Diango12
03-01-2007, 05:53 AM
Warning Major end game spoilers! You've been warned...
What did you think of the theme for the game?
The story is similiar to the approach that was used in Final Fantasy 10, the hero's contending against the will of god for the better of human virtue. To protect those they love even if it means going against the heavens.
When the Occurian Venat rebelled against the notion that only his people (the gods) were fit to decide the course of Ivalice history, he made contact with Cid. Venat played to Cid's hunger for knowledge, leading him in a quest to end the Occuria monopoly on nethicite, a type of powerful "magickal" stone the Occuria gifted to mortals in exchange for obedience. In learning to "manufact" nethicite, the world could be free from the control of history's self-appointed stewards.
This to me is a noble effort, its apareant in the game that the Occuria (the gods) are the villians even though you end up fighting against Vayne who also has contempt for the Occuria. To me it seems Cid and Vayne share the same goals in trying to free the world rather then destory it like most classic antagonist's. But because of there subjagation of the kingdom of Dalamasca they were forced into the role.
I think it was even more evident of the theme of "going against the heavens" when vayne turned into his last form at the end which is very similiar to Ibilis or the "Shaitan"
What did you think of the theme for the game?
The story is similiar to the approach that was used in Final Fantasy 10, the hero's contending against the will of god for the better of human virtue. To protect those they love even if it means going against the heavens.
When the Occurian Venat rebelled against the notion that only his people (the gods) were fit to decide the course of Ivalice history, he made contact with Cid. Venat played to Cid's hunger for knowledge, leading him in a quest to end the Occuria monopoly on nethicite, a type of powerful "magickal" stone the Occuria gifted to mortals in exchange for obedience. In learning to "manufact" nethicite, the world could be free from the control of history's self-appointed stewards.
This to me is a noble effort, its apareant in the game that the Occuria (the gods) are the villians even though you end up fighting against Vayne who also has contempt for the Occuria. To me it seems Cid and Vayne share the same goals in trying to free the world rather then destory it like most classic antagonist's. But because of there subjagation of the kingdom of Dalamasca they were forced into the role.
I think it was even more evident of the theme of "going against the heavens" when vayne turned into his last form at the end which is very similiar to Ibilis or the "Shaitan"