Vaan - Page 7

December 1, 2009, 10:20 AM

As far as Vaan goes I personally liked him, I do think that his personality could have been worked on a little more, and although people call him useless as I've said so many times before he's only useless if you make him useless. Trust me, I keep him in my main party and believe it or not he's come in handy and gotten me out of a lot of tough spots more then once, and Ashe is at a higher level then him. I think his brother being wrongly killed was motive enough for him, I'd want revenge too if someone went and killed my brother.

In all honesty he's got a good stand in the story somewhat, he's partial comic relief and he's there to help along the way, make the story move. Everything is connected, like in every final fantasy game before XII, just look at it for a moment, and not only is Vaan really going after revenge for just his brother but along the way you can tell he starts to really concern himself with saving his home as well as helping Ashe. So before you rule him out too quick because of how he lacked in personality somewhat, sit down and think, is he really as useless as I think he is?

December 1, 2009, 10:20 AM

I'm not overly keen on Vaan. His voice actor was absolutely diabolical, and there wasn't anything really special about him. I think that was the point; he was your average street rat (yes, I am deliberately likening him to Aladdin) who got caught up in something much bigger than himself. Once Balthier and Fran entered the scene, I stopped thinking of him as the main character, and he just disappeared, really. He was just the guy I ran around as when I was out of battle.

December 20, 2009, 3:33 AM

I really wish they had gone with their first instinct and made Basch the main character. Not counting XI, XII was the fifth in a row with a bratty, teenage lead character. Even if he had been spectacular, which he frankly wasn't, it still would have, and did, seem like a re-tread.

Don't get me wrong, I loved XII, but Vaan was perhaps the most "meh" main character in the series if you don't count the really early ones.

December 22, 2009, 2:42 PM

First thing I would change about Vaan would be his hair. I really like the more realistic and subtle take they decided to take on hair styles when they chose Akihiko Yoshida as character designer, but yet there it is, that stupid little gel or hairsprayed little hair style, with the stupid bangs. They should've just let Vaan have a tuft of hair on his head, I doubt he'd have money or time fixing his hair every morning. (Same goes for a lot of other FF characters. but oh well, I still love them.)

I loved Vaan otherwise. But I would've liked to see more interaction with other characters. I'm really spoiled when it comes to cutscenes with characters after FFX. But they all had so much potential! More Vaan fangirl (..fanboying) Balthier, I mean, the man is everything Vaan ever wanted to be, and I think that should've shown more than it did. And Penelo as well, I wanted more of their little bickerings and playing around, they're both so cute.

I don't consider him a main character at all. In my eyes, it was about Ashe and Basch. Balthier had his ties to the main plot as well, when it comes to the judges and Dr Cid. Fran gave to the story with her cunnings about mist. Vaan was the character that stumbled into the mess and put things in movement a little, but after his huge debut in the Rabanastre Palace, he doesn't really do much anymore. Penelo grows some ties with Larsa, but both Vaan's and Penelo's importance is very subtle when it comes to other parts of the plot.

There is no one in FFXII that I dislike though, I really loved this game, but it didn't live out it's whole potential when it came to the characters.

December 22, 2009, 7:52 PM

Vaan hmm, he's OK. Sometimes he can get annoying and whatnot but everyone gets like that sometimes

And like Irihi had said it's not weather or not you liked his personality or not he was apart of the game and he had a purpose which was to get revenge. I also try and make my character's equal and switch them out so everyone gets a chance so as far as his skills in battle he was just as equal as anyone else was. To me, it's all about your stragety and technique. As far as him being the main character not so sure but overall, I say he was OK

December 22, 2009, 9:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Caedus

I think overall, he just.. lacked personality.

His voice actor should've had more feeling and oomph.
Other than that, I thought his lines and persona were pretty BOSS.

I highly agree with this. He has some lines that makes him seem like he likes to be in charge. The parts where he would blurt something out about stealing and the others would be like "Oh god, be careful what you talk about kid!" were pretty funny. His voice takes getting used to and some of his characteristics seemed... unpolished but over all he wasn't nearly as bad in my opinion as some people think.

January 8, 2010, 9:57 PM

Vann was a terribly annoying character. Honestly I would have rather had to sit through another game with Tidus as my main. Speaking of Tidus, Vann, to me, was nothing more than a copy of Tidus. Which that being the case makes him worse imo.
About his personality: He doesn't have one. I could find a rock with more life in it. His voice actor was nearly as bad as Tidus' voice actor. Both of them just didn't seem to fit with the character or take the lines seriously. I mean, come on "I'm Basch for Rosenburg of Dal-MAS-ca" ....I seriously considered destroying my game. Honestly.

January 8, 2010, 10:01 PM

I'm really not so fond of Vaan. He needs a shirt and I don't really get his appeal. He's kinda feminine but I wouldn't say too feminine because all FF main male characters have that sort of thing goin on...

January 9, 2010, 2:26 AM

I like Vaan.

I'm a bit further into the game now, so I got a glimpse of his personality better. First off all, I think people going on about the graphics (need to get over themselves

).

But personality-wise, I really like him. I read somewhere that people stated his voice actor could've put a bit more effort in his vocals, but I actually think Vaan is juse a teenager wanting a lot, having many dreams but isn't completely sure which to chase.

I actually love his caring attitude towards Penelo.

He kinda stays behind with the group, and I think he has his heart at the right place. I'm really liking Vaan. ^^

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In all honesty he's got a good stand in the story somewhat, he's partial comic relief and he's there to help along the way, make the story move. Everything is connected, like in every final fantasy game before XII, just look at it for a moment, and not only is Vaan really going after revenge for just his brother but along the way you can tell he starts to really concern himself with saving his home as well as helping Ashe. So before you rule him out too quick because of how he lacked in personality somewhat, sit down and think, is he really as useless as I think he is?

Amen to that!

February 17, 2010, 11:16 AM

I didn't mind Vaan at all. I actually liked how in his game, there was a focus on all of the characters. The only thing that I didn't like was his VA. I can deal with it, it's certainly not as annoying as, say, Tidus, but I wouldn't want to listen to his voice for longer than need be.

As for him being too feminine, I didn't see it. Sure, you've got his lack of a shirt and the hair, but his character didn't seem feminine to me. Maybe I'm missing something here.