The game is trivialized by just kind of knowing what you’re doing. I did a run without grinding magic draws or card refine or grinding for items to refine or anything like that and I still breezed through it. It’s probably the easiest Final Fantasy game I’ve played.
Quistis is phenomenal. But she’s a terrible match for Squall. She likes him because he’s not childish. But he’s still not mature. And she’s more of an intellectual who needs mature conversations, which Squall is not equipped for. There’s a reason why she only really gets close to Cid.
Also, the whole teacher/motherly figure aspect is very problematic. So while she’s best girl, Rinoa is best girl for Squall. Same how Aerith was best girl, but Tifa was best girl for Cloud. Or Quina was best girl, but Garnet was best girl for Zidane.
Yeah, I think the explanation is that none of them seemed to care that they were all childhood friends, so he didn’t bring it up either. He’s surprisingly impressionable, so it makes sense.
Also, it makes way more sense than Tifa just letting Cloud make up lies about her hometown slaughter.
Cid is low key a manipulative, morally gray character. Every one of the children were manipulated into the party by him, one unsuccessfully. I actually really, REALLY liked his character when I realized this. The only issue I have is that I wish it was more explicit.
If they ever do a remake, I would love for that to be expanded on or given extra emphasis. Cid is basically Professor X from X-Men.
However, it does add context that he was preparing for the literal end of the world. It’s never confirmed if Galbadia was in on the plan or if they just went along with it. But either way, Cid must have been surprised that everyone was kinda okay with teen mercenaries, trained through childhood.
1: the game is trivialized by 15 minutes of grinding magic reserves at the start
The game is trivialized by just kind of knowing what you’re doing. I did a run without grinding magic draws or card refine or grinding for items to refine or anything like that and I still breezed through it. It’s probably the easiest Final Fantasy game I’ve played.
2: Quistis is best girl and yet we are forced into the Rinoa romance
Quistis is phenomenal. But she’s a terrible match for Squall. She likes him because he’s not childish. But he’s still not mature. And she’s more of an intellectual who needs mature conversations, which Squall is not equipped for. There’s a reason why she only really gets close to Cid.
Also, the whole teacher/motherly figure aspect is very problematic. So while she’s best girl, Rinoa is best girl for Squall. Same how Aerith was best girl, but Tifa was best girl for Cloud. Or Quina was best girl, but Garnet was best girl for Zidane.
3: Irvine not saying anything about all his childhood friends not recognizing him
Bro had a whole glow up and knows it, the first thing any real person would have said was “Hey dudes it’s me! I’m a hot cowboy now!”
It’s been beaten to death before but it’s just so fundamentally stupid it must be said
Yeah, I think the explanation is that none of them seemed to care that they were all childhood friends, so he didn’t bring it up either. He’s surprisingly impressionable, so it makes sense.
Also, it makes way more sense than Tifa just letting Cloud make up lies about her hometown slaughter.
4: The normalizing of child soldier mercenaries
Cid is low key a manipulative, morally gray character. Every one of the children were manipulated into the party by him, one unsuccessfully. I actually really, REALLY liked his character when I realized this. The only issue I have is that I wish it was more explicit.
If they ever do a remake, I would love for that to be expanded on or given extra emphasis. Cid is basically Professor X from X-Men.
However, it does add context that he was preparing for the literal end of the world. It’s never confirmed if Galbadia was in on the plan or if they just went along with it. But either way, Cid must have been surprised that everyone was kinda okay with teen mercenaries, trained through childhood.
5: Zell