Now for some discussion...
What did you think of Sephiroth's character in the Dissidia games?
Honestly, I was disappointed with Sephiroth's character in Dissidia, as S-E chose to go the Kingdom Hearts route and present Sephiroth as a dark counterpart, a shadow of Cloud.
In FFVII, Sephiroth wanted revenge against Cloud, but that was hand-to-hand with his plan to achieve godhood. Neither objective was over the other. In fact, Sephiroth, at one point, seemed more concerned to achieve his godhood than to destroy Cloud.
Even in Advent Children/Complete, Sephiroth was bent to get his revenge on Cloud, by making him suffer and ultimately kill him, but before that Sephiroth already drove the planet to despair through Geostigma and through the corruption of the Lifestream. In fact, Sephiroth, through the creation of his own Lifestream, the Negative Lifestream, achieved to an extent what he wanted to achieve in FFVII, being more powerful and godlike than ever before, and his plan to use the planet as a vessel was well on its way.
But since OTWTAS: Case of Lifestream - Back, and being quite noticeable in Dissidia and in the KH games (though the latter are not canon), Sephiroth seems like only a shadow to Cloud. In FFVII and AC/C, Sephiroth was always the top dog and Cloud was always in his shadow (and one of the reaasons Cloud struggled so hard was also to get rid of Sephiroth's shadow).
But nowadays, Sephiroth seems like he's dependable of Cloud. Shit like "as long as Cloud remembers me, i'll persevere" or "as long as there's darkness in your heart, I'll be here craved in your heart" is really disapointing compared to what Sephiroth was before.
Ok, he also had a plan in Dissidia, but that was relegated to second plane compared to his fixation on Cloud.
But not everything is that bad, though. I liked the fact that Sephiroth killed himself to discover further the truth behind the War cycles. That was very in-character, imo.
His japanese VA, already know from some Compilation titles, was awesome as ever, with his calm, somewhat erotic but at the same time friightening and overwhelming tone.
George Newbern is also better than he was initially. He now sounds quite intimidating and cocky, though I still prefer Morikawa's voice quite a bit more.
As for Sephiroth's uniform in Dissidia, though quite better than those abominations from KH and KHII, still pales in comparison with the fluid and elegant design of the original FFVII uniform and its subtle but tasteful restyling for the Compilation.
And what about you guys? What did you think of Sephiroth in the Dissidia games?