The age difference...

My Character Profiles · October 5, 2007, 3:00 AM

So...when I first started playing Final Fantasy, I was pretty young. The characters were always older than I was when I first started playing. So through the years, as the games came out, I realized...uhm...something's different.
All of a sudden I'm older than the characters in most of the games that I've played! =S
I always think it's more fun when the characters are older than I am. In fact, I especially enjoyed FFVII because it doesn't have like an all teenage cast.

You? =]

October 5, 2007, 3:02 AM

I know what you mean. I always feel so old when the characters in the game I'm playing are younger than me! It kind of makes me feel bad about myself. It's like, damn here are these younger people who saving the world...and I'm just sitting on my lazy ass ;P

My Character Profiles · October 5, 2007, 3:05 AM

I like to look up to my fellow FF heroes, but now it's like I'm...peering down at them.

I can't fantasize about Zidane anymore, because it's kind of like...V-rape.

October 5, 2007, 3:26 AM

Yes, I know what you mean. It's awkward playing FFIX and the main characters are 16. I'm 20....soon I will be Cloud's age!

You need to think about it this way....The PSX games came out in the late 90s...Soo in 1997 when FFVII was released Cloud was 21 in the game.... It's 2007 now so Cloud is 31! XD

As well for Zidane, the game came out in 2000. So....Zidane right now is 23! Right!? ;___;

October 5, 2007, 3:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhea

I can't fantasize about Zidane anymore, because it's kind of like...V-rape.

LOL. Yeah, nothing like fantasizing and committing statutory rape. I sorta know what you mean. It's like, "oh wow, that character is hot........and 4 years younger than me." Heh.

October 5, 2007, 3:52 AM

I never had the chance to play them when I was younger then the average characters. My first FF was VIII and I was 18 when the game came out. I didn't play FFVII until I was 21; so again, I was always pretty much that same age as most of the characters.

Today though, I feel my age when I play them. Lol, I’m always thankful of characters that are at least 20 or above - no longer a teenager (no offense to the teenagers here).

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Originally Posted by Cerridwen

You need to think about it this way....The PSX games came out in the late 90s...Soo in 1997 when FFVII was released Cloud was 21 in the game.... It's 2007 now so Cloud is 31! XD

As well for Zidane, the game came out in 2000. So....Zidane right now is 23! Right!? ;___;

Lol... I’ve used that justification before... Quistis was 18 in 1999 when the game came out, making her about 26 today and so on with the rest...

October 5, 2007, 3:53 AM

Haha. Well, in VIII they were all, what, 18 or 19? Hrmm...?

Oh well, I know that in XII, Basch and Fran are pretty old.

October 5, 2007, 4:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhea

I can't fantasize about Zidane anymore, because it's kind of like...V-rape.

Fantasize about Vossler. It'll be awhile before you surpass his age.

And I do agree. I liked how FFVII didn't have an all teenage cast. I'm okay if there are some teenagers but I prefer a more diverse cast with at least 'some' adults. I can usually identify with the older characters more.

October 5, 2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Cerridwen

As well for Zidane, the game came out in 2000. So....Zidane right now is 23! Right!? ;___;

The Genomes had a limited life span, just like the Black Mages so by now he might very well have expired.

I've never actually thought about the age difference. I've been playing FF for over ten years now. It's stranger how the characters seem to be getting younger now though...

October 5, 2007, 12:45 PM

I don't really know what it feels like to have characters under your age. Since im only 15 the nearest to me is rikku.