Number of characters, How many is too many Options

[DMBF]

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?

[ZarroTsu]

Jeez you guys seem like you're throwing numbers out here just to look cool.

To elaborate on my other post, it doesn't actually matter how many characters your game has in total, so long as it's a number that comes naturally in the making of the game and plot itself. If you're shoving extra characters into the fray just to reach some 'quota', your cast of characters will ultimately suffer, and your game might suffer as well.