of people who criticize TA for having 'too kiddy' of a plot. Imo, TA has a much darker plot than Tactics. What people fail to realize is that TA is the only game where the bad guy wins.

In FFTA, you play the villain. You are the dark side. Congratulations. Let's look back at some of my favorite Villains in FF history, shall we?

Fiends- Wanted to destroy the world by instinct (I guess)
Dark Cloud- Same deal^
Zeromus- Wants to wipe out the Earth's population so the moonmen can inhabit the Blue Planet
Kefka- Wants to wipe out the population (and eventually the owlrd) because he feels there's no point to existance
Sephy- WILL get what he wants, how many innocent people die in the meantime is no concern of his
Kuja- Destroys TWO worlds to take everyone with him when he dies
Seymour- Wants to destroy the world so he can save others from life (which he feels is nothing but endless torment)
Marche- Wants to destroy the world (against all the wishes of everyone except him) just because he doesn't feel right in the new world

You get the picture. TA, in my eyes, is just about the exact same story from FFI from the villain's point of view. Think about it- in I a foreign race (Fiends in I/people from St. Ivalice in TA) start to show up, start messin' w/ the crystals in order to wipe out the population of the planet (TA to make way for the 'real' Ivalice inhabitants/FFI for the lulz I guess). If you look at it this way, the Totema from TA are, in fact the Light Warriors of TA, only this time, they fail to protect the crystals. This would also mean the Mewt is, in fact, the hero of TA, as it he who created the utopian world, and is the only thing that sustains it. Only in THIS version of the story, the villain (Marche) succeeds in convincing Mewt that he is on the wrong path. Then the world is destroyed, despite the fact that Marche is the only one that wants to go home.

You may argue that his motives are what make him a hero, but in the end, he sows destruction in Ivalice, causes everyone to have to return home when they don't want to just for personal desire. This makes TA the only FF you play as the villain, and the only FF in which the villain wins.

Discuss.