Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
I don't think it's necessarily as clear cut as that. Omnislash may have set the series precedent for high-speed Greatsword combat, but Lionheart (and later, Army of One) followed suit with Gunblades. I don't think the distinction is clear cut.

That being said, I think that there are little stylistic distinctions that you can draw between the two fighting styles. I would expect individual attacks from a Gunblade, while fast, to be slightly "burstier", while I'd expect a Greatsword aesthetic to go more along the lines of multi-hit strikes and after-image effects. I also would envision Gunblades to be a more mobile combat style, with abilities that help you jump into and out of combat on demand. Gaius and Regula are both fairly mobile when you fight them.
I always found Squall's other finishers to be so much better.

Great Divide and Blasting Zone just seemed so much more brutal. Lionheart by comparison came off as way more graceful than Squall and Seifer came off as, while Firecross / No Mercy had just the right amount of flash and pizazz to an otherwise straightforward and brutal execution.

I hope from an animation aesthetic we get something more heavy handed.