Tidus: Too loud

October 23, 2007, 7:10 PM

3RD F***ING TIME IVE WROTE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, how do you feel about Tidus? Did people dislike him because he was loud, in your face and hyper? Do you prefer the quiet, loner character? Or does it make a nice change having a main character whose bubbly almost?

I personally didnt like him at first. He was too loud, emotional and just pain annoying. Sorry, thats the way I feel about him. Some may disagree, fair enough, but man, I loved it when he eventually calmed down.

Do you think Tidus is too loud or is it nice to play an emotional character with a hyper personality?

October 23, 2007, 7:16 PM

I think he talked way too much and I found his voice annoying. I basically agree with everything you said, I prefer a quiter main character. Leave the hyper ones as support characters I think......

It was the first time I preferred another character in the game (Auron) over the main character.....I found the trend continued with XII though because I wasn't a fan of Vaan either for pretty much the same reasons

October 23, 2007, 7:17 PM

I hated Tidus, he was whiney, and irritating and he just fell in love with Yuna like -that- Sure he has a good enough reason to be whiney, but...they annoyed me. I didn't like the fact that he was the narrator all the bloody time either, I much prefer an emoish character, like Cloud, or someone like Balthier and Ashe to Tidus.

October 23, 2007, 9:24 PM

I haven't played this game in a while but what I can say is....

I could see where Tidus is coming from. He was taken from his homeland and dropped 2000 years in the future. He knew no one except for Auron, which they sorta met. I would be pretty upset, confused, angry, whiney, and stubborn as he was. Also Tidus dealt shit from his father. =/

Well, as playing through the game...I did not like him at first, I did feel bad for him though. I didn't mind him later on when the group started to warm up to him.

I believe the main part of Tidus being so annoying and whiney was due to the voice actor's acting. Tidus did not have a good voice in the English version.

October 23, 2007, 9:39 PM

I agree with Cerridwen. He had a good reason to be whiny. He was suddenly dropped 2000 years into the future, and he had daddy issues galore.

Bleh, but despite that, I found him really annoying. I wanted Auron to clobber him over the head most of the time. The weird crap he did (like randomly laughing with Yuna) wasn't endearing, it was annoying. His voice actor also sucked. When he disappeared in the end, it was like, "Jesus! FINALLY!"

October 24, 2007, 12:31 AM

I did find him annoying at first, as his voice was kinda bleh to me. Like many others, I did warm up to him towards the end. I'm not sure why...it's not like he changed immensely throughout the story. In fact, I think he was still the same towards the end. He wasn't too loud, but close enough. He just showed a lot of emotions. I personally love the quiet, loner heroes more, and Tidus is definitely far from that. That's okay though - I typically do grow fond of the main characters one way or another...and Tidus was no exception.

October 24, 2007, 12:33 AM

i agree with mitsuki. most of the time if i don't like a main character from the get-go i always end up liking them by the end. but to be honest i never had a problem with tidus until i came to this forum and saw everyone ripping him a new asshole, thats when i noticed the little annoying things he does. i still got love for him though.

October 24, 2007, 10:22 AM

I didn't actually find him annoying at all until I read posts everywhere about him being annoying. I see where everyone's coming from, but I myself didn't find his voice, character or whining irritating. I thought his character was perfect, really. I think I'd whine if I was dumped 2000 years in the future, knowing no one, with loads of fiends around and people going on about some monster called Sin. I'd feel pretty down if foreign people ended beating me up because I happened to be lying by a fire when they exploded the door open, and then made me work! And if, after making one friend and being accused of going crazy after telling said friend about my Blitzball team, I found myself on a different beach!!

October 24, 2007, 10:28 AM

To me, Tidus is one of the only realistic characters in an FF game. He wasn't overly-confident, arrogant, some amazing un-defeatable warrior; he was a normal guy with flaws. He developed a lot throughout the course of the game which turned him into a stronger person.

October 24, 2007, 10:32 AM

I personally liked him a little. I dont think he should of been the main character, a bit too weak for me. Square have had a run of weak main characters since Squall in VIII. Vaan would be better as a support character.