Comparing Final Fantasy 16's Clive to Stranger of Paradise's Jack
The Final Fantasy series has been one of the longest-running and most popular franchises in gaming history. With multiple mainline entries, spin-offs, films, manga, and novels, Final Fantasy has become a massive media franchise with a vast stable of beloved characters and original stories. With the next entry, Final Fantasy 16, currently in development, fans of the series have a lot to look forward to, even if details about the upcoming installment are still fairly scarce. One aspect that has been revealed of Final Fantasy 16, however, is the main characters that will drive the game's action.
As a whole, Final Fantasy is great at mixing up each entry, never fixating too much on one type of formula, and usually offering a group of unique and diverse characters for players to become invested in. From Final Fantasy 7's taciturn protagonist Cloud to the jovial Tidus in Final Fantasy 10, the series has featured a lot of memorable characters over the years. However, it's some of the most recent protagonists that players will inevitably end up comparing, focusing on how Clive in the upcoming Final Fantasy 16 will measure up to other recent representations like Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's Jack.
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Released earlier this year as a prequel set in an alternate universe to the original Final Fantasy, Stranger of Paradise feels like a bit of an anomaly. Square Enix has certainly tried to freshen up the franchise with some bold choices like making the experimental MMO Final Fantasy 11 or centering Final Fantasy 15 on a kind of boys-only road trip, and Stranger of Paradise fits into this 'pushing the envelope' endeavor. After the initial glimpses of the gameplay and a
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