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Magus just came across as another wannabe-cool fake-evil type guy that tried to pass off as epic [Sephiroth was somewhat similar to me, though he wasn't fake-evil]. I just never really cared for these stereotypical "cool loners with a cold attitude that are dark but not really because it's actually a good guy underneath it all" type personalities.
That said, I picked him anyways because of his triple techs. I definitely don't think picking him would make someone a loser.
Whoa..! Magus is alright. He just has issues due to the fact that his mother basically killed Schala who is the only person he really cared for anyway....
But really I found him useful in battle. His magic rating is well above the others and he still has a decent attack. Also his "Ultimate" equipment has a status protection..(everyone knows how annoying confuse can be)
Yeah, I know. I just really wish that RPG companies would stop throwing this character cliche at me over and over. The latest one for me has been Yuri from Tales of Vesperia [which to me was just a complete joke, seeing as how he looks like a girl and what his name means considering his personality, but that's an entirely different topic].Quote:
Originally Posted by ~ Kain ~
Of course he rocks in battle. If you can get over the fact that he's basically a revamped version of that green guy from that dragonball show, he's actually pretty awesome [I'm kind of a sucker for those people with dark powers]. Having magical power and decent physical offensive power is definitely my style, though I didn't use his physical aspect much.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~ Kain ~
Anti-hero's always stand out. So I pick magus. I prefer to have him in battle. Plus, stand alone techs, he wrecks as much, if not more than Crono.
Actually, a majority of the time, the battle would be over after using Luminaire. I generally get tired of anti-heroes because in these video games [as well as anime] I just see the same personality over and over and over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zechs
Except he isn't really a good guy underneath it all. He's motivated entirley by selfish desires. The only real care he has is his sisters safefty. He shows time and time again he cares little for the lives of others, and likely only helped revive Crono for purposes of killing Lavos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khalin
How exactly is he a good guy underneath it all?
He wants to kill Lavos because, if unmolested, will result in the destruction of humanity. I'd say that's a rather large selfless desire. I always interpreted his apparent disregard for the lives of others as a façade maintained to win the trust of the Mystics; whether the fact that he is willing to go to such extents to destroy Lavos makes him evil is a philosophical question raised but ultimately unanswered by the game.
He doesn't want to kill Lavos because Lavos is going to destroy the world, he wants to kill Lavos to get revenge.
He states quite directly at one point its for revenge. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Man
And if his disregard for lives was nothing more than a facade, he'd likely be a little LESS bitter after joining you. Though his words to about Crono and chat with Ozzie if you let him join you say he's still a mean, mean person. :p
Oh he's definitely bitter, but the reason he even wants revenge is clearly because of what Lavos did to humanity during his time period. Certainly getting revenge by destroying Lavos is one of the best ways to make sure that doesn't happen again.
True, its a good way to stop it from happening, but that seemed more like a nice, but unnescessary, perk.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
I imagine even if Lavos would never do any more damage Magus would still try to kill him. The fact his revenge would save humanity doesn't really play into his motives. :p
I doubt he'd care as much if Lavos were incapable of doing as much damage to humanity. Then again one can only speculate, since he doesn't exactly talk about his internal motives.
The way everyone in Zeal talks about him and how he acts towards her, it's heavily implied that his sister means the world to him. Also considering he was willing to lay waste to humanity just to build enough power to take on Lavos, I get the sense his motives weren't terribly noble.
I wouldn't really categorise what he did as 'laying waste', just as waging war. Then again it's entirely possible he would've utterly destroyed humanity if it had been necessary to destroy Lavos, but I never really got that impression.
Hey, that's not very nice to say to my Brother. He fight as good as you even blast a few punks while he was with Crono and the gang.