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Ok it's fairly safe to say that Vincent is one of the more popular characters in the FF series. But I've always been a little puzzled as to why he is so popular.

Now I'm not trying to have a go at Vincent fans, but after playing the main game I can't remember seeing much from Vincent as far as the story goes (aside from that stuff about Lucrecia). Off the top of my head I can only really recall a few times when Vincent spoke and to top it off he is a secret character so technically he wasn't even needed in the game.

Vincent didn't really get that much time in advent children either, yes he got more time than the other minor characters. But during this time he just assisted Cloud, we didn't really learn anything new about him (as I recall).

I can understand his popularity now that DoC has been released, but he was also fairly popular before DoC hence why SE decided to make a game based solely around him. What made him as popular as he is? Was there a certain element to his story which I just didn't see? Or do you think his popularity is mostly due to his appearance?
 
I would assume the second.
I know for sure, a lot of girls find him cute. The "Let me sleep, go away" usually catches people. And his outfit and his mysterious background and possibly longevity. This of course is wild guessing. He was my favorite as well the first time I played through the game, I don't recall why though.. I think it was because his outfit was outstanding.
 
My theory is the clothes and attitude, Im sure the fact that he seems abit emo and sleeps in a coffin was appealling to fan girls aswel :wacky: I just liked his big gun *cough* Nah.... xD

I was more a Yuffie fangirl than Vincemt, although I did like him, as a character he was quite mysterious and wore the cool clothes and had cool hair. I can see why that would form a fan base :monster:
 
Also he had true ties with Shinra too and was a turk before (if I remember correctly). So it was a cool time when you first found Vincent and the music that played. I guess though he had more of a deep story as deep as Clouds in some since. He was in Shinra, they did experiments on him, he joined AVALANCE, won fighting Sephiroth. Plus he had a cool disk change pic, one of my favorites.
 
He was a hard one to suss out vincent, he had a mysterious aura about him. Characters which are mysterious are often the ones we want to know more about, its curiosity innit. I feel neutral towards him as a whole i didnt dislike him but i wouldnt care if he was never written into the game.
It was probadly very easy for SE to think up doc seein as we already had hints about vincents past with the shinra/turks and lucrecia , it sorta ties into FF7 fairly easy as oppose to writing a game about barret, who although plays a bigger part in FF7 doesnt really have much in the way of a mysterious past that we can learn about.
 
I never thought that much into him until the compilation. Never really used him only to unlock conversations with him in the party.

I do agree his ties gave him a reason to fight against shinra to get revenge on Hojo. But he didnt add much to the game. Yuffie on the other hand added a full side quest, which dependant on what time you take it on can be difficult. Vincent you just had to fight lost number.


DoC did make him seem more human. As in the original he just kind stood around adding the odd line
 
I couldn't agree most with the first post here; it has always puzzled me a little as to why Vincent is quite so popular. But, like pretty much everyone else has stated it is all do do with his looks and attitude, something that I've never really cared about. Not to go on a bashing rampage or anyhting but Vincent's brooding, mysterious character seemed a bit too clichéd for me and I was never really much of a fan. I dare say that the recent boom in "emo" trends also helped to make Vincent as popular as he is.
 
hmmmmm.....for me i guess its becuz he has a lot more connection in to the main story rather than the other minor characters

I mean he was a turk point 1 related to Shinra and he did used to know Lucrecia who is the actual mother of Sephiroth so point 2 related to sephiroth and i guess also considered as point 3 as to related to Hojo
 
Yeah, I do like Vincent, but I didn't really get why he was so popular before DoC.

I'm going with the majority that because there was a lack of info on him in the game, it added a mysterious aura about him.

As well, as mentioned, he does have strong connections to the Shin-Ra aspect of the story that kind of took a back seat to the whole Jenova/Sephiroth thing.

And I guess, yeah, it was also his character design. He was a pretty boy but of the tall, dark and handsome variety. Also used a gun, and I think characters who use pistols or whatever just have this coolness about them that appeal to most gamers :P
 
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I dunno why Vincent is so popular either, maybe because he was with the Turks? And knew more than most people did about the Shinra Mansion, as he was also in Nibelheim, and around Hojo.

I think he stands out though, as I like to say so myself, to more gothic-character of the game, yet he's not. He's just troubled, and hell, who wouldn't be being screwed over like he was... Poor Vinny... :blink:
 
I can easely answer. He is very calm all the time, has "a cold blood". I think that makes him cool. Also, he is one of the most misterious characters not only from FFVII but from all the series.
 
vaguely,its because some people believe he is the father of sephiroth,which seems highly impossible because he and sephiroth look the same age,but its because he always spoke of lucrecia as his true love,ive never played dirge of cerebrus because when i went to buy it,the guy at the game store said its as good as flushing 50 dollars down the toilet,but,im thinking its how hes linked to lucrecia and sephiroth that makes him so popular,and in case your wondering,i ended spending the 50 bucks,it was final fantasy x,x-2,xi,and a pizza,and till this day,i am not dissapointed
 
Vincent is basically the #2 most important character in FF7 because he was involved with making/creating Sephiroth...well...not really involved but he was in a situation that basically changed his way of life. Play DoC, its worth it to know more about what Shinra has done and it speakes more in depth about Vincent's life.
Vincent is cool, its just that I didnt know how important he was until I understood where he was originally from...the Turks!
 
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Vincent is basically the #2 most important character in FF7 because he was involved with making/creating Sephiroth...well...not really involved but he was in a situation that basically changed his way of life.
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IMO he certainly wasn't the second most important character, he didn't influence the main story at all and it was possible to beat the game without even meeting him. He had like 10 lines throughout the entire game and he never directly influenced the progress of the main story. His backstory may have been kinda interesting, but that has nothing to do with his involvement in the actual game.

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Play DoC, its worth it to know more about what Shinra has done and it speakes more in depth about Vincent's life.
Vincent is cool, its just that I didnt know how important he was until I understood where he was originally from...the Turks!
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That's my point, why was Vincent so popular before DoC despite having no influence on the story of FFVII?
 
i wish i can ask toriyama what the hell he was thinking when he put together these stories without actually tying them together,i mean,your right sashaman,if you played ffvii without doing the little quest to get vincent,well,not really a quest,but anyway,after you play through ffvii without him,and you realize you want to learn more about the story,so,you go to the store,see cc,and remember zack was in the game,but you dont know much about him,so you buy it,go back,see doc,your thinking who the fuck this dude that looks like zack with a red cape on is,yes,before i knew who vincent was,i thought he was zack,anyway,this is why your trying to figure out why he got his own installment in the series,coming back to what i said before,it must be how hes tied to lucrecia,sephiroth,and am now adding,the turks,i would go get doc to figure this out,but,i dont have my ps2 anymore,but,i guess imm judt going to go to japan,to motumo or whatever his name is toriyamas house and smakc him,then ask for my money and hard earned time back
 
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IMO he certainly wasn't the second most important character, he didn't influence the main story at all and it was possible to beat the game without even meeting him. He had like 10 lines throughout the entire game and he never directly influenced the progress of the main story. His backstory may have been kinda interesting, but that has nothing to do with his involvement in the actual game.


That's my point, why was Vincent so popular before DoC despite having no influence on the story of FFVII?
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oh!! lol...i have no clue than. lol. but, if they ever do make a remake, they should kind of put him in there just to "complete" the whole Shinra-Cloud-Sephiroth thing.
ugh...cant think...its very late...
 
I just liked his attitude/cloths/limit break's(even though they can be annoying sometimes)
I still use him in my main save though, get's the job done.
 
Characters with mysterious auras are bound to be popular. Before DoC came out, filling in the blanks about his past and why he's so goddamn moody, fans could fill in the gaps themselves. With heartbreak implied, he instantly became a target for an obsessive fanbase.
You have a tall, handsome guy with an air of coldness, an awesome costume, a pistol, and hardly any dialogue. Having pined over his lost lover for thirty (fifty?) something years, he's finally decided to join the ranks of the real world again.

How can a girl resist? x3
 
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Personally I liked his limit breaks, and I used him in my main save and usually my party was him, RedXIII, and Cloud. I don't quite know how he fits in but it involved if i can remember the whole thing like he was an experiment like some other characters. Sorry, haven't played in a while and I'm just trying to get the gold chocobo on my main file. But I always just liked characters like him i guess.
 
I have always wondered the same thing about Vincent. Nothing outside of his Limit Breaks really appeal to me. His weapons honestly I feel are junk. Dude is basically useless in combat, and purely just sucks. Ok, his outfit makes him look like a badass. So there are only 2 cool things I can say Vincent has. Outside of those, not for me.
Just my opinion though.
 
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