What "class" is Red XIII? - Page 2

November 25, 2007, 3:05 PM

Yes but his weapons are not exactly Berserker class, the berserker usually favours heavy weapons such as axes, greatswords and warhammers. a weapon that is worn on the head isn't exactly a heavy duty power weapon.

November 25, 2007, 3:34 PM

well I am going back to my statement about materia, there are no classes, just races.

November 25, 2007, 3:36 PM

Yes but on their own raw ability and skills which I also mentioned, that determines classes.

November 25, 2007, 6:29 PM

i would class him as a berserker like pritty much everyone else as he has limit breaks which cause him to have the berserk status and haste status which are they two signature spells of the berserker class in most FF games

November 29, 2007, 8:47 AM

But aren't most Berserkers big hulking characters with more brawn than brain?

November 29, 2007, 10:12 AM

By making Red XIII a Berserker, and making trouble in categorizing him, I think FFVII was acknowledging the stereotypes of the class system and subsequently breaking these stereotypes. For example, Cloud fits the hero archetype perfectly when he's in his Zack persona, but his true nature indicates another side to the story.

In the case of Red XIII, the first impression of him is as a threat to Aeris - simply a mindless animal. But then we see a rather different nature to him when he demonstrates his intelligence to the group. The reversal of expectations goes deeper, insofar as game mechanics - while Red is intelligent, he still can fill the role of Berserker.

November 29, 2007, 3:36 PM

I would say he was a beast. He is a strange character to say the least, a bit like Wakka in X.

November 29, 2007, 3:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor Socrates

The irrelevant tiger class fits nicely.

I wouldn't say irrelevant, but oh well. Anyway, with the materia system in FF, he can be pretty much whatever you want, I see no need to classify him as any one class.

November 30, 2007, 2:43 AM

No one in VII really had a class, they just had their own weapons. Other than what weapon they could use, they were pretty much the same character as far as abilities go. It just depended on what materia you equipped them with.

But if you have to give Red a class I would say beast. He's not a beserker because you can't control beserkers. That's more vincent with his limit break.

December 5, 2007, 5:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cooky560

Do people really have classes in Final Fantasy VII. Since you can give anyone any abilities in magic, attack etc depending on thier materia and equipment.

I agree, everything is pretty much up to the player, right? So that would mean that classes aren't really applicable. On the contrary, Tifa uses fists, so she is monk, Cid uses spears and his Limit breaks involve jumping, so he is a dragoon, but then I'd have to say the Red XIII is beserker.