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Sephiroth: Why We Love Gaming’s Most Notorious Badass

Egotastic writes: Final Fantasy VII’s primary antagonist has a special place amongst the pantheon of video game villains. He’s perhaps the most popular character from the series, and with such a demented cast (cat riding a giant sentient stuffed toy, anyone? Anthropomorphic rat-woman in a rather fetching coat with a spear?) as this, that’s a dear diary accomplishment indeed. Let’s take a closer look at the appeal of this seminal swordsman.

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kagon014350d ago

He is overrated, Kefka is way better or Luca Blight from Suikoden II now those are true villains...

Sephiroth pfft... he was just a doll for Jenova.

Fylus4350d ago (Edited 4350d ago )

So agreed. Kefka is such a badass. A freaky badass, but a badass nonetheless.

RedDead4350d ago (Edited 4350d ago )

Haha I find it hilarious the way people rip on Seph when they don't even understand the story.

Sephiroth was controlling Jenova. He was more powerful. Why do you think you kill Jenova before facing the last boss Sephiroth? I can understand why people seem to think Seph was a puppet. It's because they don't pay attention to the story. Or just forget parts of it. Speh is the true villain in FF7 right from the get go. Jenova and all the other minions are just vessel's for him to travel around and acquire the black materia

And yeah I agree Kefka is a better villain, but please, Seph wasn't **** or a mama's boy like everyone calls him(he was just a mama's boy for like 10 minutes in the game, Nibelheim on fire part)

HarryMasonHerpderp4350d ago

I would say Shinra were the true villians
in FFVII,sephiroth just went a lil crazy lol.

Baka-akaB4350d ago (Edited 4350d ago )

I dont have issues with Sephiroth . I just find some other villains far better and more epic . Most of all , they had total control over their destiny , unlike Sephiroth , mamma's boy or not .

Lucas Blight as mentioned above set his world ablaze , just because , and out of sheer madness .

He fought three different parties of six heroes that ambushed him with their armies and yet he still had the upper hand. I

In the end of this epic battle, Luca Blight was backed up against a tree, fatigued, but still ready to fight. Then a swarm of arrows flew from some coward hidden archers, which finally put an end to his fight and life.

Even beyond the grave he messed things up immensely ... with then Jowy left behind as , his step brother to rules his kingdom and armies , as an dangerous foe .. but most of all with the Rune Beast that Lucas summoned still around .

MetalGearMetroid4350d ago

Kingdom Hearts

Platinum Cup

Name a harder boss, I dare you.

Baka-akaB4350d ago

He's not that special .Quite Hard , but not top ten worthy imo .

You got stuff like Proto Babil i FF4 , Neo shinryu (FF5), Freiya in Star ocean (and most hidden star ocean bosses) , Sekundes (Tales of Destiny II) , Shin megami Tensei Nocturne's Lucifer , Shin megami Tensei Digital devil saga's Demifiend , and more i've forgotten

MetalGearMetroid4350d ago (Edited 4350d ago )

Some of those are turn based games. You could just read a guide and do them perfectly. Except star ocean and I would say that's a million times easier.

You need real time reflexes and quick thinking for KH.

Also a couple years ago he was voted hardest boss in all gaming by gamefaqs, just saying.

Edit was thinking of different star ocean, I didn't play the one you mentioned.

TheLyonKing4350d ago

I beat him on level 99 haha I suck so bad though there was like no decent reward for it.
Oddly enough I can't seem to beat him on kh2 maybe it's a sign I am getting old haha.

FaSCoRP4350d ago

Sephirot it is not so badass, I really don´t care about him.

TheLyonKing4350d ago

I never really connected with kefka and sephiroth as bad guys, yes they were great villians but even though seifer in ff8 wasn't truly bad I understood his motives and at the time really thought he was my rival :)

I really think it was a testimonie to SquareSoft's writing team.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens526d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens526d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK21216d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan6d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens525d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens525d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos7d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani6d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum6d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman6d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim6d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I disagree Batman

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Famitsu Weekly Sales [3/25-3/31] - Princess Peach, Dragon’s Dogma 2 + Winning Post 10 2024 in top 10

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we bring you a summary of estimated weekly game software and hardware sales from March 25th to March 31st, 2024.

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ZeekQuattro11d ago

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

Switch OLED Model – 42,957 (6,958,780)
PlayStation 5 – 18,272 (4,713,002)
Switch Lite – 8,302 (5,793,705)
Switch – 6,274 (19,755,912)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,574 (746,561)
Xbox Series X – 938 (252,674)
PlayStation 4 – 679 (7,925,339)
Xbox Series S – 438 (306,446)
New 2DS LL (including 2DS) -6 (1,192,906)

VersusDMC10d ago

Rise of the ronin sold twice as much as Dragons Dogma 2 this week...but no articles about that. It's only news if a PS exclusive is being outsold.