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blaydcor on 15 June 2009
Cactus said:

As much as I agree with you about the name, Lightning is not as bad as Edge Maverick. Seriously. Edge Maverick. They both pale in comparison to Fayt Liengod though.

           I am forced to admit, proclaiming it to be worse than Edge Maverick was more hyperbolic than serioius. And Fayt Liengod is indeed worse than both.



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flagship on 15 June 2009

I don't know, Dragon Ball had some good ones: Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo....yeah.



Godot on 15 June 2009
blaydcor said:
Showertea said:
blaydcor said:

I mean, holy shit. What is Square Enix thinking? Names like that were cool when I was, I don't know, eleven years old? This is seriously even worse than "Edge Maverick". What are the other characters going to be named? Blade, Danger, and Bolt? I have never seen a name that has so simultaneously tried to be cool and yet utterly failed so miserably.

The implication this naming decision makes about the creative energies behind the game is so dire that it has cast my entire faith in Final Fantasy XIII in doubt. I thought this was going to just be a code name, but all indications recently point towards it not being one (or at least not for functional, widely used purposes.)

Seriously, WHY? Do they have THAT low of an opinion of Final Fantasy fans' intelligence and good taste? Even if the rest of the game is as incredible as it could possibly be, this will be the one turd that accidentally got mixed into the batter; no matter what it's going to make the entire cake taste a little like shit.

NEWS FLASH

 

VIDEO GAMES DID NOT MATURE WITH YOU.

More than half of all 'hardcore' gamers are under the age of 16. 

 

And yes, they have THAT low opinion of a FF Fan's intelligence and good taste. FF Fans loved "Cloud" who moped all the time and had a plot that made not a lick of sense. They loved "Squall" whose job was to defeat a random evil witch who was trying to 'compress time' for some goddamn reason and forgot that every person in the party he was friends with as a toddler. They loved "Tight-ass" who dressed like a hot-topic goth with a mesh shirt and one pant leg for some reason. They're going to love 'Lightning' who looks and acts more or less exactly like a gay porn star fighting ridiculous space dragons.

          Thanks for stating the obvious, the over-the-top rage really drove the point home. Funny thing is, 6, 9, and 12, acclaimed by many fans as the best, do NOT feature the infantile nomenclature you noted above. And with 12 being the most recent and the interesting vibe I've gotten from the game's graphical style and plot, I was just hoping the rest would follow suit. Maybe it will. Doesn't stop Lightning from being so, SO much worse than Cloud, Squall, Tidus, or any other example you care to bring forth.

         @Okey: You're the kid who always failed the reading comprehension tests because you just skipped the reading and guessed, aren't you?

FF12 isn't acclaimed by many people to be the best. In fact, a lot of people hate it.



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blaydcor on 15 June 2009

I know. But many people also love it. Many =/= most.



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Alic0004 on 15 June 2009
Cactus said:

As much as I agree with you about the name, Lightning is not as bad as Edge Maverick. Seriously. Edge Maverick. They both pale in comparison to Fayt Liengod though.

 

 

Dang it!  You beat me to it! 

 

I really need to stop reading entire threads and just skip straight to posting my own thoughts.



 

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amp316 on 15 June 2009

Waluigi is the worst character name of all time.

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Zlejedi on 15 June 2009
blaydcor said:
Lostplanet22 said:
That says someone with the name 'blaydcor' =p.

Anyway good thing then your gaming fund is empty ;).

Hilaroius; I'm not cheaply angling for mass-appeal to a bunch of losers with a mid-teens mentality who need scantily clad women, "bad ass" weapons, and "cool" names to make a game vicarous enough for them to enjoy.

I'm not criticizing you, just the (partially) imaginary demographic that Square Enix seems to think "Lightning" and a female Cloud will be so appealing to. And thanks to some other people in the thread I'm starting to realize that maybe Square Enix is more spot on than I thought.

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Nanaki on 15 June 2009
-Newcloud- said:
lightening is her code name "Dia" is her real name from what ive read

Her true name is "Dia"? It´s not good either. "Mediarahan" would be much better. And stronger.



Naraku_Diabolos on 15 June 2009
vykk8930 said:
Lightning is generic, not all that bad, there are far worse names for videogame characters (hell, solid snake is a pretty bad name but people have gotten used to it or just haven't figured it out).

Yes, Solid Snake = another word for an erection, but he lacks genitals.

Anyways, Lightning sounds 'okay' to me. Could be just her codename, but it's a word (noun)...Square-Enix could have came up with something a little more...noticeable.



Christhor on 15 June 2009
Nanaki said:
-Newcloud- said:
lightening is her code name "Dia" is her real name from what ive read

Her true name is "Dia"? It´s not good either. "Mediarahan" would be much better. And stronger.

Maybe she's not a team player? But if that was the case her name should have been "Diarahan", so who knows?