Chaos.
thanks guys
I bet chaos did this.
>>730621071FUCK YOU CHAOS! YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING!
chaos is a ladder
...is that Jack fucking Garland?
Faggot.
>literally some dude fresh off a Call of Duty multiplayer character select screen>best Final Fantasy MC of the 21st centuryHow did they pull it off
cubes
>>730624710>How did a character design from the most popular video game in the world appeal to people in an age of sassy black afro lezzo character designsBeats me
>>730624710I know right??? It is WILDIt's almost like his design doesn't even matter and he's just a cool character
>>730624710Genuinely unique writing in this game. I'd call it derangedly bold. You're so baffled by the shit happening onscreen that you don't even have time to complain before you're introduced to something even more absurd. >>730625168Nah, Clive is the same kind of design and nobody gives a fuck about him.
Post Jack AMVshttps://youtu.be/9CR5dNCC-YQ
>>730625350That's reductive, his design very much does matter. Him looking like a generic macho action hero only interested in killing chaos and everybody celebrating him from the early trailers and demos as an unhinged violent badass makes the later game plot developments land more effectively.If he was indistinguishable from your usual FF bishonen MCs like Cloud or Tidus this would be as forgettable as the dozen FF smartphone and live service shit Square-Enix starts and kills off every year.
>>730625726>Him looking like a generic macho action hero only interested in killing chaos and everybody celebrating him from the early trailers and demos as an unhinged violent badass makes the later game plot developments land more effectively.It wasn't quite as you put it at first. When it was revealed people were not keen on it because it was 2edgy4u with the character designs looking almost stupid for being so modern but as time went on it became something more acceptable and ended up being widely accepted.
He's not edgy at all, you guys keep using that word wrong. Something like Vincent from FF7 is an edgy design. Jack is just an angry white dude.
>>730624710The game doesn't have marvel tier writing where people go "Uh, that just happened." Instead the story is very sincere in its plot, even if the writing isn't the best. Plus, while he's programmed to be a one-dimensional asshole by his superiors, his care for his team and the world continuously shines through.
>>730624710adult male with conviction
>>730626023"people" who didn't like him during the reveal still wouldn't like him even if they didn't forget about the game 10 seconds after the reveal endedThe rest liked him from the first reveal
bros there's a black guy right next to him...
>>730624710nearly perfectly executed anti-hero story with a character you relate to and sympathize with that manages to compliment the original FF in a satisfying way
Chaos?
>>730621071>>730621201
https://youtu.be/3tM0Sow-2r8?si=qN3w4W8PIj__4Feh
>>730617145RRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
>>730624710It's goofy as fuck but extremely authentic about it. It never tries to pass itself off as tongue in cheek, it is unapologetically weird from start to finish and never pretends to be anything else.
>>730627491It's because Nomura directed it, and the retard actually thought what he was writing was cool instead of comedic.
>>730627524And he fucking succeeded
>>730626176He is not intentionally edgy, Jack is just Jack, and jack is terribly autistic, in fact, his entire crew is basically as autistic as him, they do not realize just how fucking cringe and edgy they act and dress they legitimately, honest to heart think they are cool and normal.
>>730627524what are you talking about? it was kino...
>>730627524And that's enough for it to actually be cool
>>730627524It was the peakest kino I ever witnessed, when they dropped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg I was like, "yeah, that song makes perfect sense for Jack"
>>730622636IS THAT FUCKING CHAOS?
Do you guys think gen alpha will latch on to Jack like they did with Raiden?
FUCK CHAOS
>>730628037AND FUCK TONBERRIES
>>730628069>aerogagg ez
>>730627957Jack-san, please don't yell so much, I'm right here
>>730627741Can Jack kill chaos space marines?
>>730628175
>>730628437Are you seriously doubting Jack's strength?
>>730627993No because people outside of 4chan don't meme about him as much.
>>730628437Yeah, and he'll do it his way.Trust and respect his strength anon.
UH, ALL THE LUFENIAN PEOPLE OR CHAOS AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM, GET OFF THIS TIMELINE BECAUSE IT'S FOR HUMAN PEOPLE ONLY, UNDERSTAND? CAUSE IF YOU DON'T I WILL MAKE CHAOS DEAD AGAIN!!!
you guys have effectively convinced me to play this game
>>730628956jack's game is legitimately one of the best FF games in existenceenjoy your kino
Gay ahh
>>730628956As long as you respect Jack's strength and solo the game on hard using only Jack because you trust him intrinsically, you will earn his respect and kill chaos.
>>730628956It's unironically one of the best FF games in a while. Really wish SE would let Nomura make another Origins game.
>>730629221They should have made SoP with FFXVI's budget
>>730626232Jed's "stay safe guys" or whatever still sounds fucking stupid like he's a work friend telling you to not drive home drunk.
I was pleasantly surprised by the story. your team sacrificing themselves against you to give you the nudge into becoming chaos and breaking the loop made me stand up and say KINO
>>730617145Better game than FFXVI, for sure.
>>730617145In another world, this game got another year of dev time, Elden Ring never came out at the same time to fuck with it and Squaresoft was so confident in the game that they called it FF16 and it was successful (yes I know its about FF1 you stupid fuck autists)
>>730630553it a better world your mother swallowed you
>the next time we see Jack if ever if at all will be in KH4feels bad man
>>730628437I fully believe in his strength and convictions, If he was recruiting an army I'd be the first to volunteer. Chaos itself exists on warhammer because jack garland doesn't exist in that universe
>>730629789Jed has the worst dialogue in the party so it makes sense. He's the only one that feels a bit tongue in cheek, but in fairness no one takes him seriously.
>>730630595They may do another ff Dissidia eventually
>>730628956It's double good if you have friends to coop with
>>730630749Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY tell him.
>>730630246I wanted to smash Neon, but not like that.
>>730630593That means we live in the best world then retard
>>730617145Stop shilling your Nioh clone flopslop here
>>730630936Seethe more YoshiP
>>730630936uh oh filtered by chaos
>>730630936How is it a clone when it's made by the same fucking team?
If this game did better financially it would have sent a positive message to game developers that you can make AA games and still make a profit but it didn't so oh well
>>730631019the only reason I ended up playing this game at all is because a friend pushed it on me. after two layers of exclusivity bullshit I got sick of waiting and forgot it even existed
DON'T STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYWITHINTHE DAAAAAAAARK
>>730617145Yes?
>>730630553>(yes I know its about FF1 you stupid fuck autists)I mean that ain't so weird. FF9 is a whole host of homages across the franchise. FF4 has the whole Highwind dealie to link it to FF2. FF10 tried to do the whole Shinra connection. FF13 famously/infamously tried to pass off Lightning as a female Cloud and is specifically why its opening setpiece is a railway battle. There's a whole host of games set in Ivalice. FF14 itself is filled to the brim with interfranchise homages and plot beats.Breath of the Wild became the Zelda title to finally escape Ocarina of Time's long-looming shadow by deliberately evoking the very first Zelda game. Would it be so weird that a Final Fantasy numbered title looking to resolve the franchise's identity crisis went back to the very first game? Hell even Dragon Quest 11's epilogue threw in some scenes from DQ3 and 1 just in case you didn't get the allusions.
>>730629452ff16 had a babby budget, it was only $60 mil, the ff7 remake trilogy games get twice that.
>>730631253I know it's not weird but this site is contrarian hell so every time I point that out you will get contrarian retards replying with "akshually it takes place before FF1"
>>730631178Honestly, I'd probably resub to XIV for a bit if they did something with Jack.
>>730624710WOW. A WHITE GUY... IS LE KINO? ....we need more DEI.
>>730617145What is it?
>>730630936>t.chaos
>>730632046Die
>>730465963
>>730632492Chaos took away the saturation.
>>730621201JAAAAACK STOP HITTING YOURSELF!!!
https://youtu.be/u7WJeOs3Afc?t=354
Did they hide the fact that he was Garland pre-release? If so, did a lot of people figure it out beforehand?
>>730632779No they revealed it pretty quickly that his full name was Jack Garland because they wanted people to focus on the story rather than fixate on the twist.
ha ha yes le chaos must die XDso epic for the win bros
>>730624710he stops being generic white guy 30 seconds into the first level when you get extremely amano-coded armor straight out of the FF1 concept art
>>730632779They just had his name as Jack for awhile and they did try to hide it. Yes, plenty of people figured it out, hence why they eventually went from acting like it wasn't the twist to playing up the question of how he ends up becoming Garland.
>>730630246jack doing his autistic brofist to nobody after he essentially went ragemode self defence on his friends made me genuinely invested in this games story, and the final level + DLC really doubled down. it's a shame the entire main game is just weird shit that is deliberately not explained outside of missable text files and goofy filler adventures
>>730627491I like KH for a lot of the same reasons. It may be cringe in a lot of ways but I respect how it stays true to itself and the series continues to play things completely straight. In the current age of Whedonisms it's refreshing to see something that isn't afraid of being sincere. SoP and KH just wouldn't be the same if they started winking at the audience.
>>730632679Honestly there's a lot of underrated music in the game.>The mission select music in the normal game>Black Knight phase 1's theme>The pseudo Limp Bizkit song Jack says after saying "bullshit">Jack Garland boss fight theme>Both phases of Gilgamesh>Marilith's theme
>>730631178jack is actually not as buff as his presence and animations imply, he's pretty lean and more midlander then highlander
>>730633139the ost as a whole is ridiculously good. as is the game in general.https://youtu.be/tnWHG4HoTRE
>>730633139For me, it's that part of Chaos Shrine after you destroy the towerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDFj29wDAI
>>730633146Yeah I know but I play a Highlander
>>730624710They gave him a pretty fun character mostly. Alongside the fact he gives very blunt perspectives on things, he actually has a pretty endearing plan which conveniently goes against one of the most loathsome assholes in the setting.
>>730625589WTF now my yt feed is full of jack garland videosawesome
I wish this game had sold well. FF needs more small scale titles like this and not massive money pit games every mainline entry turns into.
>>730631178/fistbump>>730633146We are all Jack Garland.
>>730626176>>730627628https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMboDP4tRNY&t=03m46sanyone that smiles like this as they stab someone before they explode into blood crystals rates at least a 7-8 on the edgelord scale
>>730633139i pretty much enjoyed every track immensely except the dubstep scorpion fight in the ff5 level
>>730633568Have some more.https://youtu.be/ZGYCjtYcm6g
for me its the "garland" boss theme coming to a crescendo as they cross counter eachother during the finisher
>>730625589https://youtu.be/YNLKBKjI02o
>It's not really canon to FF1Why not just make it canon? It fits in with it
Wish this game ran better on steamdeck.
>>730633969Probably because it's more Dissidia adjacent overall, and because the initial trailers were met with criticism, so they needed a buffer in case it was universally hated.
OI'M HERE TO KILL KELLY
>>730633969Probably because it's dumb as fuck once you stop being ironic.
Where the fuck am I.
>>730634291OH SHIT ITS CHAOS
>>730617145Chiken!
>>730634231Bullshit.It's a great entry and perfectly explains not just FF1 but all of FF in the broader context with the Lufenians and so on. Great product.
>>730629221Sorry I meant Team Ninja. I really wish SE would let Team Ninja make another Origins game.(I'm trans btw)
>>730617145CHAOS
>>730627524>It's because Nomura directed itNo he didn't.
>>730632779Their plan was to hide it until the in-game reveal, but since everyone guessed the twist after the first trailer they just said fuck it.
>>730633969Slight problem. You fight the Emperor from FF2 in the third DLC. That would then make FF2 canon to FF1.
