Do you *have* to play as that dull blue haired lead character?

[Syn]

Looking it over, all the other pilots look interesting in one way or another.
Then there's the main guy. A painfully generic, boring boy who looks exactly like what you'd get if you asked a 5 year old to draw an anime protagonist.

Sadly common in anime.. and Persona games after 3 for that matter..
I imagine the answer is no but I'd like to know for sure before deciding to ignore this game or not.

[Rethias]

All these characters are terrible. They look like trash and are just generic as possible.

[Syn]

Originally posted by Rethias:

All these characters are terrible. They look like trash and are just generic as possible.

Yes they're not the best but they have some draw to them. Perhaps I should've said comparatively interesting since the main guy reaches new levels of lazy and generic.

[Rethias]

Originally posted by Syn:

Originally posted by Rethias:

All these characters are terrible. They look like trash and are just generic as possible.

Yes they're not the best but they have some draw to them. Perhaps I should've said comparatively interesting since the main guy reaches new levels of lazy and generic.

Literally none of these characters are worth investing interest in. All of them are crap. I took one look and guessed each characters role in the plot. It's so generic it makes drinking water without vitamins look exciting.

[Black Captain]

Originally posted by Rethias:

Originally posted by Syn:

Yes they're not the best but they have some draw to them. Perhaps I should've said comparatively interesting since the main guy reaches new levels of lazy and generic.

Literally none of these characters are worth investing interest in. All of them are crap. I took one look and guessed each characters role in the plot. It's so generic it makes drinking water without vitamins look exciting.

Old man commander has some spunk. And glasses nerd is okay. But I agree. I wouldn't have minded a low-cost create a character where you pick from pre-set faces, bodies, and voices, and you could use them.

I feel like this is modder fuel. Someone can make some spirits no problem (not me though).

[NightRider]

what'd you expect from a franchise that's trying to relive a 50-years-old trope?
in this era, most character are either edgy af, surfering much and hav too much ♥♥♥♥ going on in his life
while back in the days, man just wanna punch the ♥♥♥♥ outta mass-murdering alien's ass, and we playing a game that's literally just that

[Nepnep]

Originally posted by Black Captain:

Originally posted by Rethias:

Literally none of these characters are worth investing interest in. All of them are crap. I took one look and guessed each characters role in the plot. It's so generic it makes drinking water without vitamins look exciting.

Old man commander has some spunk. And glasses nerd is okay. But I agree. I wouldn't have minded a low-cost create a character where you pick from pre-set faces, bodies, and voices, and you could use them.

I feel like this is modder fuel. Someone can make some spirits no problem (not me though).

Don't bother arguing with him. He is the same guy that says this series only has a 4 hr long story. Clearly he is one of those people trying to complain about everything.

Originally posted by Syn:

Looking it over, all the other pilots look interesting in one way or another.
Then there's the main guy. A painfully generic, boring boy who looks exactly like what you'd get if you asked a 5 year old to draw an anime protagonist.

Sadly common in anime.. and Persona games after 3 for that matter..
I imagine the answer is no but I'd like to know for sure before deciding to ignore this game or not.

For story mode, both in battle and out of battle you are usually him. You can't really choose characters out of battle either.

For side missions you get to use whoever you want.

[Rethias]

My favorite part about this awful game is when they tell you do the 'big' move. Then when you mash basic attack the voice line after the creature has been killed they still pretend you did the big attack.

Because they sure know their audience likes flashy lights and strobe effects.

[spike984]

I find the fact that you find out the world is ruined, the last vestiges of humanity are basically playing pretend in a Holo-suite, you are at war with aliens who all but control earth and you are forced by the game to still go on with dumb school stuff, to be a chore.