Emet-Selk is a top 10 character? WTH?!?
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pushsquare.comPosted Mar 5, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC
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pushsquare.comEmet is easily the best NPC to ever be in FF14, in my opinion. And it seems others agree
Edit: oh no a typo!
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So I finished Shadowbringers and still hold stead to my very unpopular opinion. Emet is way overrated.
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Wait, he is in FF15?!
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Of all the characters in that list, Emet-Selch is not the one I would question.
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Cloud got top spot and he literally has the personality of wet cardboard so it's not like Emet had stiff competition to get that high.
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I don't think Cloud had a bad character. His story is a pretty interesting take on the concept of >!your mind making shit up to deal with severe trauma!<.
I dunno about top FF character, but the whole poll is subjective.
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Yeah but it makes sense why Cloud would have the top spot though.
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Pure nostalgia. If Cloud was a FF15 character he wouldn't be on the list.
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Indeed. Cloud's personality was explicitly that he did not have one in FF7.
It's going to be weird in Remake.
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Emet-selch beat Sephiroth in a poll recently didnt he?
Emet-selch is better then sephiroth either way but I remember a japanese poll crowned him 1 above sephiroth at 2
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You probably saw the preliminary results of this poll, which had Emet ranked at #11, and Sephiroth at #12.
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Ah...
Welp I'm still gonna bask in the glory of my boy kicking the L'oreal Paris hair models face
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Wow, really surprised by that.
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I'm not, once you beat shadowbringers he easily smokes sephiroth. You know cus he has motives and goals instead of "muh mummy is a space parasite beetle women so you all must die cus I do a sad"
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Is that really all you got from Sephiroth? I thought he was way more deep than that.
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It isnt, I just dont understand his meteoric (HA) Rise in popularity. Like their was a while the dude was the FACE of final fantasy and just... theirs so many other better characters
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This comes across as troll post. Did you go to the wrong subreddit?
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No it was actually in the PS4 reddit.
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There's a few things that add up to it:
- Recency bias. Emet-Selk was good in 2019. Of the top 10, only Lightning was from something more later than 2010. There's been a lack of solid characters for a while, so when one shows up...
- FFXIV draws a much wider variety of players than a Final Fantasy might normally do, thanks to being a MMO. So those voters might not have as much experience in the series overall, so FFXIV characters get a boost.
- FFXIV, and Shadowbringers in particular, is really, REALLY good. The better the game, the more people will want to be invest in its world and in its characters.
- Emet-Selk is just a flat out well written character. *edited out blurb because you haven't finished Shadowbringers. That explains a lot.*
- Different cultural norms. This is a JAPANESE poll. What they like and what the West likes isn't 1:1.
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Hmm I see. I guess the part I missed was that he was in FF15 I take it?
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I have absolutely no idea where you drew FF15 from. Shadowbringers came out after 15, anyways, so no. Emet was NOT in FF15.
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Oh okay thanks, that clears up some things.
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You thought you'd get agreement... Here? Really?
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No I’m just so confused.
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About the fact that people like a character? I mean, I hate Cloud and think he's the most boring bland character ever made but I can see why he is #1.
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This is exactly my point. I have never gotten a feel from anyone, not even on Reddit, that Emet was a fan favorite.
I know this is a Japan poll but still....
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I have never gotten a feel from anyone, not even on Reddit, that Emet was a fan favorite.
Have you seen twitter? The fan art? The grandpa love posts?
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You're kind of operating under the assumption that screen time = quality, when that's objectively not true. The concept of the one-scene wonder exists for a reason.
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What do you expect of a nondescript "top 10" poll? People like Emet. If there's 10 characters you like more, I bet it's for assorted reasons.
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When I see polls like this I’m inclined to believe that people haven’t played a single FF aside from XIV and your ocasional VII and X. But then again... opinions differ.
Even though Shadowbringers and Heavensward were really well done, imo none of the XIV main characters can compare with most of the main series’ protags even less the villains
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Came across this and was surprised to see FFXIV so high in the rankings (5th). But the real surprise was the character rankings. How in the world does Emet-Selk end up 6th when he barely shows up in the latest expansion and isn't even the best NPC in this game? Don't get me wrong, I like him and he seems really interesting so far but seriously what the hell Japan? I feel like Thancred or Y'Shtola would be fan favorites easily over that guy.
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This reads like you didn't finish shadowbrigers yet lol
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I haven't but it is still insane to me how he would be a top ten FF character when we are talking about the entire FF universe.
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Dude. Finish the damn expansion before you comment on his character? "He barely shows up", lmao for real.
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So I finished Shadowbringers and still hold steady to my very unpopular opinion. Emet is way overrated.
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bruh
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Yeah and he's one of the better ones. Dunno how you can even be surprised when you didn't even finish the game
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I won't be surprised at all because there is no way I would consider him better than Y'Shtola anyhow.
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Finish the fucking expansion, dummy.
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So I finished Shadowbringers and still hold steady to my very unpopular opinion. Emet is way overrated.
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lol I am trying! It is so long and my time is limited but I try to play a bit every night.
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The newest game always has an advantage (in a way FF14 is even more current than FF15). FF1-5 barely factor in the FF universe (and bland remakes of them won't help much). As time goes on, FF8-12 will be forgotten too.
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"Barely shows up in the latest expansion" hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Well maybe I worded that wrong. I meant he only shows up for the first time in the game until now, in this latest expansion.
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Novelty bias
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Yes, I am sure it is purely his novelty and not the great writing that went into him and his unique affect that is responsible for it...
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But what about Haurchefant ranking so high? And why aren't FF15 characters ranked higher?
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Why would it be a surprise? Emet is one of the best written characters in FF history, and instantly became a fan favorite. Hell, even before Shadowbringers came out people were enarmored with his 4.x appearances.
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