Current Events > Why did RPGs settle on 4 party members at a time?

Topic List	Page List: 1
Intro2Logic 01/07/22 9:56:41 AM #1:	Why? --- Have you tried thinking rationally? <cite>Intro2Logic posted [p:961545322] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Why? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
#2	Post #2 was unavailable or deleted.
K181 01/07/22 9:58:14 AM #3:	Big enough for variety, but not too big to be tedious or unmanageable. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:961545361] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Big enough for variety, but not too big to be tedious or unmanageable. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 01/07/22 9:59:02 AM #4:	Did they? There's loads of games that do 3, 5, 6 --- https://i.imgur.com/6cPXvLN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hVC4i6j.jpg <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:961545380] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Did they? There's loads of games that do 3, 5, 6 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Legato-and-Vash 01/07/22 10:07:21 AM #5:	After playing a lot of games that do 3, I love when a game has 4. --- *~Sincerely yours, Legato and Vash~* Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kid_prodigy23 <cite>Legato-and-Vash posted [p:961545566] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>After playing a lot of games that do 3, I love when a game has 4. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam 01/07/22 10:08:19 AM #6:	room for one white man, one minority, one female, and one non-human creature <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:961545591] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>room for one white man, one minority, one female, and one non-human creature </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 01/07/22 10:09:12 AM #7:	4 elements --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:961545614] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>4 elements </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
#8	Post #8 was unavailable or deleted.
Ricemills 01/07/22 10:13:20 AM #9:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] BoFIV style or FFX style? --- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you posted will be misquoted, then be used against you. http://error1355.com/ce/Ricemills.html <cite>Ricemills posted [p:961545691] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> BoFIV style or FFX style? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flauros 01/07/22 10:15:34 AM #10:	Play Star Ocean 5. You get 7 to control with 1 passive buffer. Its pretty fun --- https://i.imgur.com/EX6Md7k.gif https://i.imgur.com/ygAzHKB.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/c84omp7.gif https://i.imgur.com/Hj9RrC6.mp4 <cite>Flauros posted [p:961545730] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Play Star Ocean 5. You get 7 to control with 1 passive buffer. Its pretty fun </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ilishe 01/07/22 10:16:46 AM #11:	Suikoden games almost always have 6 and BoF 4 let you swap people while in battle which was really nice. --- ~Phoenix Nine~ ~Victory needs no explanation; defeat allows none.~ <cite>Ilishe posted [p:961545752] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Suikoden games almost always have 6 and BoF 4 let you swap people while in battle which was really nice. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonCthulhu 01/07/22 10:17:14 AM #12:	Honestly 4 is the best number. 3 feels too restrictive at times, and 5 feels like it's an overload. --- NeonOctopus's Alt #6 >_> <cite>NeonCthulhu posted [p:961545762] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Honestly 4 is the best number. 3 feels too restrictive at times, and 5 feels like it's an overload. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bobaban 01/07/22 10:19:48 AM #13:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] This is why really liked DQXI you could switch inactive party members in battle at the start of your turn and not lose a turn <cite>bobaban posted [p:961545835] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> This is why really liked DQXI you could switch inactive party members in battle at the start of your turn and not lose a turn </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 01/07/22 10:22:55 AM #14:	Tank healer dps wildcard (usually another dps) Also a reasonable marching order --- tfw no big tiddy goth vampire gf who lactates blood - viewmaster_pi <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:961545907] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Tank healer dps wildcard (usually another dps) Also a reasonable marching order </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 01/07/22 11:14:35 AM #15:	Crono99 posted... I don't mind if there's limits to the party members but I wish more games allowed some party members to just be "inactive" but still in the party instead of being left on the ship or something Because then I go to a cutscene and I want to go back with other characters because I want to know what the other characters would've said in the cutscene and so I have to kinda start over Yeah this this this. I am not replaying a game just to cycle through flavor text. Just have the cutscenes where the characters are all present at once. This is also why I prefer a nice small intimate number of playable characters in a game, rather than an absurd number like 40+ or a certain series with over 100 mostly pointless party members. --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:961547095] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Crono99 posted...</cite> <quote>I don't mind if there's limits to the party members but I wish more games allowed some party members to just be "inactive" but still in the party instead of being left on the ship or something Because then I go to a cutscene and I want to go back with other characters because I want to know what the other characters would've said in the cutscene and so I have to kinda start over </quote> Yeah this this this. I am not replaying a game just to cycle through flavor text. Just have the cutscenes where the characters are all present at once. This is also why I prefer a nice small intimate number of playable characters in a game, rather than an absurd number like 40+ or a certain series with over 100 mostly pointless party members.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EmbraceOfDeath 01/07/22 11:20:08 AM #16:	It gives you room for your warrior, healer, mage, and wildcard (often rogue). --- No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk. <cite>EmbraceOfDeath posted [p:961547208] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>It gives you room for your warrior, healer, mage, and wildcard (often rogue). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ilishe 01/08/22 8:40:47 AM #17:	saspa posted... 100 mostly pointless party members I resent this comment. Most of them are useful or cool in some way. --- ~Phoenix Nine~ ~Victory needs no explanation; defeat allows none.~ <cite>Ilishe posted [p:961571991] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>saspa posted... </cite> <quote>100 mostly pointless party members</quote> I resent this comment. Most of them are useful or cool in some way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ImagineUsngAlts 01/08/22 5:33:53 PM #18:	Two for frontline/offense, two for backline/support. Balanced, as all things should be. <cite>ImagineUsngAlts posted [p:961583398] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Two for frontline/offense, two for backline/support. Balanced, as all things should be. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayerblade11 01/08/22 5:38:06 PM #19:	why did pokemon settle for 6 pokemon at a time? <cite>Slayerblade11 posted [p:961583492] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>why did pokemon settle for 6 pokemon at a time? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 01/08/22 5:40:13 PM #20:	saspa posted... Yeah this this this. I am not replaying a game just to cycle through flavor text. Just have the cutscenes where the characters are all present at once. This is also why I prefer a nice small intimate number of playable characters in a game, rather than an absurd number like 40+ or a certain series with over 100 mostly pointless party members. I think this is a contributing factor to why Chrono Cross feels like such a dud compared to the original. Instead of focusing on a few party members they give us 10 times as many with a twentieth of the personality or story. --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:961583551] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>saspa posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah this this this. I am not replaying a game just to cycle through flavor text. Just have the cutscenes where the characters are all present at once. This is also why I prefer a nice small intimate number of playable characters in a game, rather than an absurd number like 40+ or a certain series with over 100 mostly pointless party members.</quote> I think this is a contributing factor to why Chrono Cross feels like such a dud compared to the original. Instead of focusing on a few party members they give us 10 times as many with a twentieth of the personality or story. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MJOLNRVII 01/08/22 5:40:36 PM #21:	There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition. --- https://i.imgtc.ws/WBp3VHL.gif https://i.imgtc.ws/aGc8opg.gif https://i.imgtc.ws/tQBwJ35.gif <cite>MJOLNRVII posted [p:961583566] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nfearurspecimn 01/08/22 5:41:34 PM #22:	Slayerblade11 posted... why did pokemon settle for 6 pokemon at a time? you mean 1. there are double and triple battles, but you generally only have 1 active party member at a time. --- Wake up. You have to wake up. currently a preta/hungry ghost Dai Grepher: I was wrong. My entire theory is incorrect. Zero Mission IS a remake of Metroid. <cite>nfearurspecimn posted [p:961583597] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Slayerblade11 posted... </cite> <quote>why did pokemon settle for 6 pokemon at a time?</quote>you mean 1. there are double and triple battles, but you generally only have 1 active party member at a time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 01/08/22 5:42:29 PM #23:	Guardians of the Galaxy (not really an RPG, but...) did well with five people. Giving commands was super easy <cite>Derwood posted [p:961583621] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Guardians of the Galaxy (not really an RPG, but...) did well with five people. Giving commands was super easy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
vbty3 01/08/22 5:42:42 PM #24:	MJOLNRVII posted... There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition. FFXIII --- Steam Wishlist: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198043569354/wishlist <cite>vbty3 posted [p:961583630] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>MJOLNRVII posted... </cite> <quote>There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition.</quote>FFXIII </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 01/08/22 5:44:36 PM #25:	MJOLNRVII posted... There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition. Radiant Historia kind of. You have to bounce back and forth between alternative time lines and each timeline you have a different party minus 3 characters that are always in both parties. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:961583685] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>MJOLNRVII posted... </cite> <quote>There any games where you have about twice as many characters as the party limit, but it actually forces you to use both "teams" often throughout the game? Most games that do this only ever do it a few times, but I would like to try a game where the party splits up a lot and you have some control over the group composition.</quote> Radiant Historia kind of. You have to bounce back and forth between alternative time lines and each timeline you have a different party minus 3 characters that are always in both parties. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Number090684 01/08/22 5:45:39 PM #26:	K181 posted... Big enough for variety, but not too big to be tedious or unmanageable. <cite>Number090684 posted [p:961583715] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>K181 posted... </cite> <quote>Big enough for variety, but not too big to be tedious or unmanageable.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 01/09/22 11:33:45 PM #27:	Anteaterking posted... I think this is a contributing factor to why Chrono Cross feels like such a dud compared to the original. Instead of focusing on a few party members they give us 10 times as many with a twentieth of the personality or story. Yeah exactly. And gameplay wise, it's annoying because instead of 4 party members you can only have 3 at a time, and really virtually just 1 due to reasons, so it's 40 useless party members with barely any personality. After finally playing Chrono Cross, it boggled my mind how it got a 10 from sites like gamespot 20 years ago --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:961620626] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Anteaterking posted...</cite> <quote> I think this is a contributing factor to why Chrono Cross feels like such a dud compared to the original. Instead of focusing on a few party members they give us 10 times as many with a twentieth of the personality or story. </quote> Yeah exactly. And gameplay wise, it's annoying because instead of 4 party members you can only have 3 at a time, and really virtually just 1 due to reasons, so it's 40 useless party members with barely any personality. After finally playing Chrono Cross, it boggled my mind how it got a 10 from sites like gamespot 20 years ago</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/09/22 11:39:21 PM #28:	arcanum lets you walk around with 7 party members (5 w/ max charisma, 1 with persuasion, and you can get a dog too if you save it). fallout 2 you can have 5 party members. although there a glitch where the cyberdog will become a member even if you are already at the limit by killing the scientist dude right off the bat without entering dialogue. so making 6. then there that glitch that occurs after you have sex with mrs bishop that allow you to get all the party members (so 14). --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:961620775] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>arcanum lets you walk around with 7 party members (5 w/ max charisma, 1 with persuasion, and you can get a dog too if you save it). fallout 2 you can have 5 party members. although there a glitch where the cyberdog will become a member even if you are already at the limit by killing the scientist dude right off the bat without entering dialogue. so making 6. then there that glitch that occurs after you have sex with mrs bishop that allow you to get all the party members (so 14). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foxhound101 01/10/22 12:10:27 AM #29:	The Suikoden games let you have 6 party members in battle :) --- There are a ton of misconceptions about recycling. Learn how to better at recycling: https://onbetterliving.com/simplify-recycling/ <cite>foxhound101 posted [p:961621787] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>The Suikoden games let you have 6 party members in battle :) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 01/10/22 12:11:02 AM #30:	3 seems much more common than 4 --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:961621811] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>3 seems much more common than 4 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 01/12/22 1:02:06 AM #31:	Because of the ps1 era's ambition in 3d graphics, a lot of games decided to do 3-party members because otherwise they would sacrifice load times to have more party members, hence why games like FF 9 are borderline unplayable due to 8+ second load times every battle transition and stuff like that. As graphics began to peak, focus on performance was once again restored --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:961677932] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Because of the ps1 era's ambition in 3d graphics, a lot of games decided to do 3-party members because otherwise they would sacrifice load times to have more party members, hence why games like FF 9 are borderline unplayable due to 8+ second load times every battle transition and stuff like that. As graphics began to peak, focus on performance was once again restored</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/12/22 1:33:14 AM #32:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] obligatory ProZD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_01Z497SFa8 <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:961678339] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> obligatory ProZD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_01Z497SFa8 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 01/12/22 1:34:34 AM #33:	Fam_Fam posted... room for one white man, one minority, one female, and one non-human creature If you have 3 spots. Just knock 2 out with 1 by doing a non white female. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:961678356] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Fam_Fam posted... </cite> <quote>room for one white man, one minority, one female, and one non-human creature</quote> If you have 3 spots. Just knock 2 out with 1 by doing a non white female. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DepreceV2 01/12/22 1:48:37 AM #34:	Golden Sun TLA had 8 --- Reminder: On March 2nd, 2021, Texas removed mask mandates and allowed 100% capacity for businesses. <cite>DepreceV2 posted [p:961678522] in Why did RP... [t:79843346]...</cite> <quote>Golden Sun TLA had 8 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1

Current Events > Why did RPGs settle on 4 party members at a time? (+) Yeah! (+)

Current Events > Why did RPGs settle on 4 party members at a time?