Darth Howie said: edit: I also don't see how ANY improvements in ANY other part of the script can make up for ruining Kefka. If you think FFVIA's Kefka was in any way superior to Woolsey's I have no ability to comprehend the criteria you use to evaluate a script.
Darth Howie said: I don't know how anyone can read the FFVIA script and think that it's not lacking in personality and isn't too on-the-nose. I really don't. edit: I also don't see how ANY improvements in ANY other part of the script can make up for ruining Kefka. If you think FFVIA's Kefka was in any way superior to Woolsey's I have no ability to comprehend the criteria you use to evaluate a script. Also remembered that FFVIA changed that Shadow would "slit his mama's throat for a nickel" to "would kill his best friend for the right price." How is that not worse?
Ashilyn said: "slit his mama's throat for a nickle" sounds like poorly written juvinile tripe from a young adult Game of THrones wannabe or otherwise corney book. "Would kill his best friend for the right price" sounds more mature and better written, and gets the point across and sounds very threatening without sounding as hackneyed and forced.
Ashilyn said: "slit his mama's throat for a nickle" sounds like poorly written juvinile tripe from a young adult Game of THrones wannabe or otherwise corney book. "Would kill his best friend for the right price" sounds more mature and better written, and gets the point across and sounds very threatening without sounding as hackneyed and forced. You guys keep throwing around words like "witty" and "adolescent" and "dry" and I'm not convinced you actually know how they're supposed to be used, since those are the last descriptors I would give to the scripts they're being applied to. Woosley wasn't witty. Working Designs was witty, as much as I hate Vic Ireland. Woosley was silly and cliche. FFVIA is more serious and gives the story a more appropriate tone without resorting so some of the terrible idioms and shortcuts Woosley used to make things appeal to Square and Nintendo's target audiance of younger 90s gamers. I, for one, don't understand how it's more dry or has less personality. Reading the Woosley script and then reading the FFVIA script, to me, is like going from some young adult adventure book I read in high school to Mistborn or Game of Thrones in terms of how it's written and the quality of said writing - one gets it's point across, but is sillier and more "creative" designed and worded, while one is more adult, more contemporary, and uses less flowery "creative" laungage in favour of more accurately and meaningfully displaying descriptions and events. The latter style still has the same basic flavour as the former, but delivers it in a much more emotional, palpable, meaningful manner.
Crono said: That's funny, I just started a replay of the GBA version yesterday but with the sound and graphics patches to make it more like the SNES version.
Ashilyn said: You guys keep throwing around words like "witty" and "adolescent" and "dry" and I'm not convinced you actually know how they're supposed to be used, since those are the last descriptors I would give to the scripts they're being applied to.
Woosley wasn't witty. Working Designs was witty, as much as I hate Vic Ireland.
Woosley was silly and cliche. FFVIA is more serious and gives the story a more appropriate tone without resorting so some of the terrible idioms and shortcuts Woosley used to make things appeal to Square and Nintendo's target audiance of younger 90s gamers. I, for one, don't understand how it's more dry or has less personality. Reading the Woosley script and then reading the FFVIA script, to me, is like going from some young adult adventure book I read in high school to Mistborn or Game of Thrones in terms of how it's written and the quality of said writing - one gets it's point across, but is sillier and more "creative" designed and worded, while one is more adult, more contemporary, and uses less flowery "creative" laungage in favour of more accurately and meaningfully displaying descriptions and events. The latter style still has the same basic flavour as the former, but delivers it in a much more emotional, palpable, meaningful manner.
SuperSquall said: What act of rebellion against the morals of society does Setzer ever undertake?.
The Hulk said: Flagrant kidnap.
ahninjas said: As much as I'd like to add to this discussion, the idea of SuperSquall waving off Celes' abduction by Setzer with a mere "Oh that scallywag!" amuses me to no end.
