[30/10] Square Enix survey: What qualities do you most like about Lightning?

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North American fans, Square Enix is looking for your opinion.


A survey for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has opened over on Square’s North American Member’s site. “With Lightning returning for the finale of the FINAL FANTASY XIII trilogy, we wanted to ask you guys one simple question about one of the strongest heroines in the franchise.”


So the question is, “What qualities do you most like about Lightning?”


The survey is open to registered Members only, and completing the survey will net you 5 free Members points. You can access the survey form directly through here.


Source: Nova Crystallis

 

[kratoscar2008]

Thats a tough one as i remember she doesnt have a POSITIVE quality worth to mention, could it be they are going to apply the results to Lightning new "refined" personality?

Either way count me out

 

[Razberry Knight]

Thats a tough one as i remember she doesnt have a POSITIVE quality worth to mention, could it be they are going to apply the results to Lightning new "refined" personality?

Either way count me out

Its probably why they made the surbey in the first plave. Because they dont even know what makes lightning a good character

 

[kratoscar2008]

Its probably why they made the surbey in the first plave. Because they dont even know what makes lightning a good character

Well if you ask Nomura he will tell you 1000 things about how Lightning is an awesome character and all, so i hardly doubt the results will influence the development of the game. At least i hope she becomes a slightly better character (No so awesome but passable at least.

 

[Razberry Knight]

Well if you ask Nomura he will tell you 1000 things about how Lightning is an awesome character and all, so i hardly doubt the results will influence the development of the game. At least i hope she becomes a slightly better character (No so awesome but passable at least.

Maybe because shes based off cloud and he designed her mostly.

At this point i doubt hshe will become an awesome character. I just hope.tha this game is.good enough to not connect.to the original 2 directly to.the point we get.reminded how bad. And also i hope the new cast surpasses lightning

 

[Starships]

Okay this is what I put in the survey in all truth and honesty.

Question 1. What do you like about Lightning.

I don't like her at all and I think that she is extremely overrated. I think that you just straight on focus on bringing the series back to it's roots instead of trying make everybody love Light. What's next Everybody Loves Lightning the TV Show ?
What about Zidane Returns ? Or Bartz Returns even ? Speaking of Bartz you guy did nothing to celebrate FF V's anniversary ! I don't like her at all and I think that she is extremely overrated. I think that you just straight on focus on bringing the series back to it's roots instead of trying make everybody love Light. What's next Everybody Loves Lightning the TV Show ?
What about Zidane Returns ? Or Bartz Returns even ? Speaking of Bartz you guy did nothing to celebrate FF V's anniversary ! So I like nothing about Lightning. The answer is nothing, nah-dah. Zip.


Question 2. What Final Fantasy games have you played ?

Clicked all of them expect Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI.


Also look at this.

http://na.square-enix.com/go/thread...Fantasy_needs_to_leave_the_World_of_XIII?pg=2

This isn't the only Final Fantasy Forum that is tried of seeing Lightning and Snow.

 

[Linnaete]

I'm not even going to bother with one of my usual witty or sarcastic posts. This is just plain embarrassing and full stop. I am absolutely sick of the ubiquity of Lightning when for the life of me I can't fucking think of a good reason why she should be. She's not a well-written character and if even if there was something deeper for her character to go into and explore, it was woefully executed. Her only selling point is the fact that she likes to go around kicking arse instead of wussing out or whatever, which makes her relatively one-dimensional if that's all she has going for her. And what about that whole "OH, WE WILL DEFY FATE!" blah blah blah. Now she's a servant of a Goddess and going by the Requiem DLC, practically gave up. lulz.

If FFXIII and FFXIII-2 haven't fleshed out Lightning very well at all for her to even be anywhere close to being one of the best FF characters, ever, I highly doubt that LR: FFXIII will either. Personality? I just remember apathy and the voice actress sounding so bored. That isn't much of a personality to speak of. How can I empathise with a character that quickly bored me?

Well if you ask Nomura he will tell you 1000 things about how Lightning is an awesome character and all, so i hardly doubt the results will influence the development of the game. At least i hope she becomes a slightly better character (No so awesome but passable at least.

You mean Toriyama. Nomura at least, I haven't seen him speak about Lightning as if she's the strongest, most beautiful woman to have ever been conceived by a human being with an array of embarrassing metaphors you would find on an awkwardly overwritten Valentine's card and wanting to get down on one knee to marry her.

 

[Steve-O]

Errrr what

Why why why square must you have a survey on a character that most fans hate how about maybe doing a survey on yuna or something

 

[Rorolina Frixell]

Because people can also hate Yuna

 

[kratoscar2008]

I'm not even going to bother with one of my usual witty or sarcastic posts. This is just plain embarrassing and full stop. I am absolutely sick of the ubiquity of Lightning when for the life of me I can't fucking think of a good reason why she should be. She's not a well-written character and if even if there was something deeper for her character to go into and explore, it was woefully executed. Her only selling point is the fact that she likes to go around kicking arse instead of wussing out or whatever, which makes her relatively one-dimensional if that's all she has going for her. And what about that whole "OH, WE WILL DEFY FATE!" blah blah blah. Now she's a servant of a Goddess and going by the Requiem DLC, practically gave up. lulz.

If FFXIII and FFXIII-2 haven't fleshed out Lightning very well at all for her to even be anywhere close to being one of the best FF characters, ever, I highly doubt that LR: FFXIII will either. Personality? I just remember apathy and the voice actress sounding so bored. That isn't much of a personality to speak of. How can I empathise with a character that quickly bored me?



You mean Toriyama. Nomura at least, I haven't seen him speak about Lightning as if she's the strongest, most beautiful woman to have ever been conceived by a human being with an array of embarrassing metaphors you would find on an awkwardly overwritten Valentine's card and wanting to get down on one knee to marry her.

Sorry my bad, but yeah Toriyama is freaking nuts about Lightnin, i remember his presentation of Lightning and this stupid quote:

"Lightning became the icon of the JRPG genre in general", what a load of crap. It would be hilarious if in LR lightning gets a love interest and the love interest is called Toriyama, i would really LOL at him.

Luckily she hasnt appeared in PSASBR.

 

[Steve-O]

Because people can also hate Yuna

I know..., every character made ever can be hated.... my point was maybe use a character that not hated sooo much xD

 

[Master Cat]

Oh jeez. When I saw this, I felt embarrassed for Square-Enix, && then I laughed. xD Like really? Imagine if they receive so many negative responses to the survey that they end up cancelling Lightning Returns?

I enjoyed FFXIII and FFXIII-2 for the most part, but I really can't identify many positive and distinguishing qualities for Lightning... Determined? Assertive? Goal-oriented? (Sounds like a job interview now, lol). But she sounds a bit one-dimensional, as previously noted. Except for the fact that she actually does have a heart && is very protective of her lil' sister Serah! :3 But that's where it ends. Not much complexity or character development there, sadly.

 

[Starships]

Oh jeez. When I saw this, I felt embarrassed for Square-Enix, && then I laughed. xD Like really? Imagine if they receive so many negative responses to the survey that they end up cancelling Lightning Returns?

All I want for christmas is this. No money, no kiss under the mistletoe, no other new games, no new clothes ( okay maybe that I don't want to smell bad rofl ) The FF Fanbase speaking up about how they feel and Square actually listening and delaying Lightning Returns and bringing out Type O and Bravery Defalut to the west would make a excellent christmas present.

I enjoyed FFXIII and FFXIII-2 for the most part, but I really can't identify many positive and distinguishing qualities for Lightning... Determined? Assertive? Goal-oriented? (Sounds like a job interview now, lol). But she sounds a bit one-dimensional, as previously noted. Except for the fact that she actually does have a heart && is very protective of her lil' sister Serah! :3 But that's where it ends. Not much complexity or character development there, sadly.

I think somebody said that Lightning is not a character that really is unsure on what she wants to do and she doesn't stop the group in a daze or be confused with her actions. She just does it and she never really looks back at her mistakes, she just keeps on going foward which guess isn't a negative towards her character. But yeah agree, she is pretty much one-dimensional and very unoriginal. But SquareEnix seems to think that we all love her and worship her like she's a god when that is not the case. Square needs to wake up and notice that not everybody is happy with Lightning's character and we don't all love and adore her like they seem to believe.

 

[kratoscar2008]

All I want for christmas is this. No money, no kiss under the mistletoe, no other new games, no new clothes ( okay maybe that I don't want to smell bad rofl ) The FF Fanbase speaking up about how they feel and Square actually listening and delaying Lightning Returns and bringing out Type O and Bravery Defalut to the west would make a excellent christmas present.

What a great present that would be but SE is as stuborn as a bull so thats not happening.

I think somebody said that Lightning is not a character that really is unsure on what she wants to do and she doesn't stop the group in a daze or be confused with her actions. She just does it and she never really looks back at her mistakes, she just keeps on going foward which guess isn't a negative towards her character. But yeah agree, she is pretty much one-dimensional and very unoriginal. But SquareEnix seems to think that we all love her and worship her like she's a god when that is not the case. Square needs to wake up and notice that not everybody is happy with Lightning's character and we don't all love and adore her like they seem to believe.

Hopefully the Survey makes SE wake up and realize Lightning is just a shallow cool looking character and thats it. I think they know we dont like Lightning but rather they dont want to accept it.

 

[PhoenyxAngel]

Does SE REALLY want to know what the fans think of Lightning? Cause they're probably not going to like what they read....