Kuja
I'M A SQUIIIID
- Location
- AZ
- Pronouns
- He/Him
-anime hair
-bullet time
-dead father
-cohort of colorful
idk man seems like it checks out rufus might be our protag
Let's Play Every Final Fantasy Game In Order Of Release [Now Playing: Final Fantasy IX]
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- Start date
- Let's Play
-anime hair
-bullet time
-dead father
-cohort of colorful
idk man seems like it checks out rufus might be our protag
Well, Rufus just needs it for himself to safely cross the sea. The rest of the execs and army can still take official Shinra transports to rendezvous with him on the other side, as far as he cares; even if they suffer some more sabotage / massacre along the way, most of them will probably make it across, and any casualties are replaceable to him.
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Not to mention his fashion sense
With this main character theory do you think he dresses like that on purpose?
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SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Oh wow, is he wearing two coats with the shorter one over the longer one?Not to mention his fashion sense
With this main character theory do you think he dresses like that on purpose?
Also what appear to be combat or hiking boots, which is odd since he was wearing this even before his father died and he decided to set out into the wilderness for... whatever reason he has in his head.
- Location
- Brittany, France
- Pronouns
- He/Him
...Rufus absolutely believes that Final Fantasy VII is a story of which he is the protagonist, there is zero doubt in my mind about this. Which means... The Turks are his party? The Turks and Darkstar?
Yeah, I think he just thinks he's playing a Final Fantasy game and after getting bussed around the world map in railroaded vehicle trips he's decided it's now time for him to unlock the Airship, so he's come to Cid to get one. It makes too much sense.
Kuja
I'M A SQUIIIID
- Location
- AZ
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Rufus - handsome & talented yet plucky hero
Darkstar - beloved pet <3
Heidegger - mad bantz with the best friend =))))
Scarlet - obnoxious but useful oujosama (mandatory girl)
Palmer - annoying comic relief, would have skipped him but accidentally finished his loyalty mission
Hojo - every RPG squad has that one weirdo character you know? =\
Reeve - standoffish rival
assorted Turks - idk man I thought these were the NPCs the story usually kills early
Darkstar - beloved pet <3
Heidegger - mad bantz with the best friend =))))
Scarlet - obnoxious but useful oujosama (mandatory girl)
Palmer - annoying comic relief, would have skipped him but accidentally finished his loyalty mission
Hojo - every RPG squad has that one weirdo character you know? =\
Reeve - standoffish rival
assorted Turks - idk man I thought these were the NPCs the story usually kills early
Guile
Having a really great time right now
Dark past he doesn't talk about
He never expected the Turks to survive the destruction of his hometown
The real reason for the Tiny Bronco is so he doesn't miss out on boss Exp like last time
Cloud can't sneak his party onto a two seater!
Cloud can't sneak his party onto a two seater!
- Location
- Albion
- Pronouns
- They/Them
And yet...
(It's a good thing the Tiny Bronco isn't flying, given that most of the party are riding the wings.)
ZerbanDaGreat
Daemon Noble of D E M O G R A P H I C S
- Pronouns
- They/them
Yeah uh no I had to double and then triple check what I was reading on the wiki when this came up (which it's good I did because I initially got Cid and Shera's roles backwards, oops). Like, w h a t ?
Anyway, at this point it turns out that Palmer had turned on the Tiny Bronco and had left the engine running while fighting us, and now the plane is going out of control, turning around and nearly beheading Palmer with its wings, which he manages to dodge with surprising nimbleness.
He immediately rises to taunt us in a childish way, then turns around and runs.
And instantly gets isekai'd.
Okay, I will admit: When this happened I burst out laughing. Not even 'snorted a little loud in an appreciative way' or 'chuckled silently,' I actually just laughed out loud. The whole fight is ridiculous, but this is the part that elevates it to perfect comedy. And it's a Shinra truck! He got punted into oblivion by his own employees.
Look both ways before crossing the street, kids.
Truly cannot wait to see this in 4K raytraced, complete with comical THUNK as Palmer gets ragdolled so hard he clips into the Backrooms.
Anyway, we get onto the Tiny Bronco, one of the characters says they can't figure out how to stop the engine, and Cloud says to forget it and just grab onto the damned thing.
The Tiny Bronco goes flying over the rooftops of Rocket Town and Cid panics, rushing after the plane, and barely manages to latch onto the wing just as a Shinra soldier fires at the plane and manages to hit the tail, causing it to start losing altitude.
This, too, I can't wait to see in 4K, but for a different reason - it already being confirmed that the entire party will always be present for cutscenes rather than worrying about having determinate chunks swapping in and out depending on active cutscenes, for a 'lively' roadtrip feel. Which means that in Rebirth, there will be up to nine people all awkwardly clinging to or crammed on top of this shitty little plane as it makes a daring escape only to get stranded at sea like a dopefish speedboat. Barret alone will occupy a full third of it with his g i r t h.
Cloud: "What about your wife?"
Cid: "you really think i'd do somethin' gay like marry a woman"
Cloud: "I have holes in my brain and Sephiroth makes my head feel funny so I will not interrogate your worldview."
As said, the Tiny Bronco essentially acts as a ship, and not a very good one. It can't go into deep waters (presumably because the waves would capsize it), so it has to hug the shores. Within these limitations, however, we can get some use out of the thing; it's immune to random encounters, so we can take all our time scouting the shores we have access to. However, the Tiny Bronco can only land on 'shore' area, like those beaches:
Which means getting to any actual location involves trekking overland, sometimes pretty circuitously.
It is a pretty funny meme for the game to tease giving you an airship so early, and then it just breaks after thirty seconds of flight and becomes a ship-ship. It even has the added loser energy of picturing the party miserably hunched up on the wings with no protection from the sun or the wind or the occasional rogue wave while it putters along at what cannot be a reasonable speed, desperately hoping they find land soon.
Okay well I guess we have to do this without Yuffie, not a big deal, we'll just-
Hey. Wait a second. Why do I only have the Attack and Item commands???
IT'S NOT JUST CLOUD IT'S VINCENT TOO, ALL MY ABILITIES ARE GONE.
Okay so even with that handicap and only two party members, these are still Shinra soldiers at the end of the day, we kick their teeth in but, but but but-
The fight ends and Yuffie is gone. It's only Vincent and Cloud.
Vincent: "I thought something was wrong. So that's it. My Materia's been stolen…
…and then Barret arrives, exclaiming that ALL OUR MATERIA WAS STOLEN. ALL OF IT.
How did she even do that??? Half of this stuff is slotted into gear which our characters carry on their person! Did she - did she swap every single Materia with a similar-looking but useless shiny rock overnight?? Is this why it's taken her so long to put her plan into action? Was Yuffie carving fake Materia rocks every night until she had a full set to swap in to fool us?
Fun fact, Yuffie's sticky fingers do have a limit. She can only steal 48 materia at once, not counting whatever she just has equipped normally, and she prioritises the good shit like your summons and rare support materia. So technically if you went really hard on grinding and buying extra copies of things you could technically circumvent this issue and still be left with some to work with, though that would definitely be easier to do if you left it til later - the Wutai quest can actually be left right up until the point of no return, albeit obviously its rewards will be more useful to you doing it right now.
Yeah they've been pointing at the Wutai wrestling sign for quite a while, and the Intermission DLC included with Intergrade further alludes to something brewing in Wutai for later in the remake trilogy. And it will be later in the trilogy, it was confirmed recently that Wutai will both be mandatory content (of fucking course it is no way they would ever make Yuffie or Vincent and their quests missable in a high-budget game) but will be saved for FF7R3 to give it more room to breathe. Given Rebirth is also confirmed to cover the entire remaining span of Disc 1, which almost a dozen fully realised locations, I'm like "yeah no kidding".
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Perhaps a little more accurate
Rufus - handsome & talented yet plucky hero
Darkstar - beloved pet <3
Heidegger - Annoying failure but he hits hard, once he does.
Scarlet - obnoxious but useful oujosama (mandatory girl)
Palmer - annoying comic relief, would have skipped him but accidentally finished his loyalty mission
Hojo - every RPG squad has that one weirdo character you know? =\ Except he keeps leaving the party for no reason
. Wait about half of all his lines are exposition, its finally quiet.
Reeve - He's good at the base building part
Rude and Reno- His equivalent of Biggs and Wedge
Eleana- Maybe will be useful but takes so much grinding to get up to speed.
Tseng- Most useful.
Rufus - handsome & talented yet plucky hero
Darkstar - beloved pet <3
Heidegger - Annoying failure but he hits hard, once he does.
Scarlet - obnoxious but useful oujosama (mandatory girl)
Palmer - annoying comic relief, would have skipped him but accidentally finished his loyalty mission
Hojo - every RPG squad has that one weirdo character you know? =\ Except he keeps leaving the party for no reason
. Wait about half of all his lines are exposition, its finally quiet.Reeve - He's good at the base building part
Rude and Reno- His equivalent of Biggs and Wedge
Eleana- Maybe will be useful but takes so much grinding to get up to speed.
Tseng- Most useful.
- Location
- USA
Leaving aside the meta issue of whether he thinks he's a protagonist, I can totally see Rufus thinking that he is Sepharoth tier. Like, that's the milestone for 'solo badass' in this world, and the only one for him to look up to.
It's very Kylo Ren, like, Rufus is clearly more badass than everyone around him, they are all empty suits. The Turks aren't going to show up the boss, so as far as he knows he's better than them too. So he fixates on a legendary figure, no longer with them, that everyone agrees was the man.
It's very Kylo Ren, like, Rufus is clearly more badass than everyone around him, they are all empty suits. The Turks aren't going to show up the boss, so as far as he knows he's better than them too. So he fixates on a legendary figure, no longer with them, that everyone agrees was the man.
You'd think her doormat personality would be from the years of verbal abuse, but no. She's just... like that.
I like how you've settled on endgame party already.
FFIV Cid would bash both their heads with hammers, I'll tell you that.
Imagine her face each time you found new cool Materia: more loot. But. More carving.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Which is kinda funny considering that this is one of the first Adamantaimai that obviously isn't based on a sea turtle.
We've established earlier that Sephiroth is a trans man, and Cloud fears Sephiroth, therefore Cloud is a transphobe.
Does that mean that the Turks became more quirky and personable as time went on on Rufus' orders, to make for better party members?
The Adamantaimai has a fun little programming glitch. His AI script calls for it to cast Cure on itself on its first turn if it has both Barrier and MBarrier statuses, but it doesn't know the spell. This causes the battle to lock up, but the game pops up with an error and a button combination to return to the world map.
It also has a potentially very strong unique armour to steal.
Guile
Having a really great time right now
"I understand how things worked for your department under my father. But I have a different model in mind."
"Please elaborate, President."
"Quirky miniboss squad."
- Location
- Amman, Jordan
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Yeah, abusive spouse roommate Cid is kind of a bummer. Though again, the goddamn tone here is all over the place. It feels like FFVI, where several writing teams were working on the story and it just sort of feels incoherent and unfocused.
Yuffie stealing the materia once again... Seriously, why do they even trust her at this point?
We could have a "who 'aquires' the most stuff" competition between Yuffie and Carmen Sandiego.
Yuffie stealing the materia once again... Seriously, why do they even trust her at this point?
We could have a "who 'aquires' the most stuff" competition between Yuffie and Carmen Sandiego.
She still manages to be less suspicious than Cait Sith.
- Location
- Amman, Jordan
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Okay, that is absolutely true. Especially given who Cait Sith's real identity is.
MiskWisk
Hoot
- Location
- Somewhere devoid of wit
- Pronouns
- He
My headcanon on it is that Rufus thinks waiting around for his entourage to turn itself around would take too long, so he's grabbing something quicker to fly back to a base where he'll grab a new one.
That said, the discussion about Rufus being maximum over-chuuni and believing himself to be the main character is a very entertaining thought.
Palmer as the Hero of Kvatch. He's fat, he's got a gun, and he's all out of lard.Palmer couldn't even manage to make it to Skyrim?
Honestly he's probably over qualified for becoming Sheo.
I'm actually surprised. You were far more forgiving of Cid than I was expecting.
And welcome to one of the most frustrating segments if you have been squeaking by at the minimum level. It's not so bad if you are decently levelled, but if you aren't this whole section is just brutal.
Also:
I had a full cackle when you said this two updates ago. I like to think Yuffie heard you and got insulted that you downplayed her thievery skills.
People our heroes chose not to kill when given the opportunity:
- The man who took three seconds after his father's death to announce that he would transform the world into a place of fear and suffering.
- The man who left the first guy's company because they weren't letting him do enough science crimes.
People our heroes chose to kill when given the opportunity:
- A drunk old man who doesn't seem to understand what's going on around him at any given time.
"But he attacked them!" Look at Palmer's character model! This was not a fight they had to take.
"They didn't kill him, the truck did!" In RPG land if you bring someone's health to zero in a fight and they die immediately afterwards you're still legally liable.
- The man who took three seconds after his father's death to announce that he would transform the world into a place of fear and suffering.
- The man who left the first guy's company because they weren't letting him do enough science crimes.
People our heroes chose to kill when given the opportunity:
- A drunk old man who doesn't seem to understand what's going on around him at any given time.
"But he attacked them!" Look at Palmer's character model! This was not a fight they had to take.
"They didn't kill him, the truck did!" In RPG land if you bring someone's health to zero in a fight and they die immediately afterwards you're still legally liable.