Why is most of the cast in FFX horrible?

[Chicken Jockey]

Tidus is a whiny brat who's voice is like nails on chalkboard.

Yuna is a doormat.

Auron is pretentious as hell.

Wakka is a huge racist and 90% of his lines are him ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about machines and al bhed.

Lulu is just kind of a ♥♥♥♥♥.


Kimahri may be the best character in the game, and he's unfortunately borderline useless in combat.

[DarkestLight]

That's like your opinion man. Seriously, this topic is entirely subjective. The only cast member I dislike at all is Kimahri, and half the reason is because of his lack of play style.

[Monterossa]

If you're in early story, just keep playing it. It's not even their final forms.

[Mavadelo]

bad voice acting? try Deus Ex and come back after that

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by BattleChicken24:

All of the characters have reasons for their attitudes

Yes, and the reasons are mostly flimsy and don't change the fact that they're horrible to listen to. Wakka in particular is outright garbage. Every time he opens his mouth I just want him to die.

[Autumn]

flame bait. ignore this fool.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by Dust:

flame bait. ignore this fool.

Right, because any criticism at all is flame bait.

[Queen HawlSera]

Originally posted by Monterossa:

If you're in early story, just keep playing it. It's not even their final forms.

[Chicken Jockey]

I've beaten this game a couple times. The characters are awful through the vast majority of the game.

[Monterossa]

That's your problem. Go play FFIX then. I've seen many people who don't like X enjoy IX for some reason.

[Chicken Jockey]

I like FFX, it's just that these characters are almost all terrible and everyone you meet outside of the primary cast is an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Although they're 100% more tolerable this time around since I'm playing it with Japanese voices and these actors don't all sound like random people taken from the street and then told to recite awkward lines at gunpoint while standing in an empty room.

[Heffie]

This is my all time favourite game and I couldn't agree more with your opinion on the script and the voice acting. This article helped me understand why the dialogue feels so cliché, broken and just poorly performed.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2010/mar/16/games-controversy

[Aquasol]

The characters have more depth than appears at first glance.

Wakka isn't even that racist, it mostly amounts to a few lines where he puts his foot in his mouth, but quickly goes away-- he has to deal with accepting that Yevon isn't always right, and expresses his struggle between what he feels in his heart, and what's been placed in his brain.

Tidus not only matures, but his general exasperated attitude makes sense if you consider that everything in his life was ripped away, and his life wasn't exactly all that great to begin with. He wants to step out of his father's shadow, ultimately.

Auron is just disillusioned after the events 10 years prior(and even before then), but very much has a goal in mind, after the promises he made to Braska and Jecht.

Yuna wants to please everyone, and eventually learns to not be a doormat. She wants to live up to her father's shadow, but winds up making a name for herself.

Lulu puts up a cynical front because she understand the grim reality of things, and because of her own past constantly haunting her. Tidus rubs off on her, since his naivete also gives him a much fresher outlook on life by comparison.

Kimahri can not only gain double overdrives in battle, but his balanced nature means you can make him any sort of powerhouse. Also, his Rages get damn awesome. Since his weapons tend to get piercing, you can have him take over for both Auron and Lulu when it comes to taking down armored and elemental foes.

Rikku seems useless until you discover that she's the best healer for much of the game, and can OHKO certain enemies.

VA-wise, I liked the cast a lot, Hedy Burress proved she didn't always have to speak in a pregnant pause with X-2, James Arnold Taylor showed off an amazing ability to do vocal evolution, Gregg Berger was the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The Pain in MGS3, and John DiMaggio and Tara Strong are legendary, period.

[Chicken Jockey]

Wakka's rampant idiotic racism combined with his stupid hair makes him probably one of the worst characters ever created.

[Heffie]

I love all the characters and being able to analyse and see their character development is what makes the VA forgivable.

But I feel like the VA butchered the execution.

[zirune]

Originally posted by The oldest man in the world.:

Wakka's rampant idiotic racism combined with his stupid hair makes him probably one of the worst characters ever created.

You're confusing the character with the person. Wakka's racism makes him a bad person, not a bad character. Having no reason for the racism would make him a bad character.