Forsaken Lover
11-24-2009, 12:35 AM
So I actually had someoen try to argue with me that Rufus was a better antagonist than Sephiroth because he was "deeper". Now I'm no fan of Sephiroth (at least not post-FF7) but the appeal of Rufus has alluded me.
Now I realize he looks cool. In fact I love the boss battle with him where he jumps up and grabs the helicopter. That is pretty epic. But the fact remains that apart from his introduction speech to the party, the guy doesn't do much.
Which is why I find his antihero status iN AC to be all the more baffling. This is the guy who said his father's methods (the man who crushes the slums full of dozens or hundreds of innocents just to frame a handful of rebels) weren't harsh enough. This is the guy who was gonna have Barret and Tifa executed just to gain support of the masses.
He's not a good person. At all.
He's not a great villain either. He really does nothing fo rmost of the game except pop up now and then and he finally (we thought so anyway) dies. That's it. There isn't even much fuss made over his "death".
Rufus was really nothing in the end. A generic villain who got a ridiculous personality switch.
Now I realize he looks cool. In fact I love the boss battle with him where he jumps up and grabs the helicopter. That is pretty epic. But the fact remains that apart from his introduction speech to the party, the guy doesn't do much.
Which is why I find his antihero status iN AC to be all the more baffling. This is the guy who said his father's methods (the man who crushes the slums full of dozens or hundreds of innocents just to frame a handful of rebels) weren't harsh enough. This is the guy who was gonna have Barret and Tifa executed just to gain support of the masses.
He's not a good person. At all.
He's not a great villain either. He really does nothing fo rmost of the game except pop up now and then and he finally (we thought so anyway) dies. That's it. There isn't even much fuss made over his "death".
Rufus was really nothing in the end. A generic villain who got a ridiculous personality switch.