(06-21-2015, 09:27 AM)TheLastCandle Wrote: Luca Blight was a good villain, but "better" is subjective. Neither of them are shining examples of well-realized character development -- and neither is Sephiroth -- but in Suikoden II, Blight was a flat out murderous psychopath from beginning to end. In FF6, Kefka goes from nearly a comic relief side villain to god of destruction.
And honestly, I never heard anyone call Cloud "emo" until Advent Children, in which he actually fits the description. In fact, most of the complaints I heard about FF8 when it released was that Squall was way too moody/"emo" compared to the previous game's main character.
Y'know, I never really got the whole "Cloud is emo" thing either. I mean, he was a dork. Seriously, re-read that dialogue, and tell me Cloud wasn't just a bad Soldier cosplayer. He's kind of cartoonish early on, with his whole "I'm a cool mercenary, I don't care about anything" attitude.
And Luca was the subject of an awesome boss-fight, but he wasn't that great a character. He was basically just one of those blandly evil-for-evil's-sake bad guys. The real villain in that game was so much better it's not even funny.
Each man longs to pursue his dream. Each man is tortured by this dream, but the dream gives meaning to his life. Even if the dream ruins his life, man cannot allow himself to leave it behind. In this world, is man ever able to possess anything more solid, than a dream?
-Berserk
