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FF (6/7) is at it's core, the story of the struggle of a small group of friends against an evil power bent on destroying life as they know it.
And what RPG doesnt involve this? I mean seriosuly, would it be original if it was a large group of friends? Now thats a game Id buy!
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It begins with an attack on (Narsh/Reactor #8),
Well Im sure you already know this but lets see, In Narshe two soldiers escorted a mysterious girl under mind control to retrieve an ancient creature, They were unsuccesful, both soldiers were apparently killed and the girl was released from mind control and attempted to escape through the mines with the help of a thief/A group of terrorists and a hired angsty mercanary destroy a reactor as a blow against the powerful Shinra company.
*suspicious*
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but shortly thereafter we begin to get more of the story. A small, terrorist organization called (The Returners/Avalanche) is seeking to use any means neccessarry to stop the evil (Empire/Shinra Corporation).
The returners are attempting to stop the rebirth of an ancient war and avoid magic from being released upon the world/The eco group Avalanche is attempting to stop the planet from being drained and dieing.
Who would attempt such a thing? Why the evil empire of course!(the enemy is evil so you can tell its original) They are unchallenged in technology but desire the power of the ancient world(they have that incommon but so do a hell of a lot of games, Skie of arcadia, FF series, BOF series, Devil may cry 2, Grandia series, you get the picture and I get the feeling theyre not all blatant rip offs of VI)./ Shinra company without care drain the Mako from the earth to power there normal every day lives, They have control across the world.
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This evil power was set on controlling the world through the use of (Magic/Mako Energy). It would seem only a matter of time before all would be at their feet.
Magic would be used so the leaders of the groups would become gods among men, They already controlled the world/Mako would be used to create a new city known as neo midgar so Shinra would live profitable lives of luxury at the planets expense.
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But it wasn't enough for them just to control the world. They wanted to control nature itself.
FFVI wanted to control nature, FFVII just wanted to use it. J-cells were used in Hojos research for science and he grew his own desires maing the Shinra more powerful
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Through the use of (Magitek enhancements/Jenova cells), they created a superpowerful minion. (Kefka/Sephiroth) was extraordinarily powerful, but the experiments were not completely successful. In the end, he went completely insane.
A high up ranking officer volunteered to be exposed to magicite granting him the power of magic however something backfired and he went insane. He was not extremely powerful/Hojo an obsessed scientist impregnated his fellow researcher Lucrecia and injected jenova cells into her womb. The baby survived and was born an extremely powerful super soldier. When he learned of Jenova a woman he believed to be his mother was an alien entity unaware of how exactly he was born or from who he believd himself to be some kind of creature also, went insane, slaughtered the town and attempted to release his mother in theory form her containment. A normal soldier managed to defeat him and he died (or did he???)
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A vastly evil being, as he demonstrated when he cut down (General Leo/Aeris) in cold blood, and when he then killed the leader of (The Empire/Shinra).
OMG Even more evil! Its all coming together now... *plot twist* yowza!
General Leo attempting to stop him from attacking innocents when he gained cintrol of magicites fought him and lost/Aeris the last survivng of the ancients attempted to summon holy as she secretly knew Sephiroth would attempt to summon a meteor to make the planet cry out in pain, attempt to heal itself and Sephiroth would use that healing energy to become a god, Sephiroth was aware of this and after an attempt to manipulate the hero CLoud to kill her failed, He did it himself
The emperor Gestahl was killed because Kefka had used his resources and had attained the power of a god, He was now insignificant so byebye/The president Shinra was killed by Sephiroth because he was holding Sephiroths mother captive which wasnt a big deal because he could take her by force but Sephiroth would not have them attempt to take the promised land full of Mako as it was necessary for him to become the head of Jenova, or a God (Yes many RPG's have bad guys who want and quite often suceed in becoming a god and yes they're all ripping off VI)
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He began to fancy himself worthy of godhood, and sought out the means to do so. Our noble heros tried desperately to prevent him from aquiring (the Goddess Statues/the Black Materia), but they were too late.
Wow they even tried to stop him! You see my main interest in RPG's is making trendy little graphs of the number of people per town. Stopping the enemy just never crossed my mind.Now as far as I remember the Goddesses were three divine beings who constantly fought each other and eventually to prevent the world from being destroyed were imprisoned in stone/The black materia was the power to summon a meteor to collide with the earth hidden by the ancients in a clever trap.
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His power brought chaos onto the world. The (Dragons/Weapons) roamed free for the first time since antiquity.
Large creatures which go around attacking to show how tough the bad guy is. Thats original...
Now as I understand it the dragons were creatures used in the war of the magi along with doomgaze, and that stupid bloated frog./The weapons were used by the planet to protect itself. Admittedly similar backstory between those two games in particular but first of few.
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People were afraid, but our heros rose up to the challenge. Seeking out weapons of great power and aiming to protect the world they loved, the flew in their mighty airship to the (Floating Continent/North Crater)
A conntinent in the sky, A hole in the earth, another Dimension,A great castle, Within a great beast, RPG's people.
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where the evil one had gathered all his power together. Fighting through many foes, they eventually reached the center of it all. (Kefka/Sephiroth) was powerful, and had taken on a new image - that of an angel with one wing, beautiful and terrifying at the same time. But they triumphed.
Odd what you end up with when you become a god but this is admittedly similar to those two particular games.
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But the threat was not over. The legacy of the evil lived on, and promised to destroy (Terra/Midgar). But fortunately for us, a deus ex machina intervenes in the form of the lifeforce of (Terra's human half/The planet). And we all live happily ever after.
Kefka died hence his tower collapsed/Sephiroth died but the meteor didnt and holy was only beginning to move. The rest didnt make a whole lot of sense. Holy was a dissapointment and failed to have the needed effect, it was too weak so the planet did the job for it. Terras esper half managed to get the team out of the tower. Not much of a connection.
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Characters? We got em! First and foremost is (Terra/Cloud). (S)he spend some time working for (The Empire/Shinra) but has come to the side of good now. Despite a brief, completely psychotic episode, he/she is a good person, and essentially the protaginist of the story.
Terra is born from a human and an esper. She is the only survivor of the empires attack on the esper world (the only one not turned to magicite anyway)She feels no fulfilment in existing as she wonders wether she is really human (or something like that). She has been under mind control (for how long Im not sure of)causing her to lose her memories until an encounter with tritoch released the mind control and Ramuh informed her of her past/Cloud grew up in A mountain town named Nibelheim. He was an antisocial kid who was affectionate towards Tifa Lockheart, He promised to become an elite member of soldier to win her attention and left the town. Some years later he returned in secret on a mission with the legendary Sephiroth and a soldier named Zack. They investigated the reactor and fixed a malfunction. He witnessed Sephiroth go insane and slaughter his home town. Defying all odds Cloud defeated him and threw him into the lifestream from the mako reactor.
Despite a hero with issues they really arent too similar.
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You've got lots of others too - (Setzer/Cid) the airship captain (cause you just can't have a final fantasy without an airship, for crikes sake!).
People with airships are ripping of VI? Nice work inspector.
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(Gau/Red XII) is the most animalistic of the bunch, which some serious problems with his father, but ultimately an honorable being.
The only connection here is they're opposites. Gau is an animal in a humans body Red XIII vice versa. Gau grew up on the wild fields of the Veldt with wild animals, Red XIII grew up protecting cosmo canyon and its elders. Im spotting large differences so not much of a connection.
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(Shadow/Barrett) is an honorable character with a difficult past. His wife has died, and his only surviving family memeber is his daughter. He is driven to violence by his past and his hopes for the future.
Shadow was a runaway who I believed hi robbed trains (cant remember) When his best friend dies (connection) he wandered in depression to a secluded town, had a child and raised a family. When his wife died he left the child and ran off in shame/Barret wallace grew up in a coal mining town. Im honestly not sure about his family affairs. His best friend Dyne and him had some connecion to his Minerva who had a child with Dyne named Marlene. Barret encouraged the coal mining town to modernize itself with the shinra reactors against Dynes wishes. Eventually they did and the shinra double crossed them killing and destroying the town and its people. Barret blames himself for the incident and joined avalnche to fight the shinra. The only survivor Barret found was Dynes daughter marlene whom he raised as his child.
Now I see noticeable similarities in the family matters but all round They've got pretty different lives and certainly personalities. Unless people with daughters and dead wifes are rip offs of VI.
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Of course what party would be complete without acception of a few traitors from the other side? (Celes/Cait Sith) worked hard for the other side, but eventually grew tired of the endless bloodshed. Eventually signing up with your group, there were problems with trust, but his/her selfless sacrifice at (the Magitek Facility/the Ancient Ruins) proved them trusted friends.
What you said is similar but the charcters sure arent. nuff said.
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Martial artists your thing? Try (Sabin/Tifa).
Even the honourable martial arts ripp of VI. Im truly disgusted.
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More into theivery? (Locke/Yuffie) may be your flavor.
yeah or anyone with the steal materia and an obsession. No connection here.
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Just want a special character who really makes no sense and doesn't matter much, but we thought would be cool? Try (Gogo/Umaro/Mog/Vincent)!
Vinecent? Now I this makes me wonder if you've even played VII cause you certainly dont know much about his connection to the story.
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Yes, Final Fantasy (6/7) is a great game. Come play it now, and you'll never forget it!
Yeah either them or a video game.
Like I said before. Theres a rare clear connection but frankly most of that post was just pointing out that VI and VII were both RPGs. Im aware you didnt write it but Im making my point on what I do and dont agree with from it. p.s.
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but you two just went right to town on it.
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To be honest Seph0zo, all you did is state something a particular character or event had in common. If you really wanted to you could do that same thing with more than half the FF series.
Yes I clearly went totally out of my way with that post.