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    FF12 does fall into the usual pitfall of "Gods are bad, humans should follow their own path". The Occuria are responsible for the Espers and almost leading Ashe away from her vengeance quest. Ashe destroys them in response to messing with her mind.

    Venat was an aberrant Occuria that led Vayne through his journey to dictatorship, corrupting Cid Bunansa and destroying Archadia's military supremacy in the process. Dr. Cid is particularly driven mad by Venat. Its reasoning was that the other Occuria are old fashioned. Towards the end of the game Vayne turns on Venat, and I recall the dialogue being about how man should choose their own path.

    I do get the sense that FF is a bit anti-organized religion and that if gods are tangible, they are always having a negative impact on human lives. Yu Yevon, the thing at the end of FF9, the Warring Triad, Cloud of Darkness, etc. Even Hydaelyn doesn't feel like a happy goddess to me, even though she is half of the Dualism concept.

    This is reminiscent of animism where you must pay tribute to local spirits or suffer. This animism is present in some games where the summons or a powerful pantheon are a focal point, and people still come to ruin despite following protocol. I can't recall there ever being a truly benevolent god or higher power.
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    Last edited by Dalvy; 09-04-2015 at 07:14 PM.

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