Who is your favorite FFIV character?

[Kobato]

.......... I regret not voting for Kain .... ):

 

[null]

Voted Cecil, although it's really 1a) Cecil and 1b) Kain. They looked so cool together with Cecil in his dark getup.

 

[HylianMogget]

Cecil, because, come on, he's a glam rock paladin

Spoiler

from the moon

. But, really, he's one of my favorite main characters of the series. He dealt with his doubts and always came off as a really good leader, and the dynamic between him and Golbez was pretty interesting, too. I liked Rydia and Kain quite a bit, as well.

 

[Kain Strife]

Kain All the way. I always loved him during FFIV... Well, I always wanted him back in my party.... "No Kain, you want to be on my side so we can Jump them all dead. "

 

[Purple]

I liked Kain.

Funny how the love triangle in this game is not as debated (probably because it was resolved) as FFVII's (which doesn't have a love triangle really)

If anything, this is sort of the Twilight of FF, although as one Youtube user would put it...

"A better love story and love triangle in under 15 seconds than what Twilight had in four books."

 

[penandpaper]

The whole cast of this game is pretty great, so picking a favorite was a really hard choice. I ended up voting for Rosa though because she really is an incredible character and she doesn't seem to get as much appreciation as she deserves, in my opinion anyway. I adore the whole final party though (so Cecil, Edge, Rydia, Kain, and obviously Rosa). Palom and Porom are really fantastic too.

 

[Captain Jack Harkness]

my favourite character list:
1)Edge
2)Kain
2)Rydia
4)Yang
5)Palom
5)Porom
6)Cid
7)Cecil
8)Rosa
9)Edward (sorry spoony bard, but you are sooo useless in battle except for salve)
10)Tellah (stong only the first time you meet him. and he die)
11) Fusoya(good magic but poor of MP. weakest of the weakest)

 

[Sylvie]

Rydia, as an adult. She's sexy.

 

[wander]

You only like her for her hair. Rydia, Lum, Morrigan...

 

[Sylvie]

They all just happen to be green-haired, perfect *depictions of* women. Rydia is much more petite than Lum and Morrigan.

 

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Rydia ha s a adult is sexier than Rosa IMO

 

[Dante]

Kain by landslide. How can people not love the guy?

 

[Sylvie]

Because he's a weak-minded pain in the ass that takes too long to regain his mental independence.

But he is a dragoon, which is, by endgame, the most badass class.

 

[Celes Chere]

Because he's a weak-minded pain in the ass that takes too long to regain his mental independence.

 

[Sylvie]

Yeah, what? He got brainwashed by Golbez at least twice? (Been a while since I've played but I know it's more than once) That counts as being a sucker.

 

[Celes Chere]

Yes, because something beyond your control makes you a sucker.

 

[Sylvie]

Something tells me there's a certain amount of willpower that would provide, at the very least, a notable struggle. He gets fucked over and over again. If we're going to discuss a world where there are unclear specifics on how magical occurrences work, I think my outlook on his situation has viability.

 

[Demona]

It's a tough call between Kain, Edge and Rydia for me. However, my reasons for loving them immediately are sort of shallow, as are my reasons for hesitating over which one to actually pick.

First of all, Kain. Kain's voice, which has been one of the only voices that ever came (shut up) close to being in the same league of my crushing adoration of James Earl Jones'. Spoiler alert: I have an enormous and somewhat inappropriate crush on people who can pitch their voices lower than the Marianas Trench reaches.

However, I'm going to agree with Sylvie that Kain exhausts the shapeshifter archetype more than the DC franchise exhausts the Lazarus pits. I do like that the degree of Golbez's mind control over him is left ambiguous in the sense he's always been envious of Cecil. However, it's irksome and loses some of its potency when he changes sides more frequently than you get to upgrade his armour (and we're talking an FF game, so that's like changing underwear). Also, I may well be shot for this, but the dragoon class, while amaze-balls and all, isn't my favourite class. That's the summoner one. Which brings me to...

Rydia. I watched the initial animation sequence and developed insta-crushes on Rydia and Edge. Rydia because she's a FOCKIN' BABE who can pull Dragons out of her bra. Also, is a FOCKIN' BABE. WITH GREEN HAIR. Who pulls it off. (Yeah, shallow).

However, I've never forgiven her for being about five years old when you first encounter her. The black/white magic thing was fabulous, although her lack of MP when you first start off is heartbreaking. I did find it in my heart to forgive her a little when she came back after being swallowed by a giant fish for half the game only to be as polygonally-mega-babely as one can really get.

Thirdly, Edge. This is the worst--my biggest anime crush of all time (goddon'tjudgeme) is Hatake Kakashi, to whom Edge bears a disturbing resemblance. Until he opens his mouth.

So it's really a tie between Kain and Rydia. I enjoy the complexity of Kain's character, hate Rydia's voice actor pretty much all the way through the game, but once you augment Rydia with MP+20% and Double-Cast, she's pretty much fucking unstoppable.

And she's the one I made my little avatar when I was world travelling. So I guess what I mean is--Rydia. Although Kain probably has the power to make me switching allegiances with as little hesitation as he does if I ever find my DS cartridge and hear his voice again.

 

[Dawnbreaker]

I'm pretty sure it's a least implied that Kain had some minor control over his actions, or at least that he was somewhat aware of what he was doing. This is indicated by his comment "I just wanted to keep you near me" when Rosa is freed.

That said, I still love the guy. He's got a sexy voice and a really long spear. Oh my!

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

I like Edge.