I think Lightning is the worst character name of all time.

[blaydcor]

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?