I always kinda found it ironic that people complain about Cloud being a whiny emo, when, considering all the crap he's been through, he's a very normal person. I also find it funny that when he's "imitating" Zack, he gets his personality COMPLETELY wrong, making Zack seem like a total self-obsessed a-hole. In fact, after he decides to be his own person at the end of the game, he becomes a lot more determined, self-confident, less brooding... exactly how Zack was shown in Crisis Core. Square can not remember their characters for the life of them. XD

Out of characters, I felt Cloud, Sephiroth, Squall, Cecil, Golbez, Kefka, and Kuja were all off, in varying degrees.

Cloud and Sephiroth... they've just been dumbed down to what FFVII-haters think their personalities are, and it's kind of sad.

Squall is actually.... likeable in this game. It's really odd. Like, he actually CARES about the people who risk their lives for him! Wow! Square, keep him like this, not that "I can't trust anyone cause my sister who wasn't my sister leaved me but I can't remember it" bullcrap.

It's been said before that it feels like Cecil and Golbez's personalities have kinda been flip-flopped, but that's a minor complaint for me since I liked their story more than I liked FFIV, so... yeah.

To me, Kefka is not in this game, but rather one of the Kefka fanatics that only had a vague impression of what he looked, sounded, talked, and acted like when he started cosplaying. That's really about all I can say about him. (To be fair, I like the Dissidia Kefka, but it's just not Kefka.)

Kuja bothers me. He always came across as this master chessmaster plotting villain who always had to be ten steps ahead. In this he's just... a baby. There was nothing sinister or clever about him, he just whined the whole game.