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[Stone Ocean]

Brotherhood is wayy too fucking busy. Caladbolg is much cooler IMO

My personal fav is Lightning's gunblade though. It's basically a giant switchblade that turns into a gun, I love it

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I prefer the gunblade myself

BAM! First post nails it.

Love the case, too:

 

[Daingurse]

Brotherhood is my personal favorite. I just think it looks really cool.

 

[Piers]

I prefer the gunblade myself

Just to be clear, it doesn't actually fire any bullets, right?

 

[Z3M0G]

Noctis' sword is pretty sweet. Has a motorbike engine at the hilt.

I hope it's called Black King.

I'd just hope it will even exist in the final game at all...

Just to be clear, it doesn't actually fire any bullets, right?

During combat you would pull the trigger button on the controller to cause it to fire and do extra damage... why?

 

[Nephtes]

Gunblade.

Worst Playstation One Final Fantasy...

Best sword in entire series.

Close second Atma Weapon (FFVI)

 

[Veritigo_X]

Just to be clear, it doesn't actually fire any bullets, right?

It shoots a bullet into the blade to vibrate it and cause extra damage. This is reflected in the game by pressing R2 right when the attack hits the enemy.

 

[Glass Rebel]

It's by far the best default sword of an FF main character. Buster Sword and Gunblade are pretty shitty.

 

[Pinky]

Just to be clear, it doesn't actually fire any bullets, right?

Right. Pulling the trigger a split second before striking your opponent results in a critical hit.

 

[Lod7]

Zanmato, The red bluish hilt and the effect it has in the game just adds so much to the simple design

 

[TheJollyCorner]

It shoots a bullet into the blade to vibrate it and cause extra damage. This is reflected in the game by pressing R2 right when the attack hits the enemy.

Yeah, my understanding is that the trigger 'boosts' the sword strike, causing more force = more damage.


Historic gunblades actually fired a round as a (I assume desperation) projectile.

 

[Icyflamez96]

I like this one too.

 

[Team Alucard]

The Gunblade is a cool idea but the way the executed it was stupid.

Cervantes from SoulCalibur has a pistol sword that actually looks somewhat functional.

 

[Seven Force]

Lionheart > VII Ultima Weapon > Buster Sword > Revolver > Blazefire Saber > Everything else

Shoutouts to Blazefire Saber being practical to use and useful beyond the first few hours of XIII.

 

[CO_Andy]

 

[Hunkasaurus Rex]

It certainly has the most character. The Buster Sword is iconic but pretty dumb when you look at it. It's as if Square wanted to be able to rend something easy so Nomura had his kid draw up their dream sword. Nomura added the two circles and the Buster Sword was the result. Noctis' sword is kinda cool if only because it has an engine on it.

 

[2+2=5]

Honestly FFX sword reminds me of some horrible cheap plastic toy, on the other hand FFVIII gunsword looks awesome.

 

[Alo81]

Technically a Final Fantasy game, I'd without a doubt go with this one.

 

[DarkKyo]

 

[Supermanisdead]

Technically a Final Fantasy game, I'd without a doubt go with this one.

This monstrosity is a big reason why I avoided KH games

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Technically a Final Fantasy game, I'd without a doubt go with this one.

I think it looks so bad.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Yeah... not a fan of FFXII by any stretch, but I love absolutely everything about Gabranth's design- including his sword.

 

[JeanPi]

These are:

Atma Weapon (FFVI)

Ultima Weapon (FFIX)

 

[KeyChainDude]

Choose one lol Of course, the Engineblade is my favourite since it's the only one we had the chance to look up closely.

Look at this sexy beast. Although I believe this isn't the default sword in the game anymore, it surely looks badass.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Still the best:

I hate the Buster sword. I think it's so stupid.

 

[data]

Why not both Brotherhood and the Gunblade?


IMHO the Lionheart is the best sword design from Final Fantasy. It's no Grosse Messer in terms of practicality but it sure is pretty.

why does it have a second handle?

 

[Philippo]

-Gabranth's Dual Swords
-Lightning's Gunblade
-Noctis Engine Sword

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I also want to mention Cloud's sword in Advent Children:

That thing was cool. It was one of the main reasons I wanted a FFVII-2 game. I just wanted some kind of gameplay utilizing that crazy-ass sword.

 

[Shuggananas]

Technically a Final Fantasy game, I'd without a doubt go with this one.

Best not dumbest
Buster is shit yeah, no personality just a fat impractical sword with two holes

 

[Arkeband]

I think the most creative sword design in FF recently has been Machina from Type-0 and his drill rapiers.

Christ those would be painful to be stabbed with. And then they spin! WTF.

 

[Kyuur]

It's all about whatever the hell this is.

Spoiler

Most FF 'unique' sword designs are horrid. What the heck is with the hook at the end of the one in the OP.

 

[CorvoSol]

I think the most creative sword design in FF recently has been Machina from Type-0 and his drill rapiers.



Christ those would be painful to be stabbed with. And then they spin! WTF.

My favorite move in all of Type-0 is Machina's drill jab. He gets other, more interesting ones, but in his final mission of the second playthrough you get to use it on a boss and its just so satisfying to watch it trigger like a million kill sights and rip the boss up.

 

[The Last One]

Technically a Final Fantasy game, I'd without a doubt go with this one.

So good! But Oblivion is GOAT:

 

[Vlitra]

I also want to mention Cloud's sword in Advent Children:

That thing was cool. It was one of the main reasons I wanted a FFVII-2 game. I just wanted some kind of gameplay utilizing that crazy-ass sword.

Care here to mention this one. I really dig the designs of some of the smaller blades.

 

[Syntsui]

Auron's sword is best sword.

 

[ApharmdX]

The sword with the coolest name has to go to the Mythril Heart in FFXI or the Ogre Nix in VI. Coolest design? Hmm. I like the Tournesol:

 

[Kinyou]

Always been my favorite as well.

I find Lightnings sword/gun thing a nice spiritual successor to this too.

Sort of... honestly, I never really paid much attention to how it looked. I just like how she uses is.

Yeah, looking at the sword by itself it looks kind of dumb, but I really like how it was animated.

http://i.imgur.com/e8t1ju7.gifv

 

[Ashkeloth]

I've been a fan of the Brave Blade Bartz wields in the Dissidia series since I saw it:

Simple but stylish. Colourful but not gaudy. It's also a decent size for a weapon which seems like a rarity in the Final Fantasy series.

Honorable mention to Gabranth's Chaos Blade/Highway Star combining dualblade.

 

[Alric]

FFXII had the best and most practical designs. For the most part.

 

[Famassu]

Choose one lol Of course, the Engineblade is my favourite since it's the only one we had the chance to look up closely.
.

I haven't really watched the old trailers in a long time, but looking at this picture now, I think I'm seeing at least 2-3 weapon types around Noctis that we haven't seen him use yet in any Versus XIII/FFXV footage.

 

[pantsmith]

Harkens to different styles, influences and even eras of Final Fantasy - genuinely feels somewhere between Yoshida and Amano's art styles. Love it.

 

[beardedmoose]

Liked the Gunblade as a concept back when I played 8 for the first time, but I'm going with the Buster Sword.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Always been my favorite as well.

I find Lightnings sword/gun thing a nice spiritual successor to this too.

Sort of... honestly, I never really paid much attention to how it looked. I just like how she uses is.

I do like Light's weapon in that it can be changed into a balde or gun depending in her role, but the sword itself is kinda boring as all her upgrades are just changes in colour schemes. The body itself stays the same, the rest of the gangs weapons all change more.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

You guys are insane.

Pizza cutter is the most awesome sword, so OP it doesn't appear on the game

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Nah, my favorite is still Save the Queen. It has a certain elegance to it that's reflected in its wielder. Brotherhood is a close second, maybe the Revolver too.

 

[Village]

like every moment in tidus's life

no his dad is cooler

 

[TheJollyCorner]

like every moment in tidus's life

no his dad is cooler

lol!

 

[DarkKyo]

You guys are insane.

Pizza cutter is the most awesome sword, so OP it doesn't appear on the game

I love that weapon! And they appear(they are Judge weapons and they show up in an ability or two I think), but definitely not as equippable weapons sadly.

 

[Razmos]

Does Seven's whipblade count?

 

[pizzacat]

Gunblade, Buster and the new ones steampunky thing>