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  • Wow. There's a prologue cutscene? That would have been helpful to know before I watched the rest of the cutscenes in the ENTIRE game. I was so confused the whole time! This would have cleared things up a bit.

  • 2:37

    Best 10 seconds of the game-

  • I remember thinking that Basch's voice was off at 5:05 but dismissed it as my imagination. XD

  • @sec0ndevolution

    I remember when I started playing the game. "Ugh, the voice acting is as bad as it was in X," I thought to myself as I reached the assassination scene. Eventually, though, I realized that this game probably has the best voice acting in a video game yet, and when I watched that scene again I realized that it was actually the *character* who couldn't act well, not the actor himself.

    Recursive acting!

  • lots of girls like FF, huh? lol :D

    Vaan is not the main character. It's considered an ensemble cast. There's some debate about it, but a lot of people think if there IS a main character, that would be Ashe. Although I think the story was Basch was going to be the main character for the game, but they decided they needed someone younger to be more appealing so they created Vaan and stuck him center in all the promotional art, though he does little. That's what revenant wings is for. :\

  • Personally I think Vaan wasn't the main character at all. The reason, in my eyes, that he seems so weak is because he was never meant to really stand out from the others. All the characters in this game's group of heroes were supposed to be looked at like a unit, not as separate entities where one stands out as the lead. Although if I had to chose a main character it would have been Ashe.

  • I always wondered why the muffled voices, I thought it must be they were running out of space on the disc (not sure if they used a dual layer DVD or what) and they had to use low bitrate for the cutscene sounds...because the game has SOOO much stuff in it...otherwise they might have ran into a PS2 limitation (besides the ones they already had run on, such as the jaggies)...

  • Is it sad that I think Reks was more developed than Vaan and Penelo? Combined. The fact that they shoe horned those two characters in and then made Vaan the main protagonist was kind of obvious throughout the entire game. Maybe he would have worked as a supporting character, but he was a weak choice as the lead. Besides, Balthier made it very clear that he was suppose to be the lead.

  • @IBurningStar

    No...I Agree with your statement! It would've been More interesting if Reks was apart of the Main Cast instead of Shoving Vaan in! When you look at it, that whole scene with him being stabbed and watching Basch (Noah) Being Arrested was for a reason had me thinking he was going to discover the truth behind it all!

  • Hehehe Sasuke's in this cutscene (Reks's voice actor is Yuri Lowenthal).

    If Reks didn't die, Vaan probably would've NOT been one of the main characters, just sayin'.

  • @animefangrl13: Vaan is not the main character, he is your avatar, and quite frankly I kinda don't want to play as Vaan's flower loving. He was great for 10 min but any soldier who goes into battle wearing nothing but a leather breast plate thinking they can win is someone I don't need on my team. It's like Vieras gave them armor and said 'Oh no, you'll be fine as long as you never get hit"

  • @TheSirJecht

    Didn't say he was THE main character, I said he was one of them.

    I agree, Vaan's probably be better off dead than being part of the storyline. He levels up so damn slow and has no particular reason to be in it except the lame ass excuse of "I'm just along for the ride." During the time of the comment I was trying to understand why Vaan was in it, thinking maybe it's Reks or something.

  • @animefangrl13: Him being along for the ride is the same as any other main hero who is dragged into a mess, only difference is he is not focused on as some demi God who holds the fate of the universe in his hands like past protags. The story is a ongoing bildungsroman for him so maybe that's why he seems unnecessary but take him out of the game and you must change the story around to accommodate events. I like Vaan, he's normal like everyone of us and I like that.

  • @TheSirJecht

    Hmmmm...that is true (nice English lesson there by the way). I just feel that Vaan didn't really do much for him to be called a protagonist or part of a bildungsroman. I don't know, to me he didn't have enough cutscenes for me to feel bad for him or for me to feel anything at all which is ridiculous because he's introduced first and is in the game the longest. That is enough cutscenes and time for the writers to put some character development.

  • @animefangrl13: The issue with XII and Vaan in particular is that development in the game happens subtly as it does in real life, it's not until you look back years later that see a noticeable difference. Vaan is in 2 other games spanning 5 years(?) where he continues to grow into himself, as he is just a boy. If we had started with say Balthier from age 16 it would be the same gradual change that took 6 years to notice except there would be awesome sex and wit involved.

  • @animefangrl13: I used a "?' because S-E has not officially decided when FF: Tactics Advance 2 takes place but it's said to be more than 1 year but possibly less than 7 based on Vaan's appearance. It's a fucking shot in the dark but it's all there is.

  • @TheSirJecht

    They should then. :D I would love to see how much he's changed after XII. I mean, seriously, all we ever know about his past is that his parents died during the war and Reks was killed by Gabranth. You have any idea if they have him as the main protagonist?

  • @animefangrl13: Haha, I'd buy it. Anyways In FFXII: Revenant Wings he is the main protag and in Tactics Advanced 2 he and Penelo are supporting characters as "famous" sky pirates whose identities get stolen. If the game Fortress is ever made he may reappear but since the game is still up in the air no one knows.

  • @TheSirJecht

    Meh, supporting characters is enough for me. Thank you Sir for your lovely insight. It's nice to talk to you. :D

  • @animefangrl13: You're welcome, I always enjoy helping out and talking about XII.

  • @TheSirJecht

    :)

  • And to think, if Basch had stayed and fought with Reks, he might not have been imprisoned and Reks might have lived.

    But maybe not.

  • I liked the story for this Final Fantasy, but it's definitely one of the weaker titles in the series.

    The battle system was a major problem, not to mention the license board as well. The characters were a bit of a problem too. I mean, what was the point of putting Vaan in the game? He was useless...

  • @kurahosan without vaan, the party would of been a bunch of people in high society. Vaan gives a perspective from citizen who fell in the victem of teh empire.

  • @AdamanFisher True but then not. Pair of fugitive sky pirates, but one was the daughter of a leader and one was a noble. A captain, but of common blood. Then Ashe, who's... deifnitely highborn, and the streetrats.

  • I like this final fantasy, had a great plot to it :) I also like it cause it had the Judge Magisters in it XD

  • lol During the entire game I just kept asking myself "Ok, Just who the hell is THE main character!?" o-o...But then I'm like ef it all...Balthier FTW :)

  • reks would have been soooo awesome as the main hero >:(

  • Anyone else notice Reks is wearing...

    Sports bra type of thing? :s

  • Magicicle, meet the Japanese cultural fixation with androgyny. The Japanese cultural fixation with androgyny, meet magicicle.

  • Why that stunt with Basch's twin brother? There are no living dalmascan witnesses of the king's murder.

  • Reks lived long enough to tell what Basch did, he didn't die there on the spot.

  • Reks was the best! U.U

  • Reks was indeed a good character. I wouldn't say Vaan should be taken out. Vaan was a pretty decent but not great main hero. Keep the party as is but add in Reks and make the main hero. He would keep an eye out for Vaan and Penelo as he journeys along side Ashe and the others to take down the empire and maybe add a hint of romance between Reks and Ashe lol

    Thats what I think of IF Reks was the main hero, but beggars can't be choosers. Vaan was not that bad, but Reks wouldve been better

  • Gabranth you sneaky little turkey!

  • What about the subtitles ??

  • this is sooooooooo sad 1st look at some of the betyrals hope i spelled that right!!!!!!!!

  • lol yaoi!!!!!!!!!!

  • NOOO Reks T^T

  • i liked rex more than vaan

  • i did too XD

  • Reks!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • YURI LOWENTHAL!!!!!

  • I thought it was Vossler? XD

  • why is it they have to make such hot and well mannered guys and they kill some of them off? lol. my mom was watching a ff video and said "hm they dnt have these good looking guys around anymore who would love you like these guys."XD

  • Basch is so awesome.

  • I know right.

    The fon Ronsenburg twins are.

  • it's so stupid... the game just started and i already had to cry T____T

  • Fark you, Garbaranarerath, or however you spell his name! I wanted to play as Reks T.T

  • One thing I don't get about this

    (SPOILERS)

    is why does Noah betray his own brother for Vayne? Is it because he's angry at Basch for abandoning Landis or something? I thought his motives were kind of unclear throughout the game.

  • He didn't try to get in with Vayne at this point- he thought that it would be better that Dalmascans should die trying to be free, than to live in slavery. He was pretty much a Spartan at heart.

  • Well, that makes a little more sense now! :)Thanks.

  • Welcome. If you need a bit more info over the story, just message me, and I'll try to explain it to ya.

  • The ship's called Tomberri, heh

  • i luv this game, best game on ps2

  • I agree!

  • rightly said. basch was my favorite character, he is such a die hard. he rocks, looks so cool with his scar and long hair, had a really good background and was really imposing. man of few words but always compelling

  • eh he is jsut as cool, but really ugly in RW

  • no he wasn't! D:

  • Basch rocks!

  • Anyone who thinks Basch is ugly must be friggin' blind or something. If he's ugly, then good lord, you must have an inanely HIGH standard of beauty.

  • Seriously... I wanted to play Reks throughout the whole thing... I cried when he died! I seriously did!

  • Porque tenia que morir el?

    Es mi personaje favorito y tenia que morir?

    Estoy llorano....

  • Suddenly, I thought in this comparison:

    Cloud = Vaan (leader in present)

    Zack = Resk (the dead friend)

    Basch = sephirot (a traidor soldier)

    genesis = vossler?

    lol, well is only my comment

  • genesis? you might have that a little backwards.

    Basch actually isn't the traitor, he has a twin brother named Gabranth who has sided with the emporor

  • reks not resk...

    oh yeah right the genesis part is so confusing...

  • Nope. Balthier is the leading man, fool. Vaan just stands around being useless once you get past the beginning.

    Vaan is the weakest main character I've ever seen, he's got nothing going for him. I wouldn't have minded the story focusing more around Reks or Balthier, they're more developed anyways.

  • Vaan = failure indeed, they couldn't have kept Reks, it would have made such a better story if he lived maybe imprisoned by the imperials and he escapes tryin to make it back to Rabanastre or whatever.

    and this game has such good graphics for a ps2 game.

  • Vaan isn't the weakest main character; he is only runnig away from problems and following others, but he later realizes that he can do a lot for his friends

  • Are you kidding me? It takes the entire game for Vaan to realize he's ~average~ at best, and in the few minutes you play as Reks, his story far surpasses Vaan's.

    Imagine how much better it would've been if he had lived.

  • Maybe that's right, but that doesn't mean that Vaan's weak. If Reks were alive, Vaan would realize his power a lot before.

    Vaan, soo cool.

  • I belive you're right.

    Has anyone seen Gurren Lagann? This has some similar concepts. In Gurren Lagann because Simon's (main character) brother (kamina) died, simon began to doubt himself, but it's also because of Kamina's death that simon got the strength to believe in him self, and not with his brother's urging to believe in himself, but he saw his own power. The same thing applies to Vaan and Reks. Because reks died, vaan lost a part of himself, but became something more thanks to everyone

  • So true .

  • Thanks for agreeing.

    BTW, it's been like 8 months since I wrote that comment and 10 months for you :P Where were you? XD

    PS, I saw your RE4 Leon icon- it's pretty cool.

  • Oh wow!!! i can't believe it!! when i was playing the game i had no idea it was sasuke's voice and i watch naruto all the time.

  • yeah I was surprised I knew his voice was famliar

  • OMFG!!! Reks was my favorite character. I felt so sorry for him. I mean Vaan acts like a retard all the time. What sucks is Saske's voice actor plays him and I hate Sasuke. I wish Reks would come back from the dead!!! I would love that!!

  • I know this was 4 months ago... (But I'm so late, I only got the game recently... I know it's sad) But truly agree with you! Oh, Reks... I cried man, I cried....

  • It'd be cool if this game had Japanese dubbed with English subtitles like the Demo version of this game.

  • Though I just got passed this part since It took my a while to figure out how to fight...When that captin dude stabbed Reks I shouted "he stabbed me! What the heck!"

  • I heard Sauske`s voice in this when I was plying and I went. 'Why sasuke!!? Why not Gaara or something!? This is the 3rd game Suaske`s in!"

  • lol, what's weird is that in this the last word Reks thinks is "Vaan!" and he loves his brother and is concerned about him, but Sasuke hates his brother and is trying to kill him. Sasuke wouldn't be caught dead saying his brother's name out of affection and concern.

  • "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke"

    Who are you, Sakura?

    The voice actors name is Yuri Lowenthal. Learn it.

    Sasuke is not the ONLY ROLE the man has.

    I did a count, and he has 35 anime roles and 41 video game ones, Sasuke alluded from both counts.

  • Oh my gosh. I feel so bad for poor Reks. Even though he's just a fictional chracter.

  • Reks is cooler than Vaan...

    SPOILER

    After watching the scene for a few times I could now tell that it was indeed Noah who killed Reks, not Basch. Basch has a lower voice and Noah has a little mole below his left eye. These two look a tiny bit different when observed more closely...

    Poor Basch, he had to look on while watching his brother play him as traitor...he couldn't do anything because he was held down by soldiers :(

  • aw, oh! And to add onto that Noah has an accent =]

  • You know, I was wondering that too. Cause I played the beginning a second time, and I noticed the difference in voice, and it really confused me. Thanks for clearing this up =)

  • i thought it was baschs evil twin gaberanth

  • It is. But the problem with me is that I don't notice details like that until the second time around. That's why I was confused; I didn't hear the difference in voice the first time around xD

  • LOL, yeah, same here. XD

    When I found out, I was like, "Ahh. Why didn't I see that before? XD"

  • omg that makes me so sad! Reks is the all time greatest! Why did he have to die?!?!

  • Waaah </3

  • NOOOOOOOOOO!! Basch is my second fave character other than Reks. Why Basch!!!

  • That is So Sasuke's voice it's not even funny XD Dear lord now I'm sad.

  • Oh get over it. Sasuke isn't all that great.

  • Dude, I was just saying that it was Sasuke's voice. You don't have to go all "Oh get over it" on me. Jeez man, lighten up. And I don't think Sasuke is 'all that great'. I DON'T like him; one of my least favorite characters. But I digress. Lighten up dude.

  • Yeah, I decided to look it up actually. It is Sasuke's voice actor xD

  • See I'm not crazy! lol jk.

  • poor reks only 17 too

  • Basch isn't that ugly.

  • I actually think Basch is the opposite. lol =P

    I have to agree Vaan isn't exactly cute. But Basch doesn't deserve to be called ugly XD

  • he is a cool character and should have been developed further

  • A good old Yuri to play Reks

  • I like Reks best outa all the characters, dunnow why though........ ^^ I was so sad to see him the hospital(?)

  • Oh, excellent. How weird that it says that when you copy something...

  • Well, I'm not sure if my comment deserved to be marked as spam, but all right. It wasn't a sword. Fabulous.

  • awh i know!why did they hav to make reks die!!hes so much cuter than vaan~!:P

  • Omigosshh!Ty so much!I was playing this game but then stopped for like 2 months.and today i want to get back on track by watching these again tyyy soo much!xD

  • Reks is so hot! Why'd he have to get stabbed? T_T

  • ó_o is there any way to get this video in high quality?

  • Where's the other end of the sword that should be sticking out of Reks' back?

  • I prefer Reks over Vaan... especially his voice.

  • Reks is SEVENTEEN !! .. he is soo young !! XD however is soo cute !! .. love him already !

    thnx for uploading!

  • All the voices sound weird. Ashe sounds like a old woman, Larsa sounds like a girl, Balthier is just...odd. Really, not so sure what Square was doing with this one.

  • what's up with everyone haveing reveling clothes? Vaan, Fran, Reks, Ashe the King... creepy...

  • The people at square-enix wanted to make Dalmascans wear clothes fit for the hot weather since dalmasca is in the middle of the desert.

  • King Raminas still looks like he was pantsed.

  • XD, thats funny...

  • i can't believe Basch does fuminating darkness in the prologue =0.

  • Whoah, awesome.

  • wow awesomestory

  • this time, the dubbing is awsome, so are the dialogues

  • Thanks for all these scenes!

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