From: Punnyz | #011
Rank the characters
lets see your worth
Short version: Lightning > All
Long Version:
I've never played a FF where my favourite character has been so utterly clear the entire way through. Lightning has the most fleshed out background, most interesting character, best lines and best development by a long shot. Great character that dare I say would have deserved to be in a better game.
I get the feeling like we never really got to know the real Snow. I like his concept of a laid back rebel, leader of his crew, freedom fighting or just doing whatever. Seems like the handsome rogue type playing by his own rules and having his pick of all the girls. But the Snow we see for the entire game is in the context of him mourning the loss of Serah and all his actions see to be dictated by this loss and desire to get her back. Made him a bit linear and annoying frankly and the marriage plotline was a bit soft for my liking. Felt like punching him every time he took out that tear, I'm glad light did on a few occasions.
I feel like he's a really cool character that we were never given a chance to see because of the games context.
Sazh was clearly designed as the comic relief dude but his jokes just never really worked. He seemed to be written badly if the aim was to have him as a sharp tongued funky cat. Like Snow I like the design and idea of his character but his dialogue was awful, his serious moment of realisation with vanille was one of the better moments in the game but that was as good as it got for him. His chocobo quickly got really irritating.
Fang is someone I'd imagine a lot of people like but was just too obnoxious for my tastes. A far more in control character and less shallow than the rest but just not someone who appealed to me for whatever reason.
Vanille was essentially diet Selphie. Airheaded and never on the same wavelength as everyone else, she was one of the better written characters because she probably portrayed something close to what the designers wanted her to be. I liked her offbeat enthusiasm but her monologues were really bad attempts at insight. Seemed to be a darker side to her that she was fronting against which made he interesting but again rarely showed up in the plot.
oh my god Hope, awful character. Started off as insufferably whiny before gradually turning into someone more determined and optimistic. My problem with this was his character progression was far too obvious, his later personality felt an obnoxious attempt to make the player believe he had "grown" so much over the game. Felt very artificial.
I'd probably rank them.
Lightning >>>>>>>> Sazh > Fang > Vanille > Snow >>>>>>>>>> Hope
Tough to position the middle 4, I may change my mind on this.
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