Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP) announced

[Elskidor]

I think if they left off a character from IX and/or VI I'd lose all interest in this game, so I'm really hoping they are the last minute surprise characters.

[dunit697]

Hopefully Square is smart enough to learn from the first release that games get hacked and they really have 2 more characters up their sleeve and this could even be a diversion. In all honesty, imo ff 7 was the start of marketing and from that point i feel ff was more marketing than game. Hopefully these years of practice and thier last blunder on the first dissidia demo have really made them the marketing geniuses that would have to be to have a game that was kept pretty secret until about 6 months prior to release, have every character anounced as they planned with little to no leaks, and now this...talk about keeping me on my toes, I check updates 4 times a day now...If they don't have a VI and IX character than this is too much credit, but if they do, kudos on square for some of the best marketing to hardcore fans I have ever seen.

[Elskidor]

Hope your right. It would be pretty insulting if they ignored those two titles. I understand 1, 2 and 3 to an extent because there weren't nearly as many awesome characters to chose from, but I really think it should have been planned from the beginning to use each game as Dissidia 1 did. And Dissidia 2 needs two character from each title for balance.

[dunit697]

It would be insulting, If we are getting an addition from XI we sure better be getting one from VI & IX. You could make a dissidia game just using the characters from VI honestly the diversity of them is amazing. Of course, if they are waiting to release characters on DLC, VI and IX would be some of the best to choose from VI in paticular from a marketing standpoint. Since most hard-core fans are big VI fans, Square doesn't need to advirtise to them for them to get the game, and they could essiently charge anything and I would buy their characters and continualy research them on DLC. Anyway, lets see how smart they really are.

[Jessweeee♪]

I don't know about that. I enjoyed FFVI's cast, but they weren't very different from each other personality-wise. They each had a gimmick, but there was nothing much separating them beyond that.

[SuperMillionaire]

Why does Bartz have to deal with two villains? It's two villains against one hero for FFV. How will he have to deal with two villains at once?

[Fynn]

I don't think we can consider Gilgamesh a villain. He always seemed more like chaotic neutral to me.

[Skyblade]

There's enough extra heroes that they will finish off their villains fairly quickly and come help. Because, I mean, it's Gilgamesh. Even without Exdeath (who is a wimp who doesn't count anyway), no one hero could take him alone. Even the mighty Bartz.

[dunit697]

I don't know about that. I enjoyed FFVI's cast, but they weren't very different from each other personality-wise. They each had a gimmick, but there was nothing much separating them beyond that.

They are all more different than it seems, (VI) to really see differences you would need to bring them into the 3D universe. Even so I was more so refering to their battle differences. Each had a different class and special ability.

Celes-runic and battle mage (deeper back story/urge to reform or repent)

Terra-Black mage (cloud-like)

Locke-Treasure Hunter/fighter I would say (quirky theif...ahem, treasure hunter)

Cyan-samurai-that bushido would be interesting in dissidia (deep, silent samurai type)

Sabin-Monk and blitz (Personality is probably like a more brutal yet more reserved form of Zell)

Relm-beastmaster-(little girl)

Strago-blue mage(overprotective grandpa)

Shadow-ninja(A more selfish form of Cyan argueably, but it changes, lone wolf is a better term)

Setzer-Gambler (sky pirate from XII, obsessive)

Edgar-dragoonishy tool user (pimp king)

mog-dancer(moogle)

Gau-um...Gau!(cave-manish?)

Gogo-mime(none really)

Umaro-beserker(none really)



Saying they are all the same? idk, if you compared their personality to when characters became dubbed and 3D some may think so, but not for the more nostalgic gamer. Just because VI doesn't have a defined flamboyent hero like 9,10, and 12. Or completly emo leads like 7 and 8. I consider the lead character role as shared by locke and terra, she is gone for a while. Even with Enix's added technology and tools, I don't think any cast compared to this one, really the cream of the crop of the world fighting kefka. kings, ninjas, dancing moogles, mages and more vs VII for example full of bartenders, irritating theif girls, coal miners, and a lead mental patient. (I do like VII people, 2nd fav ff, but hero cast does not compare, VII universe > VI universe, ffVI > ffVII. Anyway sorry, about the tangent.

[Wolf Kanno]

I don't know about that. I enjoyed FFVI's cast, but they weren't very different from each other personality-wise. They each had a gimmick, but there was nothing much separating them beyond that.

I cannot disagree with this statement more. I'll bore you with a rant later, just know you've disturbed the sleeping troll...

All I'll say is that it's pretty funny to make that statement when it's the characters that are best remembered from this game, and most gamers will say it's the cast that drove the games story. They did something right.

[SuperMillionaire]

There's enough extra heroes that they will finish off their villains fairly quickly and come help. Because, I mean, it's Gilgamesh. Even without Exdeath (who is a wimp who doesn't count anyway), no one hero could take him alone. Even the mighty Bartz.

I was thinking that Bartz should get another hero from his native world, not one from another world.

[Jessweeee♪]

I don't know about that. I enjoyed FFVI's cast, but they weren't very different from each other personality-wise. They each had a gimmick, but there was nothing much separating them beyond that.

I cannot disagree with this statement more. I'll bore you with a rant later, just know you've disturbed the sleeping troll...

All I'll say is that it's pretty funny to make that statement when it's the characters that are best remembered from this game, and most gamers will say it's the cast that drove the games story. They did something right.

Yeah, I really liked the dialogue and interactions between them; they just aren't all that diverse

[Elskidor]

I don't know about that. I enjoyed FFVI's cast, but they weren't very different from each other personality-wise. They each had a gimmick, but there was nothing much separating them beyond that.

Being drunk I probably shouldn't go deep into this, and I think the others defended it enough, but yeah I don't quite get how anyone could find the cast bland and similar to one another. The cast made the game great.

[dunit697]

You don't need to quote yourself, we remember what you said, I did my brief response on the matter, I am sure Wolf Kanno will clean that up once the sleeping troll awakens...I am sorry but I have never heard that arguement, I am just curious which cast from which final fantasy is more diverse?

[nvr_mind]

Am I the only one a little annoyed they picked Vaan instead of Balthier?