Throughout the years, Square have given us some truly memorable villains that even years later stand out as some of the best in video game history. Their motivations have often been similar, their taste for the dramatic and theatrical plain to see, their androgyny indisputable. Yet for all their similarities, they are markedly unique as well.
From the SNES to the PS2, (no FFXIII entries here thankyouverymuch) the enemies we’ve fought along the way to saving the world have always been as memorable as the heroes that saved it, sometimes even more so. After all, the enduring image of Final Fantasy VII continues to be Sephiroth with his silver hair, enormous katana and slightly concerning relationship with his mother, not Cloud’s blonde spikes and or Tifa’s ridiculously oversized….fists.
Bear witness as we count down the top ten best Final Fantasy villains. Be warned: there will be spoilers, disagreements and controversy.
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I agree with the entire list with the exception of sephiroth I think he should be further down the list.
Sephiroth did nothing he was all talk. Kefka on the other hand destroyed the world and killed Cid. So come on your list screams fan boy for 7.
Well, I listed his various deeds. If you’re going to call that ‘nothing’ then there isn’t really much point arguing about it. Sephiroth may have reached the top spot but it’s actually FFVIII that has the most villains in the top ten here. Does that make me an FFVIII fanboy?
Zorn & Thorn and Fujin & Raijin but no Reno & Rude?
Sephiroth is quite under-rated funnily enough, because what a lot of people don’t get is that Sephiroth started to control the lifestream and come Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, he’d corrupted half the planet and it’s inhabitants and almost pulled it off again, only to have his victory robbed from him by Zack.
Anyone who has seen Advent Children Complete can tell you he is almost god-like by that point, only defeated by the death of Kadaj’s body, but fear not, he’ll be back, now Genesis has returned at the end of Dirge Cerberus, ‘LOVELESS’ is about to get re-enacted.