Were there ever any RPGs other than Suikoden and final fantasy 4 that had a party of more than four at a time? It seems like four or three is universal, with a few exceptions like dragon quest/warrior 1 with one person and the mario & luigi series with two
Ultima IV had 8 party members at once, and it definitely made battles feel very slow when you had to cycle through giving all of them commands one at a time.
@dodec You can't control the guest character though, right?
You can. I don't remember if they gain XP or let you change their equipment around (it's been a while) but you do at least command them in battle.
@dodec Oh! It's been a while here too.
That reminds me a little of final fantasy 4, where the entire party functions like that; you don't get a say in who's in the party at any given moment, it's all just what the story dictates
@Felthry
Yeah, they definitely learned how to make it work smoothly.
Also I just remembered the Final Fantasy Legend games, where you often had 4 main characters plus a fifth character in a rotating "guest" slot.