Cannot argue with that. I still have my gabranth action figure.FF12's Judge designs still (IMO) remain the best fucking character designs for antagonists in the whole series.
This is the closest thing we'll get for now.I said I wanted a new Matsuno Ivalice game in the OT
I agree, to summarize:
FFXII: The story looks awesoooooo.... Huh where did it go?
FFXIII: It's complete but... What?
FFXV: Cliffnotes
I agree, to summarize:
FFXII: The story looks awesoooooo.... Huh where did it go?
FFXIII: It's complete but... What?
FFXV: Cliffnotes
FFXIV in no way uses the concept "better", in fact it uses it in the exact same way. In the end we're talking about characters who are wearing really cool armor designed to make them look unique and imposing, but beyond that they are just mostly soldiers who have different reasons to be there. Reasons which aren't always fully explored because they are supporting characters.
None of them in FFXIV ever "live up" to being a true Darth Vader villain or whatever expectations people have of them. They show up in a couple (literally a couple) of cutscenes spread over a 100+ hour campaign. You beat them in boss fights. They die and talk a bit about themselves, or someone else says something about them later, that's it.
It feels more realistic than the crew fighting every single judge one after another and hearing all of their lifestories.
Vayne actually being a good person? That would've been surprising.
This is exactly what happens in Metal Gear Solid and that game has some of the best videogame bosses/characters ever.
Wasn't he? Kinda...? He wanted to free humanity from the cycle of the Occuria... and even succeeded at it! I think? I need to replay it.
I agree, to summarize:
FFXII: The story looks awesoooooo.... Huh where did it go?
FFXIII: It's complete but... What?
FFXV: Cliffnotes
This is exactly what happens in Metal Gear Solid and that game has some of the best videogame bosses/characters ever.
Wasn't he? Kinda...? He wanted to free humanity from the cycle of the Occuria... and even succeeded at it! I think? I need to replay it.
Man such negativity towards Zargy. He was the 2nd best Judge after Gabranth. Had the morals of Drace, just wasn't an idiot about it, and knew when to not get himself killed because of it. He also was more than willing to sacrifice his own life to save Rabanastre even if he ended up not having to do so. A true hero!
He explains it to Larsa at that time. He basically lost faith on those people because they keep finding ways to resist him. But because Larsa does not shares his opinion, that decision ultimately leads Larsa - and consequently Gabranth - to turn against Vayne.The way they drop the ball with Vayne is right up there with my disappointment with the Judges.
It was really interesting seeing him earn the trust of the people of Rabanastre while simultaneously performing underhanded assassinations and other political moves behind the scenes. It made him more three dimensional than the usual FF villain who conquers through fear and power.
Then in the final act, he inexplicably decides to blow up Rabanastre. Like, why did you spend so much time getting the people to love you if you were going to carpet bomb them anyway?
It honestly felt like he had to do something objectively evil and high-stakes, or the story would have kept going for another 30 hours.
He explains it to Larsa at that time. He basically lost faith on those people because they keep finding ways to resist him. But because Larsa does not shares his opinion, that decision ultimately leads Larsa - and consequently Gabranth - to turn against Vayne.
Well that is more a narrative technique which was meant to make the player feel how powerful barthandelus is.The problem with Jihl isher unepic death, like... She just died by a small spell.
That would be so wonderful. No way it gonna happen though.I said I wanted a new Matsuno Ivalice game in the OT, but, screw it, I'd take a full remake of 12, with the entire backhalf of the story redone. Complete and refine the original vision till everything about the game is perfect. So much potential in the setup of the game, and the fundamentals stay great throughout the hefty amount of content. Just a shame the script and narrative fall apart and leave the political intrigue behind as the game goes on.
This belief that just because there are 5 Judges that you need to fight them all is some shonen anime shit.
FF12's Judge designs still (IMO) remain the best fucking character designs for antagonists in the whole series.
He was a politician, after all...So much for "I will suffer your slings and arrows".
Way to drop the ball on a potential Top 3 all-time FF villain.
I loved their designs beneath their helmets too, especially Zargabaath and his 70s haircut
It felt like SE originally had plans to have an Occurian tied to each judge to me. Both the judges and the Occurians were such interesting characters and concepts and the execution felt extremely incomplete. The game is pretty long already, but the story really deserved another 20 hours of plot to utilize the amazing design & lore that was clearly developed to a certain point and then abandoned.
FF12's Judge designs still (IMO) remain the best fucking character designs for antagonists in the whole series.
But as much as I thought that the Garlean Empire and its Legatus and Praefectus generals and commanders (or whatever they're called) were awesome, I also felt they were basically shamelessly appealing to the coolest parts of XII Judges and VI Magitek haha.