FF7 and FF8 eerily similar?

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Hmm. Is it me? I noticed Sqaure kinda had this thing going on after FF7 where they wanted to move the 'dark, cold, mysterious brooding' character over to the next game. Hence Squall. Cloud, Squall; storm cloud. Uhhh, yes how odd. I loved FF8 though.

What do you all think? Opinions please!
 
Idk. I think Cloud became much more outgoing and extroverted than Squall ever did, at his happiest moment. I really didn't see Cloud as dark, cold, mysterious, or brooding. That's really more Squall. I see Cloud as adventurous, happy-go-lucky, more of the hero-type rather than a man on a mission. They were similar, but I don't see the symbiosis beween the two. Not so much really.
 
I to be honest would never ever compare cloud and squall, both were pretty amazing characters but both were distinct from each other.
 
Indeed, I loved both games for different reasons, although after 13 instalments plus numerous side-games there are bound to be some similarities. Many games outside the FF series take a lot less time than that to get too similar.
 
Idk. I think Cloud became much more outgoing and extroverted than Squall ever did, at his happiest moment. I really didn't see Cloud as dark, cold, mysterious, or brooding. That's really more Squall. I see Cloud as adventurous, happy-go-lucky, more of the hero-type rather than a man on a mission. They were similar, but I don't see the symbiosis beween the two. Not so much really.

Agreed. Cloud never came off as brooding or dark until the later installments such as Advent Children.


He was a lot more outgoing in the original game, though that could be argued as being because he picked up the character traits of Zack. Still though,
after realising his true past and how he was a loser in his village etc etc
, he still showed to be only a little bit changed in my experience.

So I don't think Squall is that similar to Cloud at all really.

And I don't think that FF8 would be classed as being similar as FF7 as a whole either based on this even if Squall was to be taken as a Cloud-clonee.


Squall is different. He has an attitude that could come across as unwelcoming and sometimes rude, (misread or intentional is up for debate). Cloud wasn't really like that, and when he was, certainly not to the same extent.
 
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