Fantasy arms...

A lot of times, I think the weapons are slightly ridiculous. For example, the buster sword. Seriously? How the hell can anyone lift that, let alone swing it with enough force to take someone's head off? It's like as long as Cloud is tall. And the gunblade. How exactly does that work? The suspension of disbelief is at work here.

Aside from that, the weapons are usually pretty cool. I sometimes find it odd when so many fight with swords, while the setting is more modern and there are guns and such (like in VIII). I don't have a favorite weapon out of all the games. In each game, the weapon I like the most is usually the most powerful, and as such, the most useful one.

As for armors, well, I don't really have an opinion on them. There's not usually anything special about them, and there's not usually "ultimate" armors for the characters like there are weapons.

 

I suppose, but I still say it is ridiculous. ^_^

Apparently the gunblades in XIII shoot projectiles.

A gunblade just seems like something some kid would make up. 'Guns are cool. Swords are cool. So, let's just mash 'em together'. But, the fact that it is Squall who uses it makes it cool regardless of the stupidity.

 

^Yeah, X's armor was alright, with Auto-Phoenix, Auto-Haste, Auto-Protect, and Auto-Potion stuck on 'em. Getting enough of the items to customize the armors was sometimes a pain, though.

 

Tournesol is the best weapon in that game, imo. You should try and get it if you can.

I agree about Yuna and Aerith's rods/staves. Yuna's were especially pretty, and I liked Aerith's Princess Guard, though you hardly get to use it.

I also am partial to Relm's paintbrushes, Eiko's flutes, and Quina's forks. I like weapons that aren't really weapons.

 

^ You know, I'd end up with most of them in my inventory, but I don't think I ever used any of them, except maybe Cloud's. I guess I was just mostly focused on growing materia, and the funny weapons didn't have materia slots in them, if I remember correctly.

 

I merged the "Your favorite types of weapons?" thread with this "Fantasy Arms" thread, because I think they are basically the same thing.

I also like staves. And I'm partial to swords. But like I said above, I also enjoy the goofier weapons- the items like Lulu's dolls, musical instruments, and so on.

 

^ It's still basically the same thing, or close enough. While speaking generally about weapons, you can easily say what your favorites are at the same time. I doubt anyone will have so much to say that two threads are needed to contain it all.

I've always thought this was a damn stupid weapon. Getting a ball to the face doesn't feel good, but it doesn't seem like it'd be strong enough to really discourage a fiend from attacking, let along kill it. And I wonder why Tidus doesn't use one, if it is as successful against fiends as it appears to be. He's the superior blitzball player- if anyone would use a blitzball as a weapon, I'd think it'd be him. Meh.

One specific weapon I like is the dancing dirk from FF V. Sword dance, paired with a dual-wielding ninja is awesome.