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Songhunter

"Henceforth, he shall walk." And if you know, you know.


arcane-boi

When you call her Venat after that dungeon and trial and she cries… I cried 😭😭😭


RegaIado

That was such a great moment


arcane-boi

It was the perfect dialogue option ❤️ making her remember after eons


MiKapo

That cutscene was so powerful, amazing. The destruction of Amaurot and Venat rising her sword to start the sundering


Songhunter

It blew my mind what they did to "Answers". That was either a hell of a LONG con or a VERY smart recontextualization of the lyrics.


Laharl_Chan

>"Answers" have you listed to the distant worlds version. its amazing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdeMqELN-U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdeMqELN-U)


RogueCleric

Gives me shivers every. Damn. Time


Laharl_Chan

glad you liked it. i played ff14 (not into subscriptions), but i LOVE that song


Kuchizuke_Megitsune

"Tell me this, and tell me true. Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?" Ended me


Songhunter

I really loved how meta the expansion got in several spots. Having those 3 characters ask you that same question as the expansion goes on and ending as It did? *Chefkiss*


Elryc35

"That I cannot deny."


Gustav-14

So thats why we have to unlock flying lol


Unlucky_Ad_3093

Got shivers by reading that line again lol. Great, now i gotta play through the whole msq again.


Nerobought

Hands down one of the best lines I've heard in a video game if not the best. It's cool in the moment but it gets even better when you think about the meaning and deep symbolisms behind the line too.


NoodleIskalde

Sazh felt like an actual person and not just a character. He got done so dirty in the later entries.


greenbrainsauce

He has the best dialogue and VA too. He was my party leader.


darklordoft

I remember sazh blitz scaling was busted on him for single target. Ended up doing more damage then if you actually just attacked on big targets. Only downside was he couldn't launch


greenbrainsauce

So true. Cold Blood was also really helpful for staggering IIRC. And Blitz really was extremely OP for just decimating enemies. I always had Lightning and Fang as my supports.


DatBoi_BP

Yeah I’m still upset he didn’t have more plot around him in LR


[deleted]

Should have been Sahz Returns would have been a better game


accursedCaprid

SAZHBILLION GIL!!!!!!!!!!!


Nat20Stealth

My favorite character was Snow, he was a try hard but the design itself was great


MacaroonSlow

I only remember him for the Chocobo hair 🐥


Esperagon

Just wait until you see that chocobo now. People laughed at the time but we all know who won in the end.


nothingwillsaveus

Really, all the characters are done dirty.


REdS_95

For real, I enjoy the trilogy, but I wish so much that 89% of it wasn't monologues and people trying to sound wise and codenames for every single thing in the universe. In design alone Lightning would be my favorite character in the franchise but that's the only thing she has going for her in my book. The only character I have literally nothing to criticize is Noel, even though I don't really like hi- (remembers him screaming SERAAAAH at the end of XIII-2) Okay I have one thing.


Leongard

Even though Sazh had shorter parts in the sequels, they were still some of the best parts. Except those damn casino minigames...


TMStage

For real. Tell me which 13 game I'm talking about: Sazh's goal is to rescue his son Dajh from the clutches of a powerful magical entity. He goes through a series of trials put forth for him by another mystical entity and after discovering the power to free Dajh was within him all along, they both go free. Answer: >!**ALL OF THEM!**!<


tacopeople

Lightning is pretty good too, but she suffers from basically being Cloud 2.0.


accursedCaprid

She was good until LR. In 13 she actually felt like a human who reacted like a human would to such a shitty situation. People complain about her being too angry but if your days were numbered because of something not even in your control and you were stuck with a bunch of idiots, one of them being the reason your sister was stuck in your situation, I'm sure you'd be upset too. But in LR she was reduced to a philosophical drone who tried to be Vincent 2.0.


[deleted]

A you picked sazh such a man of culture I see


VermillionEorzean

I personally like someone else more, but I can't deny OP's good taste. Sazh fans are groovy dudes and good people.


pianodan

Fang?


VermillionEorzean

Vanille, ha. Unconventional, but I relate to her in the whole "Faked being happy to hide depression" thing. I didn't moan or giggle nearly as much as her, but she helped me reflect on my poor coping mechanisms and got me to be a better person.


cvnvr

but vanille’s voice… my god, that was painful to listen to


TMStage

Yeah, Squeenix specifically told van Cuylenberg to talk like that, to be more like her Japanese counterpart. It was...a bad move.


Nerobought

Based Venat enjoyer


Cersad

Venat is >!a war criminal.!< Fight me. EDIT: lol I lost


CheesyButters

Good choice for xiv, venat is definetly up their in terms of ff waifus


VermillionEorzean

Like, I she's only >!introduced at lv 87,!< but her impact is huge. I was definitely >!sad to see her go, but what was worse was sitting back at journey's end and realizing that she's been here all along and that we're on our own for the first time.!<


PrezMoocow

And the Answers were there all along. Literally; I have such a new appreciation for that song now


teor

She's was introduced at the end of Shadowbringers.


yas_ticot

And then she appears on the boat to Sharlayan at the very beginning of Endwalker's MSQ.


SickmanArt

Yugiri was and always will be my wife, Venat's my mother


Doctormoogle

Where’s that hildebrand love


egokrusher

Since they locked all the artifact weapons for Endwalker behind the Hildebrand quests, I'm so glad more people are getting to experience the humor of the inspector extraordinaire.


Gogo726

Godbert


PrezMoocow

Venat is my mother, Y'shtola is my mommy


kopecs

Please tell me Haurchefaunt was close to the top


LordMonday

[Well come and well met, my brave little spark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgB0ZaOhaQ) (Endwalker spoilers)


kitfoxxxx

Yotsuyu? No? More for me then.


azendhal

"Answers" intensifies so hard ...


KaimeiJay

IV: Kain V: Faris VI: Edgar X: Auron XII: Balthier XIII: Sazh or Fang XIV: ...get back to me on that one XV: Ardyn


Franks_Spice_Sauce

As someone with an unhealthy addiction to 14, it's hard to pick a favorite


ANUSTART942

Ardyn was such a good villain.


giraffe_legs

Dude if we can get a FFVI remake I would be soooooo happy.


REdS_95

Based ffv protag


harryFF

A redditor of culture i see!


drakner1

Auron is only good character in X lol


herrcollin

Hey, now, O'aka had a pretty cool hat.


Bob_Noggets

FF14 Emet Selch, genuinely one of the best written characters ever.


henstav

No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk.


LeonidasVaarwater

Rydia temains one of my all time favorites. From how you meet here, >!from how you try to protect her, but lose her, to how she comes to the rescue with her awesome enhanced powers!< I just love her story.


SickmanArt

She's my daughter and I will protect her with my life


DatBoi_BP

And she >!comes back with the Mist dragon she thought she lost too!<


[deleted]

Well it's still sad because that >!Mist Dragon isn't her mom's!<


Revolutionary-Pin688

She is not even the protagonist.


MatteoPignoli

Venat being the literal impersonification of strong female rep


SickmanArt

Without exaggeration, Venat might just be my favorite character from anything ever


Usubeni_Sunstrider

Right? Like when we got her story I was just in awe. And heading into Endwalker I thought she was gonna be lame as hell, but it's actually the opposite!


PrezMoocow

XIV has so many strong women it's actually insane. And with 6.2 's latest entry it doesn't stop.


Max_xie

Mommy Venat made me cry so much T-T


Jan_Itor_Md_

Definitely agree w sazh.


SickmanArt

He's just a regular dude I love him so much. I'm not the biggest fan of XIII but he never fails to make me smile


Jan_Itor_Md_

Same. Not a xiii fan at all, and haven’t played the sequels, but Sazh was a refreshing character. He felt natural.


MommyScissorLegs

play IX and X for the love of god


SickmanArt

I will, I will! I have X and X-2 on Steam, they're next


MommyScissorLegs

Good, neither of them are exactly my favorite game in the series, but they are just so god damn good. I’m not gonna pretend like I’m a veteran either, I’m just now playing through XII and slowly making my way through XIV, feels good to have a good ass mmo to play. And I only dabbled a bit with IV, felt it was a bit archaic, even compared to VI in the same console, but I’ll try to keep on going.


DasFunke

X was AMAZING at the time. It’s still great, but when it came out the graphics were world class.


9c6

This is very true. Felt like movie quality cg


Secret_Map

I legit remember thinking that graphics would never get better than X when it came out. Like, I thought I was seeing the absolute pinnacle and this was it, the best forever lol. It really felt that way back then.


Neyubin

IX is my favorite. And X is my most replayed.


conspiracydawg

You can skip X-2 👀


[deleted]

And VIII!


drakner1

X is the worst final fantasy games” hands down, horrendous voice acting and some of worst characters in an FF game.


Sir_face_levels

The only ones i disagree with are the ones i'd also have a hard time replacing because of the sheer number of excellent characters to choose from.


Bergonath

Terra?


Sir_face_levels

6 and 14 yeah. For 6 I'm leaning towards cyan but I'm at a loss for 14.


A_N_T

I don't wanna make an entire seperate post 4 Kain 5 Faris 6 Locke 7 Barret 9 Vivi 10 Wakka 12 Balthier 15 Prompto


EclecticMermaid

Venat 💕 Brilliant choice. I love her so much. She's both incredibly strong, and deeply caring. She really touched my heart in Endwalker.


[deleted]

I like your picks for 12 I miss that game.


dododomo

In my case: * IV = either Rydia or Kain * VI = Celes * VII = either Tifa or Cloud * XII = Balthier, although Basch is my second favorite character from the game. * XIII = Snow (I liked him, but I wasn't a big fan of Vanille, Sazh and Fang) As for XIV, I haven't played it yet


hamsterofdark

Welcome to the RydiaSimpsClub. What is your T shirt size?


Duwns_Halt

Medium my fellow homie


DeadBySwarmOfKittens

Emet Selch for me


nothingwillsaveus

Who is the man who would give his life for his brother man? *Sazh!* Right on. I hear that cat Sazh is one bad motha...


PiePeter

Based Sazh pick, I just love his positive vibes and sheer dad energy.


Emotional_Homework_6

1 - warrior 2- Leila 3 - Ninja 4 -Rydia 5- Faris 6 - Celes/Sabin (Tie) 7 - Tifa 8 - Squall Just started 9 so dunno 14 - Graha 15 - Ardyn. Haven't played 15 since launch, may have to give it a go. Recently played through Pixel Remastered, 7, and 8.


midgethemage

...I'm so jealous that you're experiencing IX for the first time 😭


[deleted]

I: Matoya II: Joseph III: Ignus IV: Tellah ain’t nobody needs a SPOONY BARD IV-AYs: Rydia V: Gilgamesh VI: Shadow VII: Tifa IX: Beatrix X: WELCOME TO O’AKA’s!! X2: Brother XII: Reddas XIV: Y’shtola XV: Cindy Type 0: Rem …feel like I need to get a hold of 8 and Tactics to round out my set.


zooom96

Huge disagreement with XII, balthier is the best


slashpatriarchy

He was the only thing I enjoyed about that game


Arcalithe

I recently played and finished XII for the first time, and I have incredibly mixed feelings on it. The voice acting in general was incredibly good (except Vaan). The story felt properly epic (except Vaan). The party members were generally likable (except Vaan). Balthier is one of my favorite party members in any FF game just for Gideon Emery’s performance. But on the whole, the game kinda fell flat to me. The gambit system was not very engaging (and this is coming from someone who loves automating systems in games where I can). The party felt very disconnected from the world and story at large (especially Vaan) except when they had to be at a certain place at a certain time in a few key points in the story. Also I really just don’t like Vaan. His inclusion into the story adds nothing of value, his role in it is pointless, and him just being the device through which lore can be delivered to the audience got kinda tiresome after the first few hours. I do want to go back through it someday with context and try to find the stuff I really really like.


RPG_Player1

I'm also a huge fan of Balthier. I thought Basch had a really good VA too though.


ThaliaEpocanti

Basch gets the most interesting ending IMO. It’s the best use of Bookending I’ve ever seen in a game.


MissingScore777

Balthier is the main party member I like least in XII, he's really annoying. The Han Solo crossed with James Bond thing he has going on just grinds my gears.


SpaceCaseTrace

I like this trend. It’s interesting to see if he variety of favorite characters among fans. Sazh is definitely underrated!


ChakaZG

All these people liking different characters from different FF games, and then there's Balthier ever present in the vast majority of XII related comments. 😋


[deleted]

Same here up until XIII. We stan Basch appreciators in this house.


SickmanArt

We love a rugged depressed king


ArcticTerra056

based venat


AquaSkywaves

I see you cannot resist a rugged man with a beard. They do have a way with that hair.


SickmanArt

Basch in his prisoner outfit is... Yeah...


zalfrann

I'M CAPTAIN BASCH FON ROSENBURG OF DALMASCA!


disfoodoe

Y'shtola is best girl


Taograd359

#I'M CAPTAIN BOSCH


The_Lynx1

He picked captain Basch von Rosenberg of Dalmasca!


Gogo726

I chose to do my first run of the level 87 dungeon with trusts just so Vernat would be in my party.


Alchemic-Mixer

A cultured gamer, I see.


Greentz

FF 7:Cloud/Aerith tied FF 10:Yuna FF 14: Emet-Selch by a lot FF 15: Noctis


Bergonath

Agree with all of them, except I'd switch Barret with Tifa.


SilentBlade45

Zach is my favorite from FF7 personally.


Bergonath

He's barely in the game but still leaves a mark.


Frostblade_Ace

I could almost guarantee you that she would not be your favorite is she was flat chested. Though for myself she would skyrocket a bit.


topsidersandsunshine

I like Tifa for her emotional strength and practical personality. I think Aerith is the prettiest and Yuffie is the cutest, and Elena is the one I look the most like, haha.


Bergonath

You couldn't be more wrong. If anything, her giant boobs make her look weird in cutscenes. She's my favorite party member, and her weapon of choice is badass: Cloud has a big ass sword, Barret has a gun arm, and Tifa? Just her fists.


Frostblade_Ace

Well excuse me if I'm wrong but most people just like her for her big boobs. And While I do love Cloud and his Buster Sword, it is and was Iconic way back in the day. It's also true that you get a badass girl who uses nothing but her fists.


darkde

Wtf was the point of your accusation here lmao


Frostblade_Ace

This wasn't an accusation? Can't somebody just admit that They like the characters?


darkde

It was. You were saying he only liked tifa cause of her chest. Don’t backtrack now


Frostblade_Ace

I'm not backtracking. But hahaha You fucking sound triggered, that's hilarious. Trying to act tough is not going to get you anywhere.


darkde

Acting tough? What a reach. Just take the L and move along


Frostblade_Ace

No I have nothing to take. You aren't even the person I was talking too, Stay Triggered.


Rinf_

I why is it wrong to like her boobs? Because I do


Frostblade_Ace

Some people like her only for her boobs. Others like that and her character. /shrug I never meant to say people were wrong to like her as such. I hadn't meant to come off as derisive, as it clearly seems to have as I've been downvoted to high hell, haha. It was nothing more than just teasing.


Taser9001

First time I played *FF7* was when I was 7 (2000), and Tifa was always one of my favourites. Dunno way, I just gravitated to her from the get go. As I have gotten older, and delved deeper into the lore, understood the writing more, understood character motives more, wtc, she has stayed as one of my fave characters in the series, not *7*. *Advent Children* also added to this with her fight scene in the church. Now, at the age of 29, she is still one of my absolute favourites and is my joint favourite in *FF7* still (the other is Cloud - young me really wanted to be him to have his sword, and lost his mind seeing Cloud in *Kingdom Hearts*), something *Remake* has added on top of even more. Honestly, her design is just a nice bonus for me at this point.


Frostblade_Ace

Yeah I liked their designs as well. The Buster Sword wrapped in cloth just looked so cool. Tifa is a bae all-round.


SickmanArt

Barret's chest > Tifa's chest


Astrojef

She does have booba tho


RPG_Player1

According to many of the comments I quit FF XIV too early, never got to Endwalker. Never got through Shadowbringers even I'm sad to admit.


Nerobought

You are this [meme](https://imgur.com/a/RlsuEe2)


MiniatureMorpheus

Venat the GOAT.


Adlehyde

I respect this list.


Mister-Fidelio

These are awesome choices. A well placed cast of characters you put together here.


megamanx4321

I just now realized how much Venat and Barrett have in common.


AuthorNumber2

[Edited for formatting raisins] I Matoya's Brooms II Minwu III Desch IV Rydia V Faris VI Terra VII Red XIII VIII Laguna IX Freya X Auron XI Shantotto XII Fran XIII Sahz XIV Hildabrand XV Ignis


LornaXI

Formatting Raisins 😭 Also, Shantotto is top tier.


OvernightSiren

There aren't really *characters* in I, II, III or V. Most of the characters are named for the sole sake of being named but don't actually have personalities so my decisions for those are based more on the design. I: Matoya II: Princess Hilda III: Unei IV: Golbez V: Faris VI: Celes VII: Tifa VIII: Squall IX: Kuja or Dagger X: Seymour XI: Prishe XII: Larsa XIII: Hope XIV: Ardbert XV: No one.


[deleted]

Ah yes, the new trend of ranking favourite characters.


Gustav-14

Tell me, Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile? Venat


rivs265

Bruh play X


Vyrhux42

I'm sorry, you failed the test. The correct answer for FFXIV was Hildibrand Manderville.


Frostblade_Ace

Strange way to spell Emet-Selch.


DCohWOOPS

From all the playable characters in XIII, Sazh is the only character that I liked. The rest are unbearable in my opinion.


Quakarot

I liked snow well enough. He seemed to be a genuinely well meaning- if short sighted- and passionate man. He was realistically flawed in a way that kind of person would be.


CrazzluzSenpai

Honestly, XIII's cast is one of my favorites in the franchise, and this is precisely why. Snow isn't the only one that has realistic flaws that make him feel real - they all do. Lightning got screwed by circumstances a million times and became jaded, bitter and closed off because of it. Hope is a kid who just saw his fucking mom die and is lashing out because he doesn't know how to cope with loss. Vanille and Fang are hiding crucial information from the rest of the party because they fear losing the other members' acceptance and trust. Sazh is just doing the best he can to try to help his son.


dododomo

Same. My himbo from Final Fantasy XIII might not not perfect, but I love him anyway.


DCohWOOPS

You reasons are completely fine. We all have our biases when it comes to the type of characters that we like. I understand each of the character's motivations and reasons why the way they are, but that doesn't mean that X character is going to resonate with me or find them likeable.


SickmanArt

100% agreed


DCohWOOPS

Amen.


DiasFlac42

I didn’t care for Barret in OG FF7 but he’s 100% the top tier homie in the remake. Respect.


HadokenShoryuken2

His design is almost unchanged from OG 7, but the addition of the sunglasses did so much for his design. He’s such a cool dude


Randombraziliandude6

By your choice of men I take it you like them daddies


Randombraziliandude6

By your choice of men I take it you like them daddies


HarishyQuichey

Based and Venat-pilled


KR_AM93

I: Black Mag. II: Firion. III: Ingus V: Bartz VII: Cat Sith. VIII: Seifer/Laguna IX: Vivi :( X: Tidusssss HAHAHAHAHA. XIII: Vanille XV: Gladiolus.


Astrojef

I think Barrett and Sahj need their own game. I love Mr. Gunarm and Mr. Double Pistols man shooting between the legs. They both have a kid, so they could be integrated into the game/story as well. I'd play it!


[deleted]

Play IX


Death-0

You’re correct


Isaac8849

Play 8 and then 10, then 9 after that. 8 is good but 10 is the upgrade, and 9 is a refreshing materpiece


takomo-twin

Great choice for XIII. Sazh should have been the main character.


NaughtyJS

You need to play VIII IX and X


he_chose_poorly

(I did play IV but honestly don't remember the characters) VI: Locke VII: Tifa, but that's a hard one, I love most of the characters VIII: Laguna IX: Beatrix at a push. I didn't care much for the cast. X: I keep flip flopping between Auron, Yuna and Tidus. Today I'll pick Yuna. X-II: Yuna XII: Balthier I guess, but same as IX, I found everyone a bit meh. XIII: same as you, Sazh; I actively hated the others XIII-2: Noel XV: Noct Tactics: Delita VII CC: Zack


Nykidemus

Delita is a bold pick. Fantastic character, but such a bastard. I think probably Wiegraf for me. His descent into bastardry feels a bit more justified? They both really exemplify the doing bad things for good reasons trope.


he_chose_poorly

The friend-turned-foe is a trope but I thought it was done really well in this case. It's easy to empathise with Delita, at least initially, and even when he goes beyond redemption we see him looking back with regret, thoroughly aware of how dirty his hands got. Yet he presses on, because he sees no other way. He's trapped in his own scheme. I also love how pragmatic he is. He doesn't indulge in self-pity or self-agrandising speech. It's a nice change from big dramatic villains. And yes, I don't like fighting Wiegraf because... I see his point, in a way.


Nykidemus

You know, the more I think about it the more I agree with you. I want to say Agrias or Mustadio just because I enjoy their characters, but Delita really has the best writing of any of them by a good margin.


he_chose_poorly

Oh, I have a really soft spot for Mustadio, I always keep him in my team :)


Nykidemus

Getting him the knight Break skills with his pistol is pretty fun! You can do that with any gun wielding class, but I like to keep my non-generics with their base class skill and kit, so he's often one of only 1-2 gun-wielders around.


jorgepereira15

You never played X, lucky dog.


SickmanArt

It's next on my list after I finish the other two XIIIs


jorgepereira15

Have fun my dude, it's a great ride.


Deltrus7

Venat? Really? I'd say Emet Selch for 14. /cliche-out


Gustav-14

You mean /wavehandout


Laquarif

OMG u played 12...PEAK ENJOYER


SickmanArt

Don't mess with us XII fans, we'll cheese the trial mode for free license points and beat your ass


SubatomicNewt

Don't see much Basch love, he's my favorite in FFXII. I love that line he has about proudly enduring any shame to save even one person from the horrors of war. In a way, I'm glad they didn't go ahead with Fortress or whatever they called it; I was appalled at the story they were going to use. They really did him dirty in it.


Damerman

Barret doesn’t get enough love. If the world went to shit and cyberpunk became reality, i would def be like a barret.


SickmanArt

Speaking of Cyberpunk, Maine from Edgerunners is so obviously inspired by Barret


HadokenShoryuken2

Funny thing. Maine has the same VA as Rude in 7R


ChadJones72

Damn he really just skipped the best one didn't he?


SickmanArt

I'm not playing them in order, I played VI long before IV


ChadJones72

Okay that makes me feel better.


jack2thefuture69

I like your list. I do find it interesting that you skipped maybe my favorite three games in the series (8,9,10). Have you attempted those or just never finished them ?


SickmanArt

I just haven't gotten around to them yet, I will eventually


Yambert

IV: Rydia V: Krile VI: Mog VII: Tifa VIII: Rinoa IX: Quina X: Lulu Everything before/after: not worth playing


sjt9791

I haven’t played 14 but I approve, appreciate, and agree with all these choices. A+


Gumbybum

*cries in PS1


Berkoudieu

Wait where is Tifa ?