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A wish that won't come true: FFXVI female protagonist
- Thread starter Alanood
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They could easily make the next FF with a Female protagnist, it would actually be more refreshing after FFXV.
Female lead is fine as long as it's done by somebody who can write women, there's no need otherwise since a bland characters gender doesn't make a difference.
Lightning is one of my favourite FF characters design wise but her personality sucks.
Female lead is fine as long as it's done by somebody who can write women, there's no need otherwise since a bland characters gender doesn't make a difference.
Lightning is one of my favourite FF characters design wise but her personality sucks.
She "managed" that because Toriyama was given free rein for a decade to force her down everyone's throats. She's basically only popular because she was ubiquitous to the franchise for as long as she was.
I could see it happening. We're only one single player FF removed from the Lightning trilogy, FFX-2 was all girl, and I'd even say Ashe is the most main character of 12 since it's her quest they're on.
I'm on board with the people saying take the Agni demo's character, or just turn that into a game.
I'm on board with the people saying take the Agni demo's character, or just turn that into a game.
Ehhhhh, can we NOT do another "modern world but with MAGIC" setting so soon after FFXV? A complete change of setting would be really nice.
It'd be known if you only had to be shoved down a throat to become a popular character. That's not the case.
Final Fantasy is one of the best series for having prominent female party members, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Also it's funny you used Terra as an example when the vast majority of that cast is male.
Ehhhh, while that does make a difference, I didn't see her become that popular in NA. I think she just appeals to the Japanese audience in ways we can't understand.
I'm on board with that, too. I'm not picky with FF, I just want it to be good.
Yeah, and X and XIII and pretty much all the other games except XV.
I'm asking for a return to form, not something new.
XII and IX are some of my favorite entries after VI and Tactics, that does not make them well written, in my opinion at least. I can appreciate you having a different opinion, but insulting someone for having a difference in opinion on writing quality in games is, well, foolish. It ain't that serious man.
Now that you mention it I vaguely remember a woefully under-leveled urchin boy from the tutorial who'd occasionally be given the privilege to come in and steal for his betters. Dan, I think his name was?
.......Persona's had the same amount of female protagonist as mainline FF.(Not counting character creators.)
Is it that improbable? SE had no problem giving Lightning three games and Agni's Philosophy seemed to be very well received.
Considering she's actually still one of the most popular FF protagonists in Japan, had 3 games, multiple partnerships with other brands (like Louis Vuitton)...
I'd say yes.
‘I am proud to be chosen’: Final Fantasy character Lightning on being welcomed into the Louis Vuitton ‘family’
It wasn't only the inclusion of Jayden Smith, the 17-year-old son of actor Will Smith in Louis Vuitton’s new ad campaign that has garnered headlines recently, but the casting of a virtual character too.www.telegraph.co.uk
Popularity especially in this day and age, does not correlate with quality what-so-fucking-ever.
Don't think its out of question as FF games with female protagonists exist, SE saw how part of what made Nier Automata popular was 2B a female protag, they clearly like making cool female characters and in a world where XV wasn't a boyband road trip Aranea would have 200% been a party member
I didn't play X-2 ... i was at a critical time in my education around that time.
Well, now i know what i will play when i am done with my current play.
Thanks for the hint !
(i always thought it was the same cast as X ... and hated blitzball, so after i was done i never looked back to make up for the time lost)
Huh?
Persona had P3P and Persona 2 and arguably P3fes
But FF had FF6, FFX-2 and FF-13 and FF13-2
With 4 different main protagonists that were women.
Unless I'm missing some mainline persona games
Tidus was definitely the first unambiguous poc FF character.
I'd like to see them take another stab at an asian inspired setting too. I'd like them to dial down the sci-fi elements and we have enough European inspired fantasy.
To me, Persona has a better record since I consider FFVI to have an ensemble cast, leaving FFXIII as the only mainline game with a female protagonist.
Person has Maya from Persona 2 Eternal Punishment, Aegis from Persona 3 The Answer. Persona 3 Portable's FeMC could count, if one deems P3P the definitive version of Persona 3.
Methinks that both FFX-2 and FF13-2 are spinoff games.
This is admittedly me being pedantic but I don't count the number sequels as "mainline." To me "mainline" is 1-15.
Obviously if we include everything FF has more. I just didn't get that particular comparison.
1) Japanese fans (and others) seem to think otherwise.
2) A lot of characters would be more popular if quality didn't matter.
3) The original point wasn't about quality, but I guess some people can't help but get angry as soon as someone say "Lightning" in a FF thread.
To be fair, the only playable character in XV at launch was Noctis. Period. They added the others in via a patch.
I don't even think they have a pattern, they just do whatever because they're always trying to re-invent the game to some extent with each numbered release.
Ahh, ok. Fair enough I guess.
Japanese characters are not default white, they are meant to be read as Japanese unless otherwise specified.
I'm the director of FFXVI and the lead is femaleI don't know if it's because I'm a female who wants to play the latest game of her favorite franchise as a female, or because my favorite Final Fantasy game is FFVI.
Yet I know it won't happen, even though now there are more female protagonist in gaming than ever (correct me if I'm wrong).
Why I think it won't happen? Because it's kinda impossible for SE to follow the 'one part with male protagonist then one part with female' formula, since for FF it is/was 5M - 1F - 5M - 1F (not counting MMOs, of course).
But still, I will keep on hoping against hope.
Anyone with me?
She really was terrible, and seemingly stopped being the main character of her own game in the last quarter.
If they do have another female protagonist, I just hope she doesn't look like Cindy from XV.
Yeah X-2 is a smaller cast of only 3 playable female leads.
Didn't play it myself so I can't speak for it's quality.
I don't know, Lightning was one of the series' most popular protags in Japan so I could see them going down that road again sooner than you might think.
Another woman lead would be cool - just make sure she's better than Lightning 👀
Another woman lead would be cool - just make sure she's better than Lightning 👀
Since Nomura isn't directing it, there's a chance of them going with a girl/woman lead. Though after XIII and that whole trainwreck, they execs might be apprehensive.
Given the European settings of many of the Final Fantasy games, this seems wrong. I mean, their names aren't typically Japanese either. Are you telling me Tina, the hero from Final Fantasy 6, is supposed to be Japanese? I fail to see a compelling argument here.
I don't consider that aspect to be depressing since we got an all girl game waaayyyy before FFXV. The rest of the game is a whole nother story.
You havent played FFXIII or FFX-2 ?I don't know if it's because I'm a female who wants to play the latest game of her favorite franchise as a female, or because my favorite Final Fantasy game is FFVI.
Yet I know it won't happen, even though now there are more female protagonist in gaming than ever (correct me if I'm wrong).
Why I think it won't happen? Because it's kinda impossible for SE to follow the 'one part with male protagonist then one part with female' formula, since for FF it is/was 5M - 1F - 5M - 1F (not counting MMOs, of course).
But still, I will keep on hoping against hope.
Anyone with me?