Is Lighting a good lead character?

Just look at lightning she is so hot but not as hot as the other chicks. Lightning looks like she will play a big role in final fantasy xiii. Well what did people think about her design was it what you expected or it was not? Lightning and Oerga look like they will be the best lead characters so far. Snow should be good.
 
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Who's the douchebag between Lightning and Axel? Haven't seen him before...

But yes, Lightning is going to be the female counterpart to Cloud. And quite frankly, I don't really think that's a good thing. I mean, Cloud is okay and all, but they need to stop whoring him. Plus Snow looks like a wigger, and the other girl reminds me of Selphie.

But yeah, Lightning is definitely a Cloud clone. I wish they would just, for once, base the character off of a character from an older game like VI or IV. Cecil and Terra were great characters, yet no one seems to care about them.
 
The one between Lightning and Axel is some dude from FFXIII Versus. Annnd that's where my knowledge stops :wacky:
 
Is this guy withn the gun some new Versus guy? Anyways is this guy part of Noctis or something. How do you think this guy's gun will work in battle? Does anyone know lightning's rank yet? Will we find out soon?
 
I knew there was something about lightning that was similar to cold. Her face is so much a copy of advent children. Ah well I loved cloud and no doubt I will love lightning and if I'm not mistaken I don't think we have had a game with a female lead besides X-2 right?
 
Terra and Ashe could be argued as female leads, though the cast for both games was mostly an ensemble.

I don't know if the guy will even be available in battle for FFXIII Versus; maybe a guest? They haven't showed too many party shots for the game.
 
Ok, I know I'm gonna get so much shit for this... I am in no way intending to be "sexist" so please do not attack me. This is just my opinion.

I always prefer a male protagonist, for the simple reason, that It's easier for me to relate to the story, and it seems like men, generally have more intensity about them.

I'm sure Square will do a great job with lightning though, I have no doubt. Just throwin that out there. :)
 
I'm looking forward to learning more about Lightning's character, and so far she seems like a good lead. :] While it's true that she does seem like a Cloud!clone at this point, I liked Cloud as a lead. (Though it's also true that Cloud's personality has been whored out. A lot . >: ) There's still plenty to know about Lightning, so I'm hoping that she won't turn out like just another Cloud clone.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE LIGHTNING HAS POTENTIAL, PERSONALLY I THINK SHE WILL BE A GOOD LEAD CHARACTER, MAYBE NOT AS GOOD AS OTHER LEADERS BUT I HOPE SHE'LL BE BETTER THAN VAAN FROM FFXII.. ONLY TIME WILL TELL

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Wow nice caps. Anyways what do you think Lightnings story will be well we know a little about her. How will her story make a great lead character? Also do you think its good they chose another female for lead character?
 
I have always liked Cloud Strife trhoughout the years. Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children - Dirge Of Cerberus and Crisis Core. Why I like him is because I like the way he looks at people and the way he looks too. He have cool clothes and weapon. Especially in ac he fights so smooth and cool. His buster sword that he got from Zack is cool but I like even more his custom sword that he have in AC. Made him beat Sepphy. A sword built up by other swords. He can fight with two swords. It is awesome. The way he moves the face look and hair is just awesome. Lighting is supposed to me a female Cloud so I have no worries that she will be a great character in Final Fantasy XIII..... Looks like I fell in love with her. She is so beautiful so beautiful as Cloud is cool. Makes sense and conncetion that=)
 
A little off topic but I think its kinda good that the charcters all have a similar look to them because then whenever a new FF game comes out it's instantly recognisable and we can (again!) fall in love with the characters and the game straight away because it's so familiar. That's how I feel anyway...
 
I think the use of a lead character such as Cloud is a good platform on which to base many of the secondard characters. All i can remember from Final Fantasy 7 was Cloud persistant moaning and total lack of self belief, which to me just made the other characters more interesting. The characters from FF7 are in my opinion the most remembered of the series, allowing for multiple spin off in both games and movies

All in all i think creating another lead character based on cloud, filled with insecurity, anxioty and generaly a bit of loner is something that has worked in the past and in there eyes should help do the same for this game.

Weither she'll be a good lead character, I would say probably not but the concept as whole should work very well.
 
Kumo said:
A little off topic but I think its kinda good that the charcters all have a similar look to them because then whenever a new FF game comes out it's instantly recognisable and we can (again!) fall in love with the characters and the game straight away because it's so familiar. That's how I feel anyway...
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That's a nice kind of way to look at it though I found Rinoa to be the most annoying character. Mainly because she reminds me too much of Tifa and Aerith, as it's said Rinoa has Tifa's looks and Aerith's personality. I like a little originality in characters, it makes games more interesting.

But back on topic I think that the whoring of overused Cloud-ness is getting on my nerves. Lightning seems like a cool character in her own way but seriously she's like a mix of Squall (gunblade) and Cloud (obviously looks). If you ask me they need to cut out the crap with main characters being the way they are, if she has an exact copy of Cloud's personality then I won't really like her only because I like Cloud to have that personality and not another character who's just waltzed in.

FF13 is 'supposed' to be the next FF-7, in saying that.. shouldn't we move on from FF7 and try to come up with something new? I'm so sick of these spin offs or whatever that surround FF7 *cough*Dirge of Cerberus*cough*

But we'll just have to wait and see till we know more etc. Hopefully Lightning will gain her mark in FF history, not for the fact that she's based off of fanboy favs but because she's an awesome character. :)
 
I find it kind of odd that everyone is a little annoyed at how much like Cloud Lightning seems to be. As for me, I personally don't care. Maybe it's because my first Final Fantasy wasn't VII, and I'm not a FFVII fanboy, but there's only so much that can be done before things start getting a little redundant. As it stands, if the E3 2009 video was any evidence, Lightning is more of a mix of different characters. If anything, I'd actually have to say her personality is more like Ashe's...with a little Squall mixed in.

I personally think that Lightning is going to make a fine lead character. It's too soon to tell, of course, but I have high hopes for the game. Then again, I've liked pretty much all of the games in the series to one extent or the other. They're all great games with stories that are varying degrees of interesting or awesome.
 
Lord people, talk about judging a book by its cover... Ya'll don't even have the book yet. I find this to be a very eccentric trait to be able to track the grand FF creator's mind so well through the games that you can accurately and justifiably stereotype, judge, undermine, compliment, compare, and contrast long before a groundbreaking trailer even comes out. I've seen a few trailers for FFXIII myself, and I for one can conclude nothing exept I like Lightning's hair color and the battle menu skin. I truly wish I had your empathy and intuition for these upcoming games, I really do. I can hardly relate to anything anyone's saying I'm so lost. For a while, I didn't even realize who Lightning was halfway through reading this very thread. Maybe if I had this kind of empathy for game design, I could make a better RPG in Rm2K. I feel like I'm not part of the collective conscious or something. -_-
 
True, I guess. I suppose it's just that some of us (and I'm definitely including me) are so starved for info that we'll make assumptions out of the tiniest bit of data. Then again, it's normal to do that.

I do agree with you, though, at least as far as making hasty judgments about Lightning's character. The only real evidence we have are what we've seen from demos and trailers, and most of them are still in Japanese. All we really know about her is that she looks like a female version of Cloud, that she's (supposedly) somewhat a cold person, and that she used to be a part of Cocoon's army.
 
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