Before you start flaming, it must be known that I’ve played the FF series ever since it’s first release on the US shores. Sneaking into my game room when the parents were asleep. I lost mass quality shut-eye for my show & tell the next morning, but catching up to Kefka was well worth it. Fast forward to today and now we have the newest installment of the Final Fantasy series. There’s plenty to like about the game and to name a few, the game looks hotmazing and the battle system is very smooth. Thousands of man hours and tajillions of Yen were poured into developing this game and a even though I’m only 5 hours in, I have a few gripes. Let’s start off with the first and obvious one.
1) No Nobuo
The disappearance of his musical scores in the Final Fantasy series is more apparent than Snow’s douchebag demeanor. There are a few tracks here and there that are composed well, however, I want to know why they hired Asimo as the musical director. No, musical director, I don’t want listen to Japanese Pop when there’s a pivotal scene. No, musical director, I don’t want to listen to a harmonica every time you have a dialogue with Sahz. No, musical director, I don’t want to listen David Sanborn while blasting through The Vile Peaks. Come back Nobuo, this is getting ridiculous.
2) Akward Silences
It took me awhile to figure out why I feel uncomfortable listening to the dialogue, but I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I just don’t like listening to actors that sound as if they forgot their lines while opposite actors will try to play charades to give them a hint on what to say. No really, I get it, some things are lost in translation and there must be extra pauses added in to dub the English so it matches the Japanese mouthing but for me, it’s like trying to watch a sitcom while muting the laugh box.
3) Diarrhea Dialogue
The romance between Snow and Serah is one that is typically present in a FF series and the only reason I could put up with it in the past is because I would read it in a monotone voice like Ben Stein. Now I have to sit through these cinematics and listen to what appears to be an animated series of Rock of Love. Not to mention Serah looks no older than 13 which makes the dialogue much more disturbing than tub girl.
4) Vanille
Never thought I’d say this but someone kick this drunk girl out of the bar before she gets anymore wasted. Don’t argue with me, she’s not giddy and innocent — she’s just a rundown barfly, loaded up with gin and tonics on the beaches of Bodum, mixed with the exposure of the awful clothes people wear there, which in turn creates a borderline retarded chick whose personality is a bit brighter than Forrest Gump’s.
5) Yuj
Demo Yuj on left, Final Yuj on the right. I’d really like to punch the guy in the face who decided to use the latter. I have to use my whole body to hate this character. Screw you asshole.
I don’t hate this game. I actually really like it, but as I progress through it, its little crap like this that bugs me. I can’t be the only one annoyed by this.
