Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
In terms of parties who are part of or make up an organization of some kind, I cannot help but recall my experience many years ago when I played Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Despite having 13-14 members, Organization XIII at the time was able to provide much in the way of visual variety and distinct personalities. Love or hate those characters, they each brought something unique to the table for their respective fans to enjoy. The same kind of diversity just doesn't exist with the scions.
Yeah, no thanks to that. I mentioned in the other thread how some games (noteably, FFIX) uses shallowness or one-note jokes/gimmicks to give characters the illusion of "diversity" when they're all just flat characters. Another example of that is Organization XIII from KH, and I can also provide another example with the majority of Chrono Cross's cast. Having a lot of characters doesn't mean a lot when half or more of them are defined by a single character trait or recurring joke. It's another reason why, like I said before, "variety" isn't particularly relevant to how good or bad a group may be.