How can ppl stand the cheesiness of FF games?

Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

BURSTIIIFIRE

Is this impression just based on FF13?

he first thing that pops into my mind when i hear the words Final Fantasy music.

I love Cheesy.

It wasn't always like this but yes I agree. I can't stand it but I put up with it anyway.

There are some cheesy moments in FF games but nothing over the top. It's really not a big deal.

And the music for FF has always been outstanding and most characters are good, so don't know where you get any of that from.

Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

BURSTIIIFIRE

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Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

Mr_Cumberdale

What emotional experience? The characters are over dramatic about every single thing...it's like watching a terrible soap opera.

Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

BURSTIIIFIRE

The old ones weren't too bad. They started going with super cheesy and lame characters with FF7. Series never recovered except for a brief come back with IX. The rest after FF6 are garbage.

Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

BURSTIIIFIRE

FF 13 has Leona Lewis singing so, it's not a J-pop theme.

The voice acting is pretty good(I hate the Japanese voice acting... I feel like stabbing out my ears!! And Vanille, Serah can all go to hell) but it's got good story telling and decent mechanics (most games though there are some exceptions...)

IMO the truly cringe worthy scene is the Tidus and Yuna laugh. I'm linking the Japanese one for murder.

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Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

sleepingzzz

The old ones weren't too bad. They started going with super cheesy and lame characters with FF7. Series never recovered except for a brief come back with IX. The rest after FF6 are garbage.

There are plenty of games that have waaaaaay worse voice acting and waaaaay cheesier writing in fact alot of popular games have some amazingly cheesy scenes and dialogue. Example from Halo 3: "where are you going?" "To war!" I burst out laughing at that and just shook my head. Ace6301

I agree but Halo isn't even close to being as story focused like the FF games. I play Halo for online and coop.

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Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

Mr_Cumberdale

From my experience, the only J-Pop I've ever encountered was in X-2...and only in the opening.

That's an opinion, I dare say an unpopular one (nothing bad can go platinum with every new entry). And I've played many FFs and not a single J-pop springs to mind except the one from Sunleth Waterscape (where I'm at right now, LOL), which I found very good. Search for it on Youtube, it's by no means bad, and will only bother people who have a phobia against Nippon.

So, by your logic as a gamer your looking for a game Devoid of emotion or Music that (in context) Suits the game andI think the j-pop your referring to in ffx is a song that is linked with yuna anyway and wasnt really promoted in the states or Uk as a single so it wasnt exactly in your face, I think you will find that all games Will feature Dramatic Performances (as im sure some people forgetthat it is entertainment and Is trying to tell a story no different than a book(gasp!))And as much as i would like to see a final fantasy game that bends this narrow minded opinion I Will ask this question back Why did you ever pick up the game? also final fantasy 1-9 does not feature voices other than attack grunts etc when you pick a game next time try to remember that Your not just pressing buttons for 30+ hours your taking part in astory that initially interested you into buying/renting the product in the first place. I personally Like the cheesiness of them but then again I guess there are no Cheesy contrived american games ...Dragon age theres a Rpg (dice rolling anyway) Genre those are thereal Rpgs ...main character doesnt even have a voice lol. Lastly Ff13 song is sung by leona lewis ... Is that still j-pop!?

So, by your logic as a gamer your looking for a game Devoid of emotion or Music that (in context) Suits the game andI think the j-pop your referring to in ffx is a song that is linked with yuna anyway and wasnt really promoted in the states or Uk as a single so it wasnt exactly in your face, I think you will find that all games Will feature Dramatic Performances (as im sure some people forgetthat it is entertainment and Is trying to tell a story no different than a book(gasp!))And as much as i would like to see a final fantasy game that bends this narrow minded opinion I Will ask this question back Why did you ever pick up the game? also final fantasy 1-9 does not feature voices other than attack grunts etc when you pick a game next time try to remember that Your not just pressing buttons for 30+ hours your taking part in astory that initially interested you into buying/renting the product in the first place. I personally Like the cheesiness of them but then again I guess there are no Cheesy contrived american games ...Dragon age theres a Rpg (dice rolling anyway) Genre those are thereal Rpgs ...main character doesnt even have a voice lol. Lastly Ff13 song is sung by leona lewis ... Is that still j-pop!?

stace22

I agree with what you said, but your text needs formatting. Add some para-breaks in between.

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Seriously I have always wondered how can a series like Final Fantasy be this popular by being this cheesy? Everything from the music to voice acting just screams cheesiness! How can ppl stand the annoying Jpop music? If the gameplay was good I would understand but everyone says they play it for the great story. But how can a story be great when every character is so overly dramatic...I cringe every time I see a cut-scene of a FF game. So are FF games supposed to be like this? Do ppl play these games just to make fun of the characters and the music?

fend_oblivion

FF 13 has Leona Lewis singing so, it's not a J-pop theme.

The voice acting is pretty good(I hate the Japanese voice acting... I feel like stabbing out my ears!! And Vanille, Serah can all go to hell) but it's got good story telling and decent mechanics (most games though there are some exceptions...)

IMO the truly cringe worthy scene is the Tidus and Yuna laugh. I'm linking the Japanese one for murder.

I nearly forgot : any scene with Vanille and Serah. God... ughghgh my head hurts every time they speak. And Snow needs to back off from the little girl.

I love all of it.

I'd personally like to send Vanille's voice actor to NASA and have them blast her off into the sun. That would make me happy.

I'd personally like to send Vanille's voice actor to NASA and have them blast her off into the sun. That would make me happy.

Crossel777

I'd personally like to send Vanille's voice actor to NASA and have them blast her off into the sun. That would make me happy.

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I'd personally like to send Vanille's voice actor to NASA and have them blast her off into the sun. That would make me happy.

Ace6301

Is it just me or does Vanille sound like Harley Quinn? Ugh... my ears..

There are plenty of games that have waaaaaay worse voice acting and waaaaay cheesier writing in fact alot of popular games have some amazingly cheesy scenes and dialogue. Example from Halo 3: "where are you going?" "To war!" I burst out laughing at that and just shook my head. Ace6301

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]There are plenty of games that have waaaaaay worse voice acting and waaaaay cheesier writing in fact alot of popular games have some amazingly cheesy scenes and dialogue. Example from Halo 3: "where are you going?" "To war!" I burst out laughing at that and just shook my head. Rza_rectah

God of War 2 (one of my all time faves) has Kratos say the most corniest thing ever...

Kratos : Father? *surprised but then gets angry* I have no father.

*face palm*

Better than the freaking shooters that u go around killing people

Games in general are cheesy on purpose. Most games fail hard when they try to take themselves seriously. Personally I can't stand the "tougher than thou" parts in games where bald space marines crank out cheesy one-liners in most Western games.

Sorry but gym bunnies are not any cooler than girly anime type characters that the Japanese use. They're all over-dramatised exagerations that are not meant to be taken seriously.

I find the Western game's characters cheesy... Their crappy dialogue is lol worthy.

FF games have the best soundtracks in video games PERIOD. (well IMO) if you're thinking of it as cheesy they JRPGs are just not for you because all of them try to replicate the success of FF and being cheesy just happens be to a part of that success.LenGen

Chrono Cross would like to have a word with you :x