(09-28-2013, 05:00 AM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: The 'laughably horrible' voice acting would be from the likes of Tidus and Vaan, eh? I have a hunch it's intentional, unfortunately. As much as I love most of the games in the Final Fantasy series there's a lot of whiny, 'samey' male protagonists. I'm especially bitter about Basch being reduced to a side character in favour of Vaan who was seen as being 'more relatable' as a main character. This was also one of the things that drove away quite a bit of talent in the company by rubbing them the wrong way. Why the executives thought it'd be a good idea to piss off the guy who brought us Vagrant Story is beyond me, especially since it's one of the few games in existence to get a perfect 100/100 score.
Tidus has good points, even a few great ones... and he also has some that are so earth-shatteringly horrible they make me cry tears of blood, a la Anima. Vaan I don't even want to talk about.
I completely agree though. Final Fantasy has only had one main character for a while now, with a growing collection of wigs and outfits compromised solely of zippers. I loved Basch and I thought he was a strong, well designed character who didn't get his dues. Him being sidelined by that little... abomination, was really a deal breaker for me with the game. I never did ACTUALLY finish it... especially once I realized I did not actually have to participate in combat and could go make a sandwich while the game played itself.
I think Square has come to rely a lot on Nomura, since his characters are always the most popular ones. But then, you know, he also has ideas like this. Far be it for someone like me to tell them how to run their company but... you know... I probably wouldn't leave someone in charge of a project if it was taking them eight years to finish it.
