Tired Of The Fashion!

For some time now, the way the characters in the FF games have been dressing has been bugging me. They went from this~
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lmitt_shot.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tilly_shot.jpg

notice the conventional hairstyle, the symetry, anyone could easily look like this.

to this~
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...80px-Rikku.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../80px-Ashe.jpg
Postmodern, eccentric, it looks like they went to the closet and got a little of this and a little of that.

I'm not saying that one is better than the other, but perhaps if things could be more natural and if the designers wouldn't try so hard to impress us with their otherworldly sense of fashion, maybe things would at least feel more stable.

Well, I'm done, I feel much better now:tongue:

I like all the outfits. Either way they look good, because the clothes they make now look cool. Sure they're revealing, but it's a game.

I think with all the loose bits on the outfits they could get caught on something when adventuring and fighting monsters. Very unsafety-concious.

It's what sells, especially in Japan. That's also why the heroes these days are all punk kids: the developers are pandering to a particular demographic.

Yeah, only the NEW new games have characters dressed ridiculously. Just check out how normal these characters look:

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/2-frionel-a.jpg

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/2-maria-a.jpg

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/2-guy-a.jpg

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/4-rydia-a2.jpg

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/6-cid-a.jpg

People TOTALLY dress like that!

I have thought they've been smoking dope while coming up with costumes for a while. Especially after FFIX. I really hated Tidus's outfit. And that chick from FFXII with the huge boots... In 7 they dressed like thugs 'cause they were from the slums. In 8 they dressed semi-normal 'cause they were kids in school. 9's outfits seem to fit their jobs and style from where they lived. The older games really didn't matter because the sprites didn't do a good job of representing the character art. Guys were in armor and girls wore dresses. Only if you had an artbook did you get to see how outlandish they were supposed to be. But in-game they looked fine. Though I think FF6 was kinda mix-n-match. But I think their attire represented their personalities adequitely.

Vaan needs a shirt.

hey DJZen, or whomever knows,

who is that third picture of that muscular guy? I like it, it's really interesting.

And yes, the early games had characters which dressed just as peculiar as the more rescent ones. It seems that around VII, or perhaps even VI at certain times, through VIII that there was a period in which their atire was more contemporary that ever. I mean, Raine Loire did where blue jeans, am I right?

*sigh*:mog:

The muscular guy is Guy, apparently.

I liked the majority of outfits in ffx, barring the peasants who all wore the same thick burlap sacks, but they definitely weren't very normal. I do not like many of the character designs from ff12 (although balflear's, like anything balflear, is very fine) and truly, Ashe's design reminds me of Maria from the origins fmv.

In the artwork it was ALWAYS crazy back then. Then on screen, it wasn't so nuts. Probably because they didn't have the space in their tiny little sprites to wear all the extra doo-dads. Maybe they always wanted them to look so nuts, with the exception of FF8, since it was trying to be a little more realistc.

I'd be happy that the character designers are actually creative rather than whine about it. God, just enjoy the game.

Actually, I do really like the way Yochitaka Amano had illustrated the characters, I think all his art is whimsical and beautiful, something that I hope to immulate in my own art.

Baby Blue Sweat Pants.

'Nuff said.

What would you rather have than these designs?

Some generic chum in a gigantic Red Wizard's hat, with a Sword and a Staff in his hands, a patch over his eye, and a parrot who rests on his shoulders all day in some ship manned by a Cliff Fittir/Edward fanatic?

We do not need more Red Mage Pirates.

Final Fantasy. They're RPG games set in fantasy worlds, therefore the fashion isn't going to be like ours.

I still think these outfits are completely non practical for all this adventuring.

Fantasy doesn't equate to outlandish. That doesn't mean I think every character should be cookie cutter. Despite the fact that I think even if they were toned down it wouldn't matter because they aren't what they wear. They have their own defined personalities so set them apart. They can look different, without looking gaudy or (in my opinion) stupid. (The outfits, not the characters wearing them). So yeah, if making a character design is what they consider creativity. Maybe they should tone down their creativity a bit. But I doubt it will make me hate the game any more than I already will. So there's definitely room to be nit-picky whilst still giving the game its due credit

I love how it's uneven!!! I love the odd outfits. A bit revealing though.

They all need more belts.

More belts.

if people dressed normally in FF it wouldn't look good. they are from another planet in an imaginary universe. hardly anyone complains about what they wear (apart from some things on FFX-2.) and it's never a random "ooh! lets give that guy a cape." the suits usually suit the game and the planet the game is set on.

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Originally Posted by DJZen

Yeah, only the NEW new games have characters dressed ridiculously. Just check out how normal these characters look:



People TOTALLY dress like that!

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There's a difference between fantastical works of artistic creativity and cynical exploitation of current fashion trends.

I think a lot of the recent costume designs for FF have been pretty bad. It's like they're trying too hard. None of it is organic. Oh let's add a belt here! Oh and shiny knee pad things here! Oh oh oh!

i'm not sure how you'd actually put some of these outfits on without an instruction booklet

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Originally Posted by Miriel

I think a lot of the recent costume designs for FF have been pretty bad. It's like they're trying too hard. None of it is organic. Oh let's add a belt here! Oh and shiny knee pad things here! Oh oh oh!

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However, lulu's belts are perfection and should not under any circumstances be altered.

i assume a lot of the criticism is about ashe. if you look carefully i think youll notice it not a 50 peice costume that need an instruction manual to put on. it just look a lot more complex than it is. im fine with the clothes.

I like FFVIII outfits. I like everything about FFVIII so I'm going to agree with you solely because you complimented it

If and when a Final Fantasy game is set on Earth in 2006, then I imagine the characters will wear normal clothes.

I think they just want to make their characters stand out so that they're more noticeable.

Their clothes also reflect the fantasy world they leave in.

I mean imagine for example if Kimahri was dressed in a business suit and Auron is a tuxedo.

Or imagine Squall dressed in shorts and sandals.

Or Quistis dressed like a sexy school teacher...ohh wait hummm forget about that one.

I think most outfits fit in nicely.