That son is Gustave XIII, son of Gustave XII, the current King of Finney. Quickly issuing an order of withdrawal, the leader goes back to his castle to see his new-born son. During the heat of battle, the leader of one of the sides is told that 'his son has been born'. Don't believe me? Let's look at a simple example: Gustave XIII, from SaGa Frontier 2.Īs the game starts, we're shown a battle between two armies, with soldiers striking at each other with techniques and magic. Since all stories (at least for the purpose of this article) involve a conflict, the first two elements reflect: why is the character fighting? And how is he fighting? By inference and interaction with other characters, these elements will effectively create a good picture of the character's personality, demeanor, beliefs, intelligence, and so on. Now, motivation, power and style are the most effective ways of showing what the character is all about. It doesn't matter what particular emotion the character stirs (unless it happens to be disgust with the stupidity of the game) his first measure of effectiveness is captivating the player's attention by awakening something in him, and his second measure of effectiveness is how closely the things he has awakened match his role. Be it admiration, respect, hatred, dislike, disgust- a good character is one that transcends the game, novel, play or movie itself and becomes a believable character (note that what is really important is for it to be believable in its context- in that sense, a badly-structured world can effectively destroy an otherwise good villain. This is because, for a character to be memorable, he has to touch something inside the player of the game: he has to stir or create something inside the player. I hold that the three most important qualities for a character are: motivation, power, and style. 'Best' means 'most effective', so we're actually looking for 'the most effective villain.' But effective towards what end? And what makes a villain effective?īefore we define what a villain is, we should study what a character is- and what makes him effective. To define a 'best villain', we have to start by defining what we're looking for. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Contains Suikoden 2, SaGa Frontier 2, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy IX, Magic Knight RayEarth, Final Fantasy VII, and Breath of Fire IV Spoilers Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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