Was Kefka's storyline suposed to be more of a plot twist?

[ljkkjlcm9]

Yeah, with the "it's old, therefore if you haven't experienced it yet you never will" attitude that a lot of people have, I knew most of the story of FFV and FFVI before I played it. Kefka as a lackey just never occurred to me!

I honestly don't remember my initial reaction when Kefka turned out to be the main villain. I don't feel I was that shocked, because he was way more involved in the plot than Ghestal.

However, I do remember one thing perfectly of how I reacted when I was much younger...
When you control Leo for that one part, I was so fricking excited. And then to see his shock move for the first time.... even more excited. Then when he dies... I just was dumbfounded and couldn't believe it. It was like the biggest rush of excitement, to the biggest disappointment all within a very short scene. This scene may have been the reason that I wasn't at all shocked at Kefka being the main villain, especially as he took the power of each esper into himself and became even more powerful. Ghestal pretty much just sat around on his arse all the time.

THE JACKEL

[Caelheim]

It was a very refreshing plot twist, in my opinion. A villian actually succeeding with their plans is something of an unfortunate rarity these days, since the 'good guys' tend to emerge victorious even if the odds are stacked against them.

It was almost poetic, in some ways. I didn't tend to take Kefka seriously at first, since I expected him to be killed off rather early on in the game. After he backstabbed everyone around him, however, his true nature was revealed.

[Greatermaximus]

Then it has something to do with the writers putting less emphasis on certain characters. You saw them and didn't know everything about them. You didn't know the future of the plot. But even fiction has it's limits. Even if you did know there's nothing you could do about it.

It's the difference between suspense and disgust.

[MJN SEIFER]

Forgive me, but I want to talk about VII for a moment. Despite the picture of Cloud and an obviously dead Aeris on the back of the case, I was still shocked when she died. Still, things that are meant to be a surprise plastered on cases and manuals? Not their best idea.

Kind of late reply, but she didn't look obviously dead to me. She's not bleeding, due to the fact she was killed by a Massamune, and there's nothing on her that sugest she was even injured. She could have been asleep or relaxing in the water for all we knew - I was increadably shocked (and saddend, because I like her as a character, and the scene was so emotionally handled) and when the water scene happened I was like; "Oh..... I see." it didn't come out as a spoiler for me.