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[jWILL253]

Bringing the other two threads full circle.

For me, it's a tie. First, there's this guy:

Why? Just why? Nothing redeeming about this character at all. Other than being behind this particular instance of awesome, there is literally no reason for Vaan to be in Final Fantasy XII.

Besides... we all know who the real leading man is.

Next, it's the whole entire cast of Final Fantasy XIII

If you ever wanna find out why having a lack of conviction is a character flaw, just play XIII. The characters do nothing more than change their minds every other cutscene. But, it's not just the character development in the story that irks me; it's also the characters themselves.

Lightning... what kind of person says this shit when someone gives you news of engagement?

You're a terrible person, and you should feel bad.

Hope... you're so much of a sissy that Vanille was protecting you in the beginning of the game. Man card revoked.

Even your cosplay is weaksauce!

Snow... you dress like (and kinda are) a pedophile. No amount of cool posing or heroic aspirations can change that. (Invalid. Turns out Serah was 18 in XIII. I know, I don't believe it either.)

Also... Lightning and Fang be punkin' you, bro.

Sazh... you had so much potential, homie. You were actually decently written as far as your dialogue and backstory were concerned. Your voice actor was pretty good, too! But you lost me when you were following Lightning's lead, as well as

Spoiler

chaperoning and protecting the person responsible for you and your peers becoming l'Cie, as well as your son's demise, for a quarter of the game, even after you found out.

Also, take a shower, you nasty fuck!

Speaking of Vanille...

Spoiler

this whole game is literally your fault. You're a pathological liar, no way around that. Them tears don't fool me, yo.

You got a cute little accent, though. I'll give you that.

Fang... I think the only reason that you're even in this game is to show who wears the pants between you and Vanille. I'll give you one thing, though: You'd make a better Lightning than Lightning. Also, you're really haaaawwwwt, which accounts for a lot, I guess.

Serah... shouldn't you be hanging out with your friends? Or signing up for Drama Club? Or going to rave parties? Any of those things would be better than marrying somebody who looks like his vehicles of choice are windowless white vans.

Anyways... yeah. XIII is shit...

PS: Your sequel sucked, Serah!

 

[kayos90]

Edge Maverick. And Lymle. Both are pretty terrible characters.

Also this piece of trash.

 

[DR2K]

13 is bad, kay?

 

[spindashing]

Although it may not be saying much, Sazh is the best character out of Final Fantasy XIII.

 

[kingmozo9]

Sazh... you had so much potential, homie.

HAHAHAHA *sigh*

 

[AOC83]

Next, it's the whole entire cast of Final Fantasy XIII

/thread

 

[Soma]

Lymle from Star Ocean 4

i don't think any other jrpg character comes close

 

[Mesoian]

Although it may not be saying much, Sazh is the best character out of Final Fantasy XIII.

This is true. It's not saying much, but yes, he was the type of character to call out the world's bullshit as it was happening...but not enough where his actions make sense.

13 is bad, kay?

/thread. My god.

 

[Jennipeg]

Vaan is definitely up there, I wish they had had the guts to make Ashe the main character in XII.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Sahz is amazing.

This entire case was pretty bad. But maybe that was due to the terrible voice acting. I take that back, the girl in green was alright.

Also Luke from Tales of the Abyss. I'd never actually hated a main character until he came along.

 

[Cheddahz]

I hated Karol so much...

 

[FYC]

The Lightning stans... I can hear them in the distance. They're coming for your head, OP.

As for me, I go with that girl from Star Ocean 4 mentioned above. I mean holy shit.

 

[sublimit]

 

[CrimsonCrescendo]

Just to give a little context for the birthday scene.


Snow: "Hey sis... WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!!"

Lightning: "Serah, he's homeless. He also runs an illegal militia. And you've known him for a couple of weeks."

Serah: "Hey sis? I'm now a cursed warrior from legend. One that you have been sworn to protect the world from. Imma die in a couple of months at most or be forced to destroy the world. That's why we're getting married"

Lightning: "Oh, you've got to be shitting me..."



Lightning was harsh, but Serah and Snow were fucking idiots for even bringing the marriage into the equation. Hell, they were all flipping numbskulls in that scene.

 

[LordBaztion]

I'm playing the chapter 10 of XIII. So far I kinda like Sazh but the pacing is so bad that I can barely remember what they were doing. More interesting than seeing the cutscenes is reading the plot summaries.
The other characters are just boring

 

[TacticalFox88]

Of all the GODAWFUL JRPG characters you pick Vaan?

Are you serious?

Clearly you haven't played many.

 

[batman2million]

Just about everyone from FF 13.

 

[SmarterUnconscious]

Why does everyone seem to dislike vaan so much? I didn't like or hate him. He was just there.

Also I'd like to add Penelo had the cutest run, so I loved her.

 

[ultron87]

"Oh hey you guys. Hold up for a sec while I ruin everything I touch."

(Ken, Persona 3)

 

[Aeana]

Most of the ones listed so far are pretty tame. Vaan isn't even much of a character. There are characters who are actively annoying all the time, like Lymle in SO4 and Dean in Wild ARMs 5.

 

[ComputerMKII]

But you already said Vaan, OP.

 

[Mesoian]

In defense of Lightning.


Snow: "Hey sis... WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!!"

Lightning: "Serah, he's homeless. He also runs an illegal militia. And you've known him for a couple of weeks."

Serah: "Hey sis? I'm now a cursed warrior from legend. One that you have been sworn to protect the world from. Imma die in a couple of months at most or be forced to destroy the world. That's why we're getting married"

Lightning: "Oh, you've got to be shitting me..."



Lightning was harsh, but Serah and Snow were fucking idiots for even bringing the marriage into the equation.

Which would have been fine, if thats what she said, and her first response wasn't "PUNCH DAT DUDE IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW!" like all her responses were in the first third of the game until she magically reaches enlightenment and is suddenly okay with people and the world and everything.

 

[Setsuna]

you should really put in your opinion

 

[Espresso]

Since the OP took care of the obvious worst offender(s), the cast of FFXIII, I nominate the cast of Star Ocean IV.

 

[Architechnophile]

I'll nominate any atmosphere-killing....erm....."thing" like Chu-Chu in Xenogears.

They're the JRPG equivalent of Snarf from Thundercats.

 

[hao chi]

I love this game, but Teddie in Persona 4 is seriously my least favorite character in gaming. I consider it a testament to how great P4 that I love the game so much despite having Teddie in the game.

I haven't played enough JRPG's to call him the worst, but still, fuck him. He has zero likeable qualities as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Night_Trekker]

From Wild ARMs 4:

Fuck this loser.

 

[Rhapsody]

SO4 cast. They're all just awful.

 

[CrimsonCrescendo]

Which would have been fine, if thats what she said, and her first response wasn't "PUNCH DAT DUDE IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW!" like all her responses were in the first third of the game until she magically reaches enlightenment and is suddenly okay with people and the world and everything.

Read my edit. I'm not even gonna defend Lightning. That whole scene was just a carnival of idiocy.

And yes, that wasn't an accurate portrayal of the scene. But that's basically what went down, and why I favor Lightning when it comes down to it. Serah becomes an enemy of the state? ANNOUNCE OUR MARRIAGE FIRST! Yeah, that'll totally get Lightning to believe you...

 

[KniL]

I vote for Vaan
I don't play XIII yet

 

[Samurai_Heart]

13 is bad, kay?

"Oh hey you guys. Hold up for a sec while I ruin everything I touch."

(Ken, Persona 3)

Yes, yes these two!

 

[Canis lupus]

 

[Burt]

Worst in recent memory. Haven't played XIII.

I absolutely loathe when developers try to shoehorn in some diminutive, heavily accented, faux-cutesy companion in a desperate attempt to recapture the Moogle magic.

 

[Zaventem]

I'm taking nappy time kay.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

shameful OP.


You want a terrible character?

^This stupid little asshole from Xenogears.

 

[Acidote]

You just have to think in any of those annoying kid characters. There's nothing worse.

 

[Cheddahz]

From Wild ARMs 4:

Fuck this loser.

To be honest, he looks like a loser

 

[Dick Justice]

Fuck yooouuu.

FUCK YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU.

 

[Sadist]

I'd almost post Emil from ToS DotNW, but he eventually grows a spine.

So the only logical choice is...

Ugh. Luckily we have Tanebrae making jokes about these two. Seriously, I still don't get the point of Marta outside of a love interest for Emil. She's the totally average, prime example of a standard RPG character. And she knows it. The amount of cliché dialogue and being all lovesick about Emil, come on.

 

[Mesoian]

I love this game, but Teddie in Persona 4 is seriously my least favorite character in gaming. I consider it a testament to how great P4 that I love the game so much despite having Teddie in the game.

I haven't played enough JRPG's to call him the worst, but still, fuck him. He has zero likeable qualities as far as I'm concerned.

Oh my god what?!?! How did you not love this scene?

Teddie was amazing.

 

[Sentenza]

13 is bad, kay?

There is a lot of awful stuff in this genre, but I don't think this can be topped.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Easily Lymle from Star Ocean 4 - the XIII characters are works of art compared to her. No one else even comes close. I really don't know what they were thinking when they made her.

 

[Anteater]

I love this game, but Teddie in Persona 4 is seriously my least favorite character in gaming. I consider it a testament to how great P4 that I love the game so much despite having Teddie in the game.

I haven't played enough JRPG's to call him the worst, but still, fuck him. He has zero likeable qualities as far as I'm concerned.

the fuck

 

[Pai Pai Master]

how the fuck can you hate teddie

he is like the heart and soul of that game

 

[LTWood12]

It's been 14 years since playing through Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. But I will never forget hating the crap out of Nash.

 

[Vazra]

More annoying than Lymle.

 

[ochaworldorder]

Worst in recent memory. Haven't played XIII.

I absolutely loathe when developers try to shoehorn in some diminutive, heavily accented, faux-cutesy companion in a desperate attempt to recapture the Moogle magic.

But...heropon...very cool!!

I like Riki because the devs decided to make the ChuChu/mascot character have great stats just because. I actually do like his voice and design a lot too. Someone needs to post the gif of him in the little animal costume armor :3

 

[Gintoki313]

Marta - Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World

Worst character EVER! She is the most annoying character I have ever heard and I've played a ton of JRPG's so this is a wide broad I'm using. The only thing that comes out her mouth is just Emil, Emil, Emil. I couldn't even watch any of the skits in the game because she always turns it into romance discussions. The team could be talking about a magician and she'll come out of nowhere with it like this:

Emil: "This enemy uses magic and can stun you so watch out."
Genis: "Woah that sounds dangerous."
Marta: "Don't worry Emil will protect me."
The Party: "......"
(Just an example this didn't really happen)

That's almost every skit in the game that she does crap like this. I had to put this game down because of her bantering. I eventually picked it back up but I made sure to skip the skits and not watch the story because of her. I don't mind a little romance on the side of JRPG's or a little lover's quarrel. If your gonna bring it up every 5 seconds that's too much and she surely did make me take notice of it.

 

[brotkasten]

Kids. Kids are always the fucking worst in every JRPG I've played. Lost Odyssey, Infinity Undiscovery, Persona 3 and probably a lot more I don't remember anymore. It's always the fucking kids.

Oh my god what?!?! How did you not love this scene? [/img]
Teddie was amazing.

Is this a spoiler?

 

[jWILL253]

Why does everyone seem to dislike vaan so much? I didn't like or hate him. He was just there.

Also I'd like to add Penelo had the cutest run, so I loved her.

Most of the ones listed so far are pretty tame. Vaan isn't even much of a character. There are characters who are actively annoying all the time, like Lymle in SO4 and Dean in Wild ARMs 5.

That was my point. I expect the leading character to actually be a leading character. Instead, Vaan just let all this shit happen around him and was just there. Even though he probably had more of a vested interest than any other character in the game.