Dress for Success
Nov. 15th, 2006 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaitouThis month being Nanowrimo, I've been very, very good as far as Final Fantasy XII. But I've played through the first couple of hours, and I think I'm really, really going to love this game.
This being said, the outfits in this game are even more batshit than usual. Maybe the little kingdom of Dalmasca wouldn't have lost so badly if, and just if, instead of armor plating their arms and legs they'd covered their internal organs? It's like Reks and the entire Dalmascan army's only exposure to combat was watching 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' Or maybe the belly shirt is an integral piece of their culture, the sacred belly button of battle.
I admit they could have been going for the whole 'transvestite brigade' thing. Reks, again, would certainly qualify. My god, have you seen his character art? Such an elf. But this being a final fantasy game, the transvestite brigade has no element of surprise, and therefore FATALITY.
Also, Penelo. I think I'm really going to like Penelo. But I'm reminded of a Dimitri Martin routine where he says, "I saw a guy at a party with a leather jacket, and I thought...'that's cool.' And then I saw a guy with a leather vest and I thought...'that's NOT cool.' then I figured it out, cool is all about leather sleeves." Penelo is cute and sweet and so far the brightest person in FFXII that I've encountered. And I really love her hair. But she's wearing leather torso chaps. Let's say that again. Leather. Torso. Chaps.
And hell, I haven't even gotten into Ashe's Belt-skirt and wonderbra. It's such that I want to contact the Go Fug Yourself girls, this is worse than one night on a red carpet. These are outfits that teams of people have designed and rendered, there were committes on Fran's thong and teddy combo! You know there were! And now I have to spend the next few months with these horrible outfits.
This being said, the outfits in this game are even more batshit than usual. Maybe the little kingdom of Dalmasca wouldn't have lost so badly if, and just if, instead of armor plating their arms and legs they'd covered their internal organs? It's like Reks and the entire Dalmascan army's only exposure to combat was watching 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' Or maybe the belly shirt is an integral piece of their culture, the sacred belly button of battle.
I admit they could have been going for the whole 'transvestite brigade' thing. Reks, again, would certainly qualify. My god, have you seen his character art? Such an elf. But this being a final fantasy game, the transvestite brigade has no element of surprise, and therefore FATALITY.
Also, Penelo. I think I'm really going to like Penelo. But I'm reminded of a Dimitri Martin routine where he says, "I saw a guy at a party with a leather jacket, and I thought...'that's cool.' And then I saw a guy with a leather vest and I thought...'that's NOT cool.' then I figured it out, cool is all about leather sleeves." Penelo is cute and sweet and so far the brightest person in FFXII that I've encountered. And I really love her hair. But she's wearing leather torso chaps. Let's say that again. Leather. Torso. Chaps.
And hell, I haven't even gotten into Ashe's Belt-skirt and wonderbra. It's such that I want to contact the Go Fug Yourself girls, this is worse than one night on a red carpet. These are outfits that teams of people have designed and rendered, there were committes on Fran's thong and teddy combo! You know there were! And now I have to spend the next few months with these horrible outfits.
