Well, I've been playing a little while longer, and I have a little bit extra to add. There may be spoilers within, so please don't read any further if you don't want to know.
Remember in my initial thoughts, I said this:
"Hope...he's just Tidus but in child form, making him worse x1000000. I want to punch him, and half the time I'm genuinely surprised that Lightning doesn't just stab him, especially with the way she looks at him half the time"
Guess what? Since that point, I've learned to hate him even more! :D
Seriously, guys, I have never hated a video game character as much as I've hated this guy. There are villains I feel more sympathy for than this guy. Even Tidus from FFX is forgiven his sins just because of this guy. Tidus was just a cocky git with daddy issues, Hope's a whiny emo boy with parental issues, whose single-minded twatiness has meant that Lightning's attempts to stop him being a whiny self-centred fuck have turned him instead into a whiny self-centred fuck who wants to kill people who piss him off. NO REALLY.
Look, kid, I know your mum died and all, but don't you think you're being a little overdramatic about all this? I mean, come on, you can't honestly believe Snow's responsible for her death, right? Your mum wasn't forced to go with him, she went of her own accord. To protect YOU. And yet not once have you acknowledged your mother's bravery in all of this. Not to mention in a flashback you threw a tantrum at the idea of meeting your dad again, who's absent for some currently unmentioned reason. Seriously, SHUT. THE FUCK. UP.
Guys, I'm actually angered by this character. Genuinely, seriously annoyed. I'm also annoyed that the battle system doesn't allow you to target party members during battle so if he says anything in his whiny little voice I can just have Lightning stab him. Sure, it's counterproductive to the gameplay, but it'd make me feel better. He is the Scrappy Doo of video games. Here's hoping he dies later.
And honestly, I've actually gained a greater deal of appreciation for Lightning's character. She has the patience of a saint. She's been having this little weasel following her around for the past few hours and she has yet to turn her gunblade on him. I certainly would have done by now. So go Lightning. Your character has depth in my opinion just because of this. You're a moody soldier type hiding a lot of inner feelings (what moody soldier type doesn't?) but also, you can keep your cool around this...thing. I applaud you, Lightning. I liked you already, since you kick ass and you're hot, but this? This has added to all of that. Go you.
Hope aside, I am warming even more to the cast. Lightning, as mentioned above, is getting more interesting, Sazh I genuinely feel sad for and Vanille is intriguing with her mysterious past (was that really her in that flashback? What was all that about? The plot thickens...). Snow's been absent for a while, but I like what little I've seen of him. He seems like a cocky bastard, but as we find out more about him, it's easy to feel sympathy for things that have happened to him.
But seriously, Hope. He better get more likeable quickly or god help me I'm going to go hunt out his character designer and voice actor and punch them both in the face for creating him. He's the single blip on an otherwise interesting story. Why Square? Why? D:
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