I think it is mostly because the authors in question heavily identify with their own OCs and up to a certain level also want to show them off. I realized I have similar urges with my own OCs in all creative mediums I'm active in but so far I managed to balance out focus and attention if there are pre-established characters around in the work in question.
Another variant which is admittedly much more annoying at least from my perspective are wish-fulfillment and/or self-insert characters that not only hijack the plot but also the connections between the pre-established characters. Like i.e. an OC that gets huge attention becoming so close to a pre-established character that the actual friends/companions that character has are suddenly but an afterthought and the pre-established characters is interacting just with the OC for more than 90% of the time.
Self-inserts can be done right, but that requires quite some skill.
Since I haven't read that story I won't pass any judgement on it, it would truly depend on if these numerous OCs regularily outshine the pre-established characters both attention-wise and in-story wise (i.e. they're always depicted as stronger/better than the pre-established ones) or if attention is more evenly spread between these groups.
Of course, too much of it may however risk things getting stale, that's why it is advisable to mix in the occasional funny/comedic or fluffy/cute scene to keep things versatile, hence why I also love including such characters as Hades, Donald, Goofy, Braig or Uncle Scrooge to bring some lightheartedness in some fitting situations.
Nomura certainly came a long way around and despite much criticism leveled at him (which as far as I know comes mostly from the western fandom in both FF and KH) he's right now probably the guy who makes the most money for Square alongside Tabata.
Yea, I think so, but luckily in the FF VII-Remake the whole old team is involved so while Nomura may direct he may not actually have much actual direct influence on the script.
Exactly, both of those are very good in cooking up concepts and scenarios but would need professional help to translate these into a presentable form that works.
I know right, it's even right down to the fact that the actual intention and potential for BBS and the prequel trilogy is actually right there in the material, the starting points are set but do not really get effectively explored. In terms of Star Wars it really shows with the TV show "The Clone Wars" that i actually delivers everything the prequel movies should have done. Prequel-movie Anakin is almost unbearable but Clone Wars Anakin is a very interesting character.
Heheh, I summoned them to Ancient China, lol, alongside a whole bunch of other characters from several works and some of my own OCs as well.
I actually also showed Gram quite some screens via PM and we gushed over how many possibilties this game allows, lol.
Yea, and yet there are still some people out there that deny climate change being a thing...<__<