Serah or Noel?

[Loony BoB]

You can have an excuse for being annoying, but you're still annoying. That's how I saw Hope in the first game. I don't mind him in the second game.

[crono_logical]

Serah all the way, except when you had to use Noel - I don't like controlling COMs, RAV/SAB is better for my gameplay style

[Formalhaut]

I'm very diplomatic and gave both characters turns to take the lead. I actually like both characters, but I have to agree, Noel is just so much more engaged in the story, and you actually feel for Noel more, simply because he keeps his issues to himself sometime. Poor Noel is almost a guidance councillor to Serah

[maybee]

Serah ! She's kind, gorgeous, beautiful, supportive and really sweet.

[LunarWeaver]

I stay where Mog stays.

[Night Fury]

I haven't played through much of the game but I find Noel annoying so I just use Serah.

[Reverof Enola]

I'm very diplomatic and gave both characters turns to take the lead. I actually like both characters, but I have to agree, Noel is just so much more engaged in the story, and you actually feel for Noel more, simply because he keeps his issues to himself sometime. Poor Noel is almost a guidance councillor to Serah

And it is weird because he is both taller and wiser than her and comes across as a more mature character. However he is younger than Serah!! Oh yeah Noel all the way despite the game being more bias toward Serah. Probably because I am a guy that I got used Noel and can relate more to him......in a small way.

[Red Mage Coffman]

I felt like this could have easily been its own Final Fantasy game. Starring Noel. Cause, to be honestly, I hate Serah. She is SO annoying. Noel is, well, smurfing awesome.

[Del Murder]

Surprisingly, Serah won the poll. I agree that Noel was a great character and should have gotten his own game.

[Aulayna]

I played Serah. To be honest both of them aren't very deep characters but I felt more connection to Serah's plight than I did Noel's - although he did grow on me toward the end of the game. A large part of it was because I also enjoying play RAV more than COM too.

Also I always tend to gravitate toward female characters if I have the choice. It's more immersive for me that way.

(which on a side note is probably why FFVIII aggravated me so much because I wanted to punch Squall in the face)

Noticed it's generally the guys who found Serah annoying and thought Noel was a badass. Generally I thought they were both equal parts annoying as each other.

Seems to come down to gender stereotypes a lot I guess - with Noel wanting to be the knight in white armor and protect Serah from harm as sort of reconciliation for what he's been through. Being the big manly figure, seems to be a position a lot of guys I know want to be in when it comes to relationships. Likewise a lot of girls want that big manly figure to fall back on. Heck it's encoded so much through all the camera angles in the game (how often is the camera looking "up" at Noel compared to "down" at Serah. FFX was particularly notable for this with Tidus and Yuna too).

And now I'm rambling so... Serah

Oh, and the whole sword that turns into a bow thing.... AWWWWWWWESOOOOOOOME

[Jiro]

I've only played Serah so far out of habit; I suppose I should try Noel and see if he plays any differently and, if so, if he's any better.

[Psychotic]

I think Noel is probably the better character, but I'm a traditionalist when it comes to FF games and always play as the default