The Omnislash

Which Omnislash do you thimk is better??????

  • The Final Fantasy 7 Omnislash

    Votes: 45 73.8%

  • The Advent Children Omnislash

    Votes: 16 26.2%
  • Total voters
    61
Never really thought about this, but I'm gonna go with the Omnislash from the game simply because it's the original one and makes more hits :D.
 
The original is better because its the first you have seen of it. In advent children you know exactly what it is and although the animation is better you have still seen it before.
 
I prefer the one in the game, I thought it was so cool the first time I saw it and have always loved it.
 
As much as I love the Advent Children version, it being the first I ever saw, I was bowled over by the game version and the damage it did, esp when I first ever managed to obtain it myself:)
 
To be honest, I've never really liked Omnislash Ver. 5. No offense to anyone who prefers it to the original, of course, but I'm fairly certain that anyone who really puts some thought into it will realize that the attack is all style and no substance. In other words, strictly aesthetic without any thought put into its actual usefulness. Yeah, the CGI was cool, don't get me wrong. The flashy lightshow is definitely impressive, even by the movie's standards. But I think it was just a bit...over-the-top. Especially considering it wouldn't actually be useful in any given scenario regardless of who you're fighting.

Think about it. The original Omnislash involves Cloud flying toward his opponent and dealing a mind-blowingly powerful fifteen slash sword combination with his massive sword. First of all, the attack itself looks awesome, even with FF7's outdated graphics. It's not overly-flashy and doesn't depend on outright defiance of physics, yet still manages to be, in my opinion, the coolest looking attack in the game. Not only that, but it's also an effective technique. Fast, powerful, accurate, and twice as deadly when in the hands of a capable swordsman (read: Cloud). Truly it was Cloud Strife at his finest.

Then you have Omnislash Ver.5. True, it looks hella cool with all those SFX, the afterimages, the flashy lights, the flying around at high speeds, etc. But, like the rest of Advent Children, it was pretty much just thrown in there to make the fans go crazy. Aside from that, though, I don't see why Cloud (or anyone) even considers this move an upgrade in the first place. Words cannot describe how much more effective the regular Omnislash is. An Omnislash is tough to avoid, whereas an Omnislash Ver.5 can be avoided by...y'know...moving. As in, not being the stupidest fighter in the world.

Let's say you're in a swordfight for whatever reason, and your opponent suddenly gains a burst of newfound inner strength and surrounds you with a set of floating swords. FLOATING SWORDS. He then begins flying himself. Now, what does simple logic dictate? Does the rational side of your brain say "Stand in one place! Maybe he's just trying to intimidate you!" or does it say "DUDE! HIS. SWORDS. ARE. FLOATING! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!"? Now, most peoples' brains would tell them the latter. The only reason that move worked on Sephiroth was because his brain told him "Lawl, I'm the Sephy. St00pid Cloud thinks he can hurt me with an upgraded version of the same attack that killed me last time we fought. I'll show him how inferior he is by standing here and taking the attack head-on." See my point? Any quick opponent can render the Omnislash Ver.5 totally useless simply by jumping- which FF7 characters LOVE to do anyway, running, or, in Sephiroth's case, losing a bit of altitude.
 
To be honest, I've never really liked Omnislash Ver. 5. No offense to anyone who prefers it to the original, of course, but I'm fairly certain that anyone who really puts some thought into it will realize that the attack is all style and no substance. In other words, strictly aesthetic without any thought put into its actual usefulness. Yeah, the CGI was cool, don't get me wrong. The flashy lightshow is definitely impressive, even by the movie's standards. But I think it was just a bit...over-the-top. Especially considering it wouldn't actually be useful in any given scenario regardless of who you're fighting.

Think about it. The original Omnislash involves Cloud flying toward his opponent and dealing a mind-blowingly powerful fifteen slash sword combination with his massive sword. First of all, the attack itself looks awesome, even with FF7's outdated graphics. It's not overly-flashy and doesn't depend on outright defiance of physics, yet still manages to be, in my opinion, the coolest looking attack in the game. Not only that, but it's also an effective technique. Fast, powerful, accurate, and twice as deadly when in the hands of a capable swordsman (read: Cloud). Truly it was Cloud Strife at his finest.

Then you have Omnislash Ver.5. True, it looks hella cool with all those SFX, the afterimages, the flashy lights, the flying around at high speeds, etc. But, like the rest of Advent Children, it was pretty much just thrown in there to make the fans go crazy. Aside from that, though, I don't see why Cloud (or anyone) even considers this move an upgrade in the first place. Words cannot describe how much more effective the regular Omnislash is. An Omnislash is tough to avoid, whereas an Omnislash Ver.5 can be avoided by...y'know...moving. As in, not being the stupidest fighter in the world.

Let's say you're in a swordfight for whatever reason, and your opponent suddenly gains a burst of newfound inner strength and surrounds you with a set of floating swords. FLOATING SWORDS. He then begins flying himself. Now, what does simple logic dictate? Does the rational side of your brain say "Stand in one place! Maybe he's just trying to intimidate you!" or does it say "DUDE! HIS. SWORDS. ARE. FLOATING! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!"? Now, most peoples' brains would tell them the latter. The only reason that move worked on Sephiroth was because his brain told him "Lawl, I'm the Sephy. St00pid Cloud thinks he can hurt me with an upgraded version of the same attack that killed me last time we fought. I'll show him how inferior he is by standing here and taking the attack head-on." See my point? Any quick opponent can render the Omnislash Ver.5 totally useless simply by jumping- which FF7 characters LOVE to do anyway, running, or, in Sephiroth's case, losing a bit of altitude.
Click to expand...

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!
Sorry for caps, but I couldn't agree more to this.
Oh, and lol to the floating swords thing.

But yeah, the new Omnislash WAS cool, but not as effective, I mean, it could've been cooler if at the very end, he jumped above Sephy, put all the swords together and dashed down, and did what he did to Bahamut Sin. But even so, it still can't compare to the freaking mega ultra fantastical super special awesome-iosity of the mega pwnzor OMNISLASH!!!!!!111!!!1111!!! (dramatization, but still true.)
 
Well that's definitely a more extravagant way of putting it, but yeah, that's the basic idea. Omnislash Ver.5 was all aesthetics, much like the rest of that movie. Personally, though, I think the original Omnislash would've looked much cooler in CGI than the Omnislash Ver.5 did. I mean, I really don't see why Nomura felt as though he had to upgrade it in the first place. How would it NOT be awesome to see Cloud fly toward Sephiroth, literally rip his body into millions of individual Jenova Cells, and then wipe them out of existence with the Braver-esque finishing move? All in stunning 3-D CGI? But, like a fool, Nomura had to go and change what may very well be the coolest Limit Break in all of Final Fantasy, altering it into a laser lightshow of epic proportions, and without even taking into consideration how useful it would (or would not) be in combat.
 
I love the way you describe how the omnislash should've been, it really paints a picture. *drools over the omnislash*

But, seriously, the original omnislash in CGI woul've been awesome! But you know what, the OS in the movie looks strikingly simmilar to the one that Cloud uses in the Kingdom Hearts series, where he flies in the air slashing with his sword. Maybe that's where he used it from?

Hell, maybe the finishing move WASN'T even an omnislash in the first place? There could be tonnes of reasons...
 
Actually...I dont even consider the AC Omnislash the Omnislash at all for the fact that it really wasnt. If anybody has played Final Fantasy Tactics and got Cloud and all of his sword, AND spent time with him in battle from Lv.1...AND bought all of his moves and FINALLY waited about 5 rounds in battle to even use the move Cherry Blossom (Yes, it takes that long..believe me i've done it too many times T_T) its very similar, and almost completely the same move, swords and all.

Thats what I believe this move actually is, and not the Omnislash.
 
I'm never gonna play games like Tactics, I hate the battle system, in fact I hate everything about those games (Disgaea- most pointless game I've seen) :D.
 
I'd say the FF7 Omnislash because its more appealing. I felt awkward when I saw the AC Omnislash because of the floating swords, not to mention floating Sephiroth. ^_^
 
I was more of a fan of the AC OmniSlash because it looked so much more devistating. I just loved it how Sephiroth looked so confused. I cant even imagine how much that would hurt getting stabbed by cloud like 7 times really quickly xD
 
I prefer the original Omnislash, though AC's is pretty bad ass as well. Maybe that's just because the original Omnislash is just more classic than AC's :\
 
Kit Fisto said:
I was more of a fan of the AC OmniSlash because it looked so much more devistating. I just loved it how Sephiroth looked so confused. I cant even imagine how much that would hurt getting stabbed by cloud like 7 times really quickly xD
Click to expand...
It did look devastating, but...the truth is, if that technique had been used against pretty much anyone else, it wouldn't have been effective at all. You basically just have to move out of the circle of floating swords in order to render it completely useless. If Sephiroth had floated up or down even the slightest bit, Cloud would've been flying around like a moron until the end of the technique, at which point Sephiroth would either impale him or continue messing around like the arrogant idiot he was. I'm not saying the technique didn't look cool, because it most certainly did look incredible, but it really isn't that devastating if you devote a neuron of brain power into avoiding it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top