The Lunarians: Great Plot Twist, or Ultimate Cheese?

[Wolf Kanno]

This has always been one of the biggest plot twists in FFIV and despite getting very little info about who the Lunerians were and what they were like, they are easily one of the most important driving elements in FFIV's story. My question is, do you think they worked as a plot element, or do you feel it was kind of silly to bring aliens into a story that is set in a mostly predominate High Fantasy setting? Do you wish they were expanded or do you love the mystery they create? Ultimately, what are your thoughts on the Lunerians?

[VeloZer0]

I thought it was a great twist. All the way through the game you keep encountering non-sequitur technologies that are far too advanced for the game's setting. This explains it just as well as the typical ancient highly advanced civilization that fell into ruin.

[cat121212]

I quite enjoyed the twist about the Lunerians and Cecil, it shook things up a little and made the game different and interesting (also, may I ask how to put a sentence or two in a spoiler tag?)

[Wolf Kanno]

[spoiler] [/spioler] except spell it correctly. Though FFIV is 20 years old now and seeing how its a Final Fantasy forum, I'm pretty sure most people know of the twist.

[Jessweeee♪]

It's among the silliest ones in the series I think. But for some reason I find these things easier and easier to forgive the more basic the graphics are. FFIV happens to be my least favorite out of all of the FFs I finished, but the moon thing happened to be the only time I was at all interested in the plot xD

[VeloZer0]

Anyone who complains about spoilers in a thread with 'Plot Twist' in the title deserves to be slapped.

[Wolf Kanno]

It's among the silliest ones in the series I think.

*cough*Tidus*cough* Sorry, just clearing my throat.

[Slothy]

*cough*Tidus*cough* Sorry, just clearing my throat.

*cough*We all grew up at the same orphanage but our magic friends made us forget lulz*cough*

Whatever you have seems to be contagious. Be sure to cover your mouth next time.

But yeah, while the whole Lunerians thing seems kind of a strange place to take a game with castles, knights, etc. it makes a lot of sense given little things like the Towers of Babil and Zot. Both are structures that feature some very advanced technology within and couldn't even be built by any of the kingdoms in the game. So yay foreshadowing. Plus space and moons are awesome so the hell with anyone who doesn't like it.

[VeloZer0]

space and moons are awesome so the hell with anyone who doesn't like it.

Worth repeating.

[Jessweeee♪]

I do agree the orphanage thing is silly. But I love it anyway. The Tidus thing I felt was one of the best twists in the series. I really liked how it turned the tables on the whole sacrificing thing.

[Depression Moon]

Nah, just having Golbez who was mind controlling Kain being mind controlled himself was just thing Sakaguchi threw in at the last minute. I haven't played the After Years, but in the context of FFIV they didn't do anything with Cecil and Golbez's lineage. Zemus could've been from their planet without them being moon people and I don't see why having a moon world is strange in a high fantasy setting. Don't high fantasy worlds have moons?

Yeah I also agree about the orphanage in VIII. They brought the factor in, but did nothing with it yet again.

[TrollHunter]

I actually really liked the Tidus twist. Is that weird of me?
As for the moon twist I thought it was alright, it sure as hell explained a lot though. FFIV is still one of my favorites in the series though.

[Depression Moon]

What did it explain?

[Wolf Kanno]

Where all these high tech fortresses, robots, genetic abominations and airships all came from. Its not so much about the moon, its the alien plot twist that is the big thing here.

[Roogle]

Yes, I think that the Lunarians were a great plot element to the story.

On the other hand, I feel like there was a big lack of information regarding the Lunarians and their role in the story. For example, the game credits Kluya with bringing magic and other technologies to the Earth, but there are cities like Mysidia that thrive on magical culture.

Did Mysidia not exist until Kluya showed humans how to use magic, and, if so, how old is Kluya and how was he killed by some simple humans wielding random spells as seen in the DS version of the game? My impression was that the Lunarians were not a particularly long-lived race and went into hibernation to wait for the Earth to develop.