The Fury said:
On the first bit, sounds good. Having Fran as main party leader is something I can get behind... On the later, if you put it like that, then technically FFX was just a giant escort mission (get Yuna to Final Summon. :P). On the plot, many seem indifferent about it. I thought it was very clever, your rag tag group were minor in reality to it all as many other parties conspired against each other for power. Cid and his buddy, Larsa, Vayne and even outside source from Rozarria to avert war. All very clever. But personal opinion and all that. |
The problem is, FF X had this escort mission as plot-base but greatly variated and altered from there and there were sub-plots, and the characters were likable and relatable. Yuna fragile and yet super strong personality and Tidus being a boy with golden heart instead of being an emo or socially dysfunctional guy even going through life hardships. And there are a fair number of plot twists. FF XII ( spoilers ahead) began as a super complex political conspiracy and ended up being a game to catch some kind of weapon. The game ended, not started, as a fetch quest to get those f....cking relics to prove Ashley ascendance because they didn`t have DNA tests in that world.
And those characters, they all were annoying, with the exception of Balthier and maybe Fran. I do think if Balthier or even Fran were the protagonists the game could have been much better, but we had, Vaan, who the hell thought Vaan was a good character, to begin with? Vaan manages to even worse protagonist the Lightning and Squall.
