Quinneapolis
Weird RPG opinion: It stresses me out when a game has more characters than party slots
Quinneapolis
like what if I'm using the wrong ones
Quinneapolis
should I be focusing some up more than others or going for a balanced meta-team
Quinneapolis
are only four of us going to get to participate in the ending
oh i'm scary
in Octopath absolutely the latter
Quinneapolis
it's so many advanced ways to second guess myself into oblivion
oh i'm scary
switch people out liberally and keep them all leveled
Frozen Time
this is why I can never finish a Pokemon
Ligaratus
this is why job systems are superior to big parties imo
EsperBot
It was a big relief when I realized that characters in Chrono Trigger still got xp and leveled up even if they weren’t in the active party
Gabiluzbad
In games with parties I always found managing the party's EXP levels to be an actually interesting challenge
Quinneapolis
the bigger anxiety is the final boss thing
Quinneapolis
if anyone is in the party and don't get to fight the final boss then their character arc didn't count!!!
Rama
I'm replaying Baldur's Gate and yeah
oh i'm scary
(this is not a real counterpoint but) counterpoint:
oh i'm scary
this can be extremely funny if a party member Sucks
oh i'm scary
ME3 keeps track of who you used least often and has them complain about it in the Citadel DLC so you can dunk on Kaidan one last time
Echo
Also what if you're leaving out one of the party members too much, so they never have the chance to hang out with their friends and they get sad. :<
ShootingXC
it's fine just play the game so much that you end up with your main character so overleveled they destroy the final boss
Quinneapolis
I hate doing thaaaaat
ShootingXC
it definitely sucks the epic out of it
ShootingXC
I do like games with good mid-battle switch mechanics like ffx