Zeromus

[Atelier-Bagur]

Oh yeah because his garbled jumble of a sprite in OG FFIV made so much sense. Besides theyre clearing covering up the whole model behind the veil of darkness so well just have to wait till 6.5 to see how he actually fares.

Actually....I do wonder and wish they bring up his remixed FFIV Easytype look, I always thought that version was very cool

[Jojoya]

You do.. realize... it is not the FFIV Zeromous but just using the same name? SE has done this plenty of times throughout FFXIV so this is hardly new and nothing worth getting so upset over.

What am I saying, this thread is just another troll thread and we all took the bait hook line and sinker - everyone move along, nothing more to see here.

The pitfalls of fan service.

They use the same name, those familiar with the original want the original. Those not familiar with the original just want people to shut up so they can enjoy the game without irrelevant side commentary from those who feel their desired fan service was done dirty.

[Wyssahtyn]

he kinda reminded me of one of the protoss/zerg hybrids from starcraft 2

[DiaDeem]

FFIV 3D, 2007

[GaiusDrakon]

Oh yeah because his garbled jumble of a sprite in OG FFIV made so much sense. Besides theyre clearing covering up the whole model behind the veil of darkness so well just have to wait till 6.5 to see how he actually fares.

Actually....I do wonder and wish they bring up his remixed FFIV Easytype look, I always thought that version was very cool

not talking about appearance as in the look, talking about appearance in the story

[Renathras]

For once I actually agree with something you said. I am a HUGE FF4 fan, was my first Final Fantasy game ever. I don't care that Zeromus was predictable. I was someone that wanted this so badly. But the way they made him appear wasn't at all remotely reminiscent of the actual hateful Zeromus. Zodiark's lingering Aether I don't mind, I think it's good they touched based on that. Throwing Dragon Lady into the crater after she became hopeful turning her into Zeromus though? That was tacky. Especially the part where you could tell the patch was over when they ordered the retreat. We'll just be back next patch when Yshotla figures out how to make the wards strong enough to hold against even Zodiark's Aether.

To be fair, you also forgot the soul/memory crystal that fell into the pit.

Zeromus in FFXIV is a combination of Azdaja's hope and wish to return home + Zodiark's lingering Aether and perhaps a bit of his Lingering Will and the voidsent that became + the actual Golbez's soul and memories trapped in that crystal.

The cutscene made it VERY CLEAR (a) that Golbez is actually his friend who just took on his name and armor, (b) that the actual Golbez is the soul/memories in that crystal, and (c) they made it SUPER clear that the crystal fell lose from Zero's grasp and into the pit, likely to merge with it.

[Aniya_Estlihn]

I kept thinking Zero was somehow related to Zeromus and that SE wanted to pull a "omg this poor innocent npc is here now" and then go "unless they were the evil one all along" but thats not where they took it.

At this point i just hope Zeromus isnt just gonna be burned in 6.5 to finish the golbez arc because 1 patch to explain, sum up and then defeat Zeromus is not enough imo ... and with the 3-4h msq SE delivers per patch theres no way they can do it justice in a single patch. At the same time im not sure Zeromus is cool enough to use for 7.0 msq. Yet another "darkness is evil" plotline? Crazy.

Zeromus will be dealt with in 6.5 as we've been told outright that 6.X is an homage to FF4 and it appeared just as suddenly there as well.
There's no reason to expect Zeromus to be even remotely involved in 7.0 as we've been told the Void episode will end in 6.X.

[True-to-Caesar]

Instead of cheesy fan service / recyclin old stuff, wish we had brand new foes. Would have been nice. Whole void arc after Barba got stale.

[KitingGenbu]

I do hate that FF4 is essentially a vehicle to help the catgirl reunite with her tiger bf on the first. Little Sun would cry if he knew the truth.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Maybe years of being a Transformers fan has gotten me used to "homage but as a completely separate character" (I mean, look at TFWiki's disambiguation page for Optimus Prime, you'll see what I mean), but it's not a big deal to me.