The kid gets a lot of hate even by fans of the game, so what would you do to make him a better character without completely rewriting his story?
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The kid gets a lot of hate even by fans of the game, so what would you do to make him a better character without completely rewriting his story?
New wardrobe.
Give him the shirt he had in Tactics A2.
That's all.
Shot to the head once he's no longer needed.
...too harsh? Probably. xD I dunno. He wasn't nearly as bad as Tidus, I think giving him decent clothes would have been a good start, although I don't think it would have changed all that much. If anything, I would have made him more involved and have him do something that actually significantly affects the overall plot, or to have some kind of impact because of "who he is" or something to make him feel relevant.
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Originally Posted by Elpizo
Nothing at all, his was a classic coming of age story and Vaan rocked it!
I really didn't see a problem with him. He wasn't my favorite, but I had nothing against him.
Definitely, to cover up those disgustingly rendered abs of his. I guess I wanted Vaan to just... I don't know, I guess. Be less annoying?Quote:
Originally Posted by The White Wizard of FynnThisQuote:
Originally Posted by Elpizo
Make him relevant to the plot. Give him a better sixpack texture.
Visually, he looks like Hitler's dream version of Aladdin. Really, what's w/ all the blondes in this game?
Either of these would have helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Vaan's real problem was that he was never even in the game to begin with (or Penelo) but the test market in Japan didn't like a story featuring "old people" like Basch and Balthier as leads. Sooooo as a total afterthought, the kiddos got lumped in to tag along. Balthier even makes a joke about being the leading man near the beginning of the game.
So yeah... more plot.
Holy trout. This. I could freaking TASTE this in the narrative. And in fact, I came in here simply to say I would give him 5... possibly even 10 years. An 18-year-old street rat I could probably swallow. Early 20s would be a lot more relevant. And I don't think he would have been nearly as annoying. He basically would have been a more realistic Aladdin. Not a bad thing. And I can't see Aladdin going around yelling "I'm Captain Basch" to everyone and being an idiot in this gameQuote:
Originally Posted by LocoColt04Either of these would have helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirage
Vaan's real problem was that he was never even in the game to begin with (or Penelo) but the test market in Japan didn't like a story featuring "old people" like Basch and Balthier as leads. Sooooo as a total afterthought, the kiddos got lumped in to tag along. Balthier even makes a joke about being the leading man near the beginning of the game.
So yeah... more plot.
I was actually going to go on a rant about how the coming of age thing in JRPGs just doesn't really do it, and their FF games with older protagonists like 4, 6, and 7 are soooo much better than things like 8 and 10
And Japan's dream-crush of always constantly and forever wanting to re-live high school life even in a fantasy game over and over and over and over again. Gawd /rant
Keep the belly shirt vest thing, gain Aladdin's little hat instead.
Honestly, i think they worked him in pretty well. But that's a rant for another day.
yeah pretty muchQuote:
Originally Posted by Elpizo
A little Fez would be pretty adorable :3Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic