FrostyFireMage Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Around ten years ago Sephiroth was considered to be the best FF villain and maybe the best video game character ever by more than a few fanboys. Nowadays he's considered overrated and a terrible villain while fans tend to worship Kefka instead (who is just the jRPG version of The Joker, but I digress). To be fair, FFVII is pretty old, so not many new people on the Internet know who he is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookofholsety Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) FFVII's age isn't much of a hurdle to public awareness, given that a) "older" people are still talking about it ravenously in some context or another so "newer" people are guaranteed to hear about it, and b) Squeenix has been vomiting so many Sephiroth-heavy sequels and spinoffs to it over the years that the poor corpse of the original game has barely had a chance to rest which makes the ongoing absence of milking the original game itself even more odd. i know they've stated their reasons for not going ahead with it but come on, it's Squeenix. since when have they ever turned down a route to make more money no matter how timeconsuming or dumb? they certainly didn't stop themselves from shitting out All the Bravest, and thinking up something so abjectly stupid can't have been a quick job when did this turn into a relatively serious post what am i doing Edited January 3, 2014 by bookofholsety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 FFVII is a game about mental people Cloud is completely deluded and Sephiroth is downright nuts And I think that's quite brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 FFVII is a game about mental people Cloud is completely deluded and Sephiroth is downright nuts And I think that's quite brilliant What he said. I honestly don't like Sephiroth as much as the next guy, except in three games,: Crisis Core, Advent Children, and Kingdom Hearts 2. Crisis Core for his backstory being more exposed, and he wasn't a cliche villain anymore, due to Genesis being the reason to his madness. AC for the reason that Sephiroth's fight with Cloud was cool, and his quote"I will never be a memory" And Kingdom Hearts 2 the main reason for the challenging fight and his relationship with Cloud and Tifa as well as the strongest Keyblade(Don't quote me on that) Fenrir. Sephiroth sucks pure ass in FF7. But he's made a kickass character sometimes. ....SOMETIMES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randoman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Though I'll admit Sephiroth's character design is cool, I never really liked his personality and his motives were hardly interesting to me. I'm not sure if I'd call him overrated or underrated, since the fanbase and hatebase of Sephiroth are both quite vocal. On a side note, I'm hardly fond of Kefka. I prefer villains with tragic backstories and interesting motives or reasons behind their actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I never plaed ff7 =| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I quite liked Sephiroth. He was a bit of an enigma during much of the events of FFVII. Later installments just focused on how ultra-powerful and pretty he was, but the scenes where he progressively descended into madness were pretty interesting and deserved some expounding upon. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) I quite liked Sephiroth. He was a bit of an enigma during much of the events of FFVII. Later installments just focused on how ultra-powerful and pretty he was, but the scenes where he progressively descended into madness were pretty interesting and deserved some expounding upon. Oh well. Like Crisis Core. His madness. He wasn't a bad guy...More of led into disbelief. Edited January 3, 2014 by Shadowfrost Zenbiniar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciarre Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 >so not many new people on the Internet know who he is wait what, really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soledai Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) I still like Sephiroth and don't have a reason to dislike him at all, especially in Crisis Core since we get to experience ourselves, what caused him to go nuts... the passage of time means nothing to me when I like something FFVII's age isn't much of a hurdle to public awareness, given that a) "older" people are still talking about it ravenously in some context or another so "newer" people are guaranteed to hear about it, and b) Squeenix has been vomiting so many Sephiroth-heavy sequels and spinoffs to it over the years that the poor corpse of the original game has barely had a chance to rest which makes the ongoing absence of milking the original game itself even more odd. i know they've stated their reasons for not going ahead with it but come on, it's Squeenix. since when have they ever turned down a route to make more money no matter how timeconsuming or dumb? they certainly didn't stop themselves from shitting out All the Bravest, and thinking up something so abjectly stupid can't have been a quick job They actually haven't doing anything with Sephiroth for some time, in the modern age, Square seems quite content on milking the lackluster FF13, all it's plot inconsistencies and WTFs, and it's very bad protagonist, Lightning, they have literally milked this.... "character"(trying to avoid an insult) to death, and she isn't even a good character, she is purely one of the worst characters in a game, not to mention a bad protagonist... my apologies for the slight derail Edited January 3, 2014 by Soledai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 FFVII is a game about mental people Cloud is completely deluded and Sephiroth is downright nuts And I think that's quite brilliant Yes, pretty much. I still like Sephiroth. I think, in the original game, when you just saw the results of his actions without seeing the man himself, it was pretty terrifying. So yes, I still like him very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Devil Trigger Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I never plaed ff7 =| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiodi Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 He was fun in Dissidia! Too slow for my tastes, but fun nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Laufeyson Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oh so its "in" to hate on Sephiroth? Hmmmm. I love me some Sephiroth, but i also stayed away from the spin-offs outside Advent Children. I didnt really play Crisis Core or anything. I still love Sephiroth to bits for killing Aeris. Like, a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Only reason I dislike Sephiroth is because he killed my fav character in ff7. And the fact I tend to dislike villains in general All and all he is pretty interesting when you get to the core of the matter. Like in Crisis Core and the ff7 flashbacks My favorite Villains in the franchise remain Golbez and Kuja Edited January 4, 2014 by Jedi Fon Fabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Masayoshi Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 All and all he is pretty interesting when you get to the core of the matter. Like in Crisis Core and the ff7 flashbacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light-Heart Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 There is a few Sephiroth fanboys and fangirls out there still, but he is becoming more and more hated by gaming fans. Screw Kefka and Sephiroth though, Kuja is where it's at. <: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) There is a few Sephiroth fanboys and fangirls out there still, but he is becoming more and more hated by gaming fans. Screw Kefka and Sephiroth though, Kuja is where it's at. <: ^ TBH, I never cared much for Sephiroth or Kefka, but FF9 being one of my favorite games in the series, I could tolerate Kuja, I suppose. Dem Zidane/Kuja plot twists doe. EDIT: WHOOPS, JUST REALIZED THIS ALL HAPPENED ALMOST 2 MONTHS AGO Edited February 22, 2014 by Truest of Blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamanoir Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The best FF Villains are either Ultros or Gilgamesh. *Also : A better villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Also : A better villain. I like that springy bit of hair coming off the top of his head :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleph Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 i think that's an ahogay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I quite liked Sephiroth. He was a bit of an enigma during much of the events of FFVII. Later installments just focused on how ultra-powerful and pretty he was, but the scenes where he progressively descended into madness were pretty interesting and deserved some expounding upon. Oh well. This. The plot wasn't the best thought out thing, but I was intrigued by him even just two years ago. A focus on hero gone mad without some kind of demonic possession isn't something I see often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceBrand Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I like Sephiorth. Cool desgin, voice, and the bases for many anime characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Laufeyson Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 voice ...?? #oldcoot I also like white haired pretty characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peener weener Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) * that was awful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BcxzF35y8 Edited February 23, 2014 by Stolypin Necktie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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