. I managed ten people. ...   Dec 1 2012, 06:17 AM
- - Strawberry   So, regard to having "many characters" I...   Dec 1 2012, 09:24 AM
- - DMBF   It's good to see everyone else's opinions ...   Dec 3 2012, 05:00 PM
- - LockeZ   Assuming it's a story-driven game, the right n...   Dec 17 2012, 10:57 PM
|- - bulmabriefs144   QUOTE (LockeZ @ Dec 17 2012, 11:57 PM) As...   Jan 2 2013, 10:50 AM
- - Fonstw   You have to know for yourself; Does (for example) ...   Dec 29 2012, 12:12 PM
- - magusgarkan   Back when I first started, I had 10 characters tot...   Jan 5 2013, 06:16 AM
- - ZarroTsu   Jeez you guys seem like you're throwing number...   Jan 5 2013, 06:32 PM
- - amerk   I agree with the above. I'll use Final Fantasy...   Jan 8 2013, 10:06 AM
- - userjosh704   FF6 had like 12 or 14 or something and I thought i...   Apr 23 2013, 06:19 AM

 

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