Final Fantasy Cliches

[Darkblade]

When I say cliche, I don't mean the stuff that's always in games like Chocobos or Moogles. I'm talking about stuff you don't normally see. You may want it changed or not. Usually cliches are unintentional, not intentional like airships or chocobos.

-Most of the males in a game look kinda girly (looking at you Vaan and Larsa).
-There's almost always a hyper girl (such as Yuffie or Rikku).
-There's a character that makes you wonder why they are there in the first place (Quina, Cait Sith, etc.).
-There's always a Sephiroth fanboy/girl around.

 

[SquallLionheart69]

yea ive always wondered why some of the oddball characters were there and yea hyper girls show up alot lol

 

[Balthier's Girl]

And why they have a Biggs and Wedge (or Vicks and Wedge in FFIII USv.) in almost every one?

Those stoopid footmen!

 

[ArcaneHope]

guys with big swords seem to be frequently added to the series...

 

[Pyro_Warrior]

how there is a cid in almost every single final fantasy games up to date

 

[SquallLionheart69]

Same thing for Bahamut and Potions are always the same thing lol never heling herb or somthing else lol

 

[ChaosVincent45]

Blonde main characters.

 

[Mitsuki]

Haha, yeah. Cid. =P

And, how there's always a love story in the game. Well, not that I'm complaining. It makes the story more interesting.

 

[FireZ]

Power corrupts the villain. And you always start the game in a giant city or the capital or something.

And I thought Larsa was a girl until I was about 40 hours into FFXII

 

[Rydia]

The white mage character is always the nice girl.

Warrior and white mage characters are usually the main romance

In recent games the main character has had some sort of tragic past.

Is it just me, or is there only ever three female characters per game?

IV- Rydia, Rosa, Porom
V- Lenna, Faris, Krile
VI- Terra, Celes, Relm
VII- Aeris, Tifa, Yuffie
VIII- Rinoa, Quistis, Selphie
IX- Dagger, Freya, Eiko
X- Yuna, Rikku, Lulu
X-2 Yuna, Rikku, Paine

Some of the things you guys have mentioned arent really cliches but staples of the games. It wouldnt be Final Fantasy without Cid, chocobos, bahamut, and potions and all that other good stuff. It is a real shame that the games completely did away with the crystals. At least in VII they were there in the form of materia.

 

[Megalixir]

I'd like to see the 9999 barriers overcome.Like Disgaea.Imagine leveling Squall or Vaan to 867 and have an area of randomly generated dungeons to do it in so it doesn't get old!With bosses in the end of them that could destroy you at level 700!And doing damage in the hundreds of thousands or miilions in one hit!!And I've also said before that I wish that the storyline last boss was the absolute strongest in the game,not breezing past him and then scouring the land for Omegas and Ultimas,y'know?