(06-16-2015, 06:05 PM)Griffith! Wrote: Me, I didn't like Genesis because he makes Sephiroth less important as a character. Sephiroth isn't the mastermind - he's a side effect of the real, hidden mastermind's plot. FFVII is just cleaning up the mess left over from Crisis Core, all started by this seemingly random character that was apparently important enough to inform every other central character's actions but not important enough that anyone ever mentioned him outside the game in which he appeared.Oh. Now I can see kinda where the hates coming from. It did kinda degrade Sephiroth as nothing more than a side effect of Genesis grand scheme.Â
The franchise worked better without Genesis because Sephiroth didn't need extra motivation - literally nobody was questioning his motives before CC. All Genesis does, as a character, is steal Sephi's agency as a villain and give Zack another rival to measure himself against.
But I'm not putting the effort in to break down or evaluate the character, if only because that would mean replaying the game. I just don't have that kind of time.
Or, y'know, caring.
But in the end all im really trying to get across is I see Genesis as a legit (and good) character. I loved his cryptic speeches and the say he twisted words. Reminded me of Shakespeare.
Kevin Gates - Told Me
