Commentary and Criticism
Final Fantasy V's plot was not considered a particular strength of the game to most reviewers. This lukewarm reception applied to the characters as well, who were seen as basic stock characters lacking in originality. An RPGFan review said "While Yoshitaka Amano's artwork is great and the characters are memorable-looking, their personalities are the only things they have going for them, and there is no character development for the most part." GameSpot called the characters "paper-thin" and that they "don't seem all that likable at first." This portrayal is not universally shared; IGN, for instance, calls the main characters "cool" and the pacing and characterization "pretty good." Their review of the Anthology version notes that each of the main characters does have "a fully fleshed out personality, complete with individual histories and heritage."
While opinion was somewhat split on the playable characters, Exdeath was widely considered a generic dark lord with no particular motives of interest. As the RPGFan reviewer put it, "The antagonist is just pure evil, nothing more. No motives are really explained. That bothered me; since the cast is so static, why does the villain have to be?"
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