Unrealistic dialogue...

[Big D]

FFVII may have many bits of dodgy translation, but when it's good, it's good. The characters' voices are more individualised - in general, they each have a distinctive tone and style which makes them stand out, and adds a great deal of colour. In FFVI, however, it's often pretty generic. Most of Terra's lines are in a style identical to that of Celes or Locke; the only really unique voices belong to Gau, Umaro, and occasionally Mog. Cyan has the occasional token word of "olde worlde" language to make him sound grandiose, but it doesn't really fit - it's like something that's been deliberately shoehorned into an otherwise mundane sentence.

Basically, FFVI has a superior degree of consistency to its translation, while FFVII reaches greater heights with the way it gives unique voices to the main characters. As a result, FFVII's profound moments are further enhanced - like Cid's "someone's gotta defend the Planet, and that someone is us" speech. There's plenty of similar dialogue in FFVI, but it's usually so generic it doesn't stand out.

[?????]

I wish Mark Twain were still alive so he could come up with a scathing remark or two about your lack of ability to determine good writing, and then write a work of satire to illustrate his point.

Dude, get the hell over yourself. VI is good. But it isn't VII. Very few things are VII.

Of course, we all know that the best Final Fantasy is Chrono Trigger.

[ThroneofDravaris]

….Wait, what? Chrono isn’t…name different….battle system…

*head explodes*

[Roto13]

Well, for most of the game, FFVI uses actual generic lines for most of the dialogue (re: no matter what characters you have with you, they all say the same thing). You can't really argue that it's not generic, when it fits the definition perfectly.

[DJZen]

Dude, get the hell over yourself.

The funny thing is that I wasn't talking about myself at all, I was talking about how offensively lame FFVII's script is. I'm not sure how that makes me have an overinflated ego, but whatever.

[?????]

Well, the way you put it certainly sounded like you're one of the people who praises VI to high heaven just because they hate VII, who usually hate it simply because it's popular. These people usually are "nonconformists" who can't do anything that other people do because they have to "be an individual." And that's really, really retarded. Maybe you're one of those people and maybe you're not; the "get over yourself" served as a pre-emptive insult.

[ThroneofDravaris]

You mean that actually exists?! I thought I came up with it out of spite...

[eestlinc]

I thought the dialogue in ff6 was lame, not so much in the translation, but in the fact that the script itself is lame. Kefka is right, the main characters do sound like some pathetic self-help book.

[?????]

You mean that actually exists?! I thought I came up with it out of spite...

What, the pre-emptive insult? Nah, I came up with that. You just implemented it on the forum first.

[bipper]

Well, the way you put it certainly sounded like you're one of the people who praises VI to high heaven just because they hate VII, who usually hate it simply because it's popular. These people usually are "nonconformists" who can't do anything that other people do because they have to "be an individual." And that's really, really retarded. Maybe you're one of those people and maybe you're not; the "get over yourself" served as a pre-emptive insult.

omg! Don't labe us 'NONCONFORMISTS'! We may have to change our views again!

Djzen is mostly genuine, I assure you. Just don't mention dragonball around... yeah. I do agree with him though. While FFVI was sort of short on character at some points, FFVII managed to make me feel like I was watching an episode of sock puppet theatre - or a porn with decent acting. IT was just bad.

Bipper

[?????]

Well, at least we can all agree that Dragonball sucks.

[Roto13]

Well, at least we can all agree that Dragonball sucks.

I used to be a big fan of that show...

[Vyk]

My two favorite Final Fantasys. I will not choose between them. They are both good! But I still prefer Xenogears. But really, that was ages ago. What did you expect? It was better than any of its competition at the time. I'm sure if they made the game now, it'd have much deeper and more believable conversations.

[ThroneofDravaris]

What, the pre-emptive insult? Nah, I came up with that. You just implemented it on the forum first.

No, I mean the whole “People like FFVI because they’re too much of a git to admit they like FFVII” thing.

[?????]

It's not necessarily that they're too much of a git to like VII. Some people just plain don't like science fiction, or fantasy, or the two mixed together. But seriously, hating a game for the sole reason that it's popular is just retarded. It's [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] like this that makes rational, normal people hate emos, and discriminatory elitist badasses such as myself beat them up.