Unrealistic dialogue...

[Peter_20]

Don't get me wrong here, I do think this is one of the best games ever created, but am I the only one who think that the dialogues and conversations between characters were kinda dry?
I mean, the chars talk way too little, and they act really strange during many events, and at least for me, it hurt the overall experience.
Here are some examples:

(SPOILER)
#1:
Edgar meets Sabin on Mt. Kolts.
It's been ages since they last saw each other.
In spite of that, all that happens is that Locke comes in there and says "The brothers are reunited!"... and that's it!

#2:
Cyan has just lost his family in the Doma event.
At first he acts very believable, but five minutes later he starts making jokes with Sabin and laughing at stuff.
Where's the grief?

#3:
You rejoin with the other characters after the Leo event in Thamasa.
Edgar tells Cyan what had happened to Leo, and he goes like "Did Leo die?! Damn it, he was a good man. Oh well, now let's go, guys."

#4:
You find Locke in the Phoenix Cave in WoR.
Instead of getting surprised and start posing questions like "YOU'RE ALIVE?! But how...?" he just has this attitude "HELLO, everyone! Look at this: MAGICITE! I rock!"

Didn't you ever think that stuff like this was kinda annoying?
Cuz I do.

[boys from the dwarf]

its odd but you have to be a huge FF6 fan and critic to actually care.

[Big D]

FFVI's script is generally quite good - I mean, the main characters usually speak like educated adults, even though there are 'odd' patches, like those you quoted. The script is mercifully free of 'kiddy talk' of the kind that plagued FFIX.

With a bit of refinement, FFVI would have a near-perfect script. Just a few tweaks to clean up the errors, like those mentioned earlier in this thread, and inconsistencies like Terra's remark to Sabin, "you look like a bodybuilder who's escaped from his gym". This particular line has always bugged me, since Terra's (1) got amnesia and (2) (SPOILER)from a world populated by magical spirits, so I'd question the likelihood of her knowing what either a bodybuilder or a gym actually is.

[TheAbominatrix]

I definitly agree with D (big surprise there).

I wonder if those strange patches of poor quality dialogue are more from translation than anything else... I'd put money on that being the case. I think the GBA port of VI will have a re-translation, so we shall see.

[Strider]

Well, wouldn't cartridges have not had so much room for more dialogue?

[Destai]

Actually I like that Locke quote you mentioned. It showed his personality. Made him as cool as he is and all.

[theundeadhero]

I generally find that to be a problem in all RPGs. I always find myself rephrasing the words on the tv screen to sound cooler and match the personality better.

[boys from the dwarf]

also have you guys read all of "ah,the power of cheese." its like this in FF4 and probbably in a lot of other FFs.

[Flying Mullet]

What is this "power of cheese" that you speak of?

[theundeadhero]

The moons gravitational pull of the tides.

[boys from the dwarf]

What is this "power of cheese" that you speak of?

its a FF4 spoof that necronopticous wrote.

[TurkSlayer]

The lines you mentioned do seem strange, but it really isn't that important. Though how little grief Cyan seemed to show always bugged me. I would think that someone who just lost their family would grieve a bit more.

[Daryl]

Big D said it best, so, what he said.

[Dr. Casey]

At first Cyan was sad because he lost his family, but then he realized that being a father and a husband was hard work, so he decided to be thankful and go bang some random girls with Edgar and Gau.

[Starboard Regulator FlareNUKE]

Feral Children prefer apes over humans...