Actually, I think it is saying quite a bit. These types of changes often tend to come slowly and steadily, and FF5 did kind of progress at a faster rate than what had been seen before. I think the influence and importance of females improved a substantial amount from 4 to 5, and I really don't think any more than one out of the three females exhibit a significant amount of traditional stereotypes, and when she does, isn't exactly a very important part of the story either.Originally Posted by Raistlin
Considering the games that came before it, that's probably true. Not that that's saying much.
Neither of the princesses of Tycoon are the type who is content with a typical princess-role. They are both adventurous, resourceful and pretty physically capable, One of them is even the boss of a dozen pirates, and I think it is safe to say that pirates aren't the easiest bunch to boss around in the world.
Oh yeah, none of them are really love interests for the males in the party either. I mean obviously Galuf and Bartz thought Faris was pretty, but it stopped at that.
Now that I think about it, I should replay the game with these things in mind, and see if my memories of the game are in line with reality. I feel pretty sure that they are, but who knows?
Yes, I was gonna type it out yesterday but it was too late, then I didn't really bother reading every new reply before I wrote it today.See my responses to choinos and NeoCracker on this subject.As for FF6 and Terra and Setzer. Both suffers a kind of a mental breakdown. Even if it might be "stereotypical", Terra is the only one of those two who turns that into something constructive. Setzer is the one who got the short straw here. He ends up an ex-gambler dude who is stuck drinking his sorrows away at a bar, while Terra actually does something good for the world, even when things were looking as grim as they were. It definitely sounds like she's the mentally strongest of the two.
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