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Solid Snake · 01-04-2017, 08:25 PM

Cindy is terrible and I wish there was a Mod available that replaced her with like, a completely normal decent tomboyish mechanic who'd actually dress and act like a tomboyish mechanic would act, as opposed to dressing and acting like a stripper dressing up in a 'mechanic roleplay' outfit. Hell, just altering the outfit would be enough if not for the fact that Cindy's English VA seems to be completely sold on the notion of playing Cindy as the stripper and hams up every line with enough forced, unattractive attempts at sensuality that you just sort of roll your eyes, shake your head and wonder what the hell Square Enix was thinking.

(I always feel slightly uncomfortable these days using the word 'tomboyish.' It's not kindly looked upon by many SJW advocates for entirely understandable reasons, but I often fall back onto 'tomboyish' because there's simply no replacement word that's equally suitable.)

Anywhoo, aside from that I really like FFXV, which is surprising! I mean, I liked FFXIII and loved FFXIII-2 (in fact, FFXIII-2 remains my favorite FF released in the past decade) but I kind of came into FFXV thinking that I'd continue to be a contrarian and view a title the majority of Final Fantasy fans loved as overrated and so far...it's been surprisingly pretty good!

Ignis, Prompto and Gladiolus are all great and, in true Final Fantasy fashion, my least favorite character in the cast is the protagonist you control; even still, Noctis never quite reaches Squall-like levels of self-loathing and angst despite it actually being far better justified for him as a character given what he goes through. The Ascension system is kind of crap when you compare it directly to something like FFX's Sphere Grids but it's really unintrusive so it's not worth worrying about. The fighting system is just so addictive though. I can't help but grind, I enjoy it so much.

I really just wish the supporting cast of characters who weren't either the four in your traveling party, Iris (the one woman who's actually pretty great, and who Noctis predictably mistreats) and the villains were fleshed out appropriately. We really needed a few more decent women in the supporting cast with backstories and personalities to interact with.

01-04-2017, 08:25 PM	#4
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	Cindy is terrible and I wish there was a Mod available that replaced her with like, a completely normal decent tomboyish mechanic who'd actually dress and act like a tomboyish mechanic would act, as opposed to dressing and acting like a stripper dressing up in a 'mechanic roleplay' outfit. Hell, just altering the outfit *would* be enough if not for the fact that Cindy's English VA seems to be completely sold on the notion of playing Cindy as the stripper and hams up every line with enough forced, unattractive attempts at sensuality that you just sort of roll your eyes, shake your head and wonder what the hell Square Enix was thinking. (I always feel slightly uncomfortable these days using the word 'tomboyish.' It's not kindly looked upon by many SJW advocates for entirely understandable reasons, but I often fall back onto 'tomboyish' because there's simply no replacement word that's equally suitable.) Anywhoo, aside from that I really like FFXV, which is surprising! I mean, I liked FFXIII and *loved* FFXIII-2 (in fact, FFXIII-2 remains my favorite FF released in the past decade) but I kind of came into FFXV thinking that I'd continue to be a contrarian and view a title the majority of Final Fantasy fans loved as overrated and so far...it's been surprisingly pretty good! Ignis, Prompto and Gladiolus are all great and, in true Final Fantasy fashion, my least favorite character in the cast is the protagonist you control; even still, Noctis never quite reaches Squall-like levels of self-loathing and angst despite it actually being far better justified for him as a character given what he goes through. The Ascension system is kind of crap when you compare it directly to something like FFX's Sphere Grids but it's really unintrusive so it's not worth worrying about. The fighting system is just so addictive though. I can't help but grind, I enjoy it so much. I really just wish the supporting cast of characters who weren't either the four in your traveling party, Iris (the one woman who's actually pretty great, and who Noctis predictably mistreats) and the villains were fleshed out appropriately. We really needed a few more decent women in the supporting cast with backstories and personalities to interact with. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.