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December 12, 2007, 3:25 AM
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For me this game is like back in the day sort of stuff man, so Rinoa was when fully armed and at her most powerful(ofcourse that means different things for everyone) she was able to real of nothing but powerful magic spells during angel wing and given the rare ability for anyone tom use magic effectivly in the game she earned my respect for giving the magic system an outlet that was as powerful as the magic in final fantasy 7
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December 21, 2007, 5:49 AM
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The Queen Of Cards.
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Most has already been said, but, I'll throw in my two cents:
What I like about Rinoa:
She's determined.
She really does try to succeed.
She's cute, not gonna lie.
She's a more realistic character.
What I don't like about Rinoa:
She's childish. [As demonstrated by her rebelling against her father.]
She's headstrong and impulsive.
She's stronger than Squall. I refuse to believe that a sling-shot will do more damage than a Gunblade.
Angelo. Shadow made it cool, Rinoa made it...odd.
Her schemes. Example: "I'm going to give an omnipotent Sorceress a magic-depressing bangle from the most famous Scientist in the world. Oh, and I'm a well known Rebel leader. She won't know!" =/
You had to save her six times. From GeroGero, from the Iguions, from falling off the side of Garden, from her coma, from space, from Adel...x_x
Conclusion:
Rinoa could have been a good character, if she wasn't forced into such a cliche role of 'damsel in distress,' They made her the strongest character in the game, and one of the most important, yet they made her, character-wise, the weakest.
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June 9, 2008, 9:19 PM
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i found rinoa really useful. at times, rinoa was more powerful than any of my other characters. her relationship with squall is annoying, but at least she is social and can plan strategies and do something useful.
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June 10, 2008, 5:47 AM
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I think Rinoa is generally a disliked character. The damsel in distress role really turns people off.
Its also kind of annoying how she is one of the characters that does the most damage, but then you hardly get to use her in the second half of the game.
And what really annoyed me was how often she walked into trouble. Especially the last time you had to save her. It's like "Rinoa! She just wanted to be with you Squall! But now she got caught by Seifer!" First of all, the whole needing to be with Squall even though he is in the next room over is kind of nauseating, and second, she only caused trouble for the rest of the party.
And did anyone find it ridiculous that you had to save her when she was hanging off the side of the garden? I mean, everyone else was in trouble too but no, we had to save poor little Rinoa.
If Rinoa wasn't such a damsel in distress, she probably would have been one of my favorite Final Fantasy characters.
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June 10, 2008, 3:45 PM
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I like Rinoa because she was realistic,one of the toughest characters I had in my party,I liked her personality,and I kinda got a few laughs from her humor.Although I found it annoying when you had to save her hundreds of times in the game.Other then that I found her to be one of my favorite Final Fantasy 8 characters.
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June 10, 2008, 4:25 PM
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I think it is pretty safe to say that Rinoa is one of the most disliked FF girls. Square spent too much time trying to make her 'cute,' that they forgot about making her 'likable.'
I will say that Rinoa was a more realistic character than some of the others, but realistic in a way that made me absolutely despise the girl. She reminded me of all of the girls in high school that I just couldn't stand to be around.
Also, here's the 7-stage list of when you had to rescue the little trouble-maker:
1.) GeroGero. Because even though Rinoa knew the entire layout of the President's train....she didn't know he employed a...ZOMBIE BODY DOUBLE.
2.) Iguions & Edea. Because, Rinoa just couldn't listen to Quistis, and decided that she actually could help. What unfolded was more idiocy. =/
3.) Hanging off the side of Garden. That girl can hold on for a LONG time.
4.) Coma. Because dead-weight is always useful. =/
5.) Space. It's not bad enough she causes trouble when she acts on her own...but now she's possessed by a Sorceress and decides to jump out into space.
6.) Sorceress Memorial. "I love you Squall, but, oops, I'm a Sorceress. So, now that you've stopped being an emo git, I'm going to go get myself sealed and you'll be alone forever." That scene in the Ragnarok made me laugh because of how horribly scripted it was with that. =/
7.) Adel. Because, really, Seifer can't be such a bad guy anymore! Apparently Rinoa didn't really stop to think about 'psychotic ex-boyfriends.'
Having to SAVE the main 'heroine' SEVEN times is all the reason I think anyone would need to dislike her character.
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June 11, 2008, 2:44 PM
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Rinoa is cute, but still she's a sign of bad luck now why do I have to save her multiple times? O_O If I was Squall I would throw myself off the nearest cliff, she's just a pain.
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June 15, 2008, 5:39 PM
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She's a waste of my time. Whenever I tried to train her - WHOOPS, IM IN A SITUATION WHERE I NEED MY ASS SAVED AGAIN.
Annoying little madam.
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June 15, 2008, 8:32 PM
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Blaaah... I love Rinoa. She's just so cute and nice. And I never really got annoyed with her. She was awesome. I mean, saving her didn't bug me because it was insanely adorable. I never even noticed how many times you had to. She tried to open up Squall but she had to act random because he's all oblivious to a pretty girl. Seriously, Squall clearly had no experience in that department. And he made me laugh so hard when he said he'd be her knight. HA! But she's so normal is the thing, that's why I liked her maybe. Come on, 17 year old has a crush on a guy, of course people act flirty!!
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June 15, 2008, 11:37 PM
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It's because I'm green, isn't it!?
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I was never annoyed by her either. Although I do understand why alot of people don't like her lol.
Infact I pretty much agree with your whole post there fosho, I never noticed the times she had to be rescued I just got on with it. Although when I had to rescue her from dangling off the garden I got rather annoyed because I kept fluffing that stupid fight with that Galbadian soldier
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