WraithTickler said:
Style for his cold green eyes, long silver hair, black outfit, his dire villainy, a mix of sympathy for his Frankenstein, tragic creation, andfor being an unforgivable, vicious badass- you almost root for him through the course of the game. He's the bad guy you hate and admire at the same time, determined to kill, yet well crafted enough that in your 40+ hour quest to slay him, you cannot help but like him.
Green eyes? Funny that, I remember them being blue. Anyway, doesn't matter. Yes he is the most God-damnable villain I ever knew from a video game. His murder of Aeris had my 18 year old self nearly in tears. (She was summoning a counter-summon to prevent his summons from destroying the planet. She did suceed before he ran her through, by Sephy's prompt rise to deity-hood blocked it and only by destroying the bastard completely was it possible for Aeris's summon to manifest and destroy Meteor. What the hell was her summons called again?)
I did hear that originally it was supposedly possible to raise her back to life, but it got left out at the last moment. It would make sense as it is impossible to gain her Level 4 Limit Break in time for her to use it before Sephiroth kills her.
And 40 hours? My timer got stuck at 99.59 and it was that way for another thirty at least!
😀 Mind you, I did do every side quest, every mission, bred my own gold chocobo, took down both extra Weapons (Emerald and Ruby) and topped it all off by getting all characters into the 90's for the levels and gaining and using to effect every limit break for every character, with the exception of Aeris for whom this was impossible. (Cloud was stuck at level 99 for bloody ages.) I also managed to create my own Master Materia by maxing out all materia in each colour and then fusing them in the Cosmo Canyon observatory, giving me a total of two of each Master Materia. (The others were a prize for exchanging the reward from slotting Emerald Weapon with the guy in Kalm if I remember correctly.)
Damn I loved that game.
😀 I also loved the way I killed Sephiroth as the bugger absorbed two Knights of the Round summonses in his second Seraph-Sephiroth form, then got iced because his Super Nova summons tipped Tifa's limit break. I de-walled him with Cloud then hit all seven reels with the first four going on double and she pounded his arse into dust.
God that was good to see. Heh.
I really have tried to lose the subsequent mano-y-mano battle between him and Cloud, but Cloud is so powerful by then that it's impossible. Even if Sephiroth is given time to wound Cloud, he counter-attacks (even without the materia of the same name) and takes down Seph in one shot. Much more fun sending the gitbag home in slices with the Omnislash. I never got to see the Lionheart in VIII, but I heard it's even more powerful than that. How it could be boggles belief. Info anyone?
