Just a glowy sword thing and a useless caption: Limit Break

But some Final Fantasy games use this trope without a meter.

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The meter isn't necessary to the trope, but it's one of the better kinds of pictures we can get.

Oh, for illustration, absolutely.

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Full meter = visual cue. If it's glowing or on fire or whatever, even better.

Rhymes with "Protracted."

I think the problem here is there's no NAME to the attack. Not everyone's goign to know from lookign at it which it's going to be.

That or we go wtih a multi-part imnage, the first part being a regular attack.

Yeah there has to be something saying a "special limit break" attack some games have some absurdly awesome normal attacks.

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FF 8 isn't really the best example, because dfue to how the limit system for that game works you can maek them into your regular attacks. 7 or 10 would be better options (especially since they have visible guages)

10's don't work out so well [1]◊

This?◊[2]◊

edited 22nd Apr '11 6:13:03 PM by Raso

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Of course, it doesn't have to be the namer at all.

The first doesn't work at all. As for the second, I linked a picture much earlier from FF 7 that had rainbow flashing bits that said "Limit".

This◊ one. I suppose we could circle the meters or otherwise emphasize them.

edited 22nd Apr '11 6:16:17 PM by Clarste

That's just the first part. We should then see the effect.

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bump

"badass" doesn't anything in after used end fail be fine.

Hmmm... I'd say we could pick a pic showing an example from Dissidia Final Fantasy. Mostly because in that game, EX Bursts actually use a different background for the move alone. On that note, well, the fact Duodecim uses a different background for heroes may be overlooked.

However, I saw a Dissidia pic has already been posted, and actually, um, yeah the Squall one is good and all, but we shouldn't look any further than either Cloud or Sephiroth, considering their EX Burst actually reads "LIMIT BREAK". So, any pic showing that caption would be fine, but with that said, I'd suggest Sephiroth because by the time the LB caption shows up, he's already started his Supernova move.

I hope my points, as intricate as they are, have been explained clearly enough.

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If anyone from Dissidia should be used, it's Cloud of Darkness, since her Limit Break shows a big meter on the screen that rapidly fills up to over 100% (If I remember correctly).

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Yep.

"Only now, after being besieged by a flock of talking ponies, did he really understand what he'd lost. "

In regards to Dissidia Ex-Bursts here's a video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0X23y35lIA&feature=related

From what I saw from the ones the ones that would probably be the most appropriate for an image would be either Lightning's, Laguna's, Tifa's, Cloud of Darkness', Sephiroth's, Squall's, Zidane's or Garbaranth's due to either having a special meter displayed, numerous critical hits, a flashy/well defined finishing blow or a combination of two or more of these aspects. Though that's just my interpretation

edited 30th Apr '11 7:56:22 PM by Warden

Even considering all of your points, I'd still say Sephiroth - because the presence of a bar that needs to be filled may be pivotal to the gameplay mechanic itself, but not necessarily to the image: this, unless the image in turn needs to be demonstrative.

If this is the case, we could still go with Sephiroth by showing two images from his EX Burst: the first, showing him while charging the attack (with LIMIT bar and all), and then a second one showing the first part of the attack (with the LIMIT BREAK caption).

The point of the image, as it's been said earlier, must be the difference between normal attacks and special attacks. The fact Dissidia uses a completely different background for the moves alone makes said game pretty much the go-to title by default. The fact Sephiroth, one of the trope namers themselves present in the game, actually has a caption that reads "Limit Break" only adds to my points.

However, Sephiroth as a choice may still be debatable as at the moment where the aforementioned caption appears, the Supernova attack isn't fully shown. As for Sephiroth, there'd still be a workaround for this, that is, adding a third image under the first two, resulting in a vertical three-panel-image. It would be redundant, but it would be the only way to show Sephiroth's attack properly, and as for the other FFVII characters, who would become viable choices only with at least two panels, the only way to show their EX Burst at all.

As for the other FF characters, they'd be good choices too if only their attacks weren't shout outs to their original games. If the trope's name was, say, Quickening, then I'd have voted for Vaan and/or Gabranth instead. But Limit Breaks being Limit Breaks, the portrayal of Final Fantasy VII in Dissidia Final Fantasy is an inevitable choice to me.

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They do. That is, in fact, the entire purpose of page images.

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I know, but I asked that question because I'm not sure a bar or whatever is really that needed, as the actual difference between Limit Breaks and normal attacks is that... well, Limit Breaks aren't normal attacks.

To me, the main difference between attacks and Limits is their availability during gameplay, hence the question about the need of a bar being so pivotal for the image in order to be demonstrative enough.

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But something in the image needs to show that they aren't available during normal gameplay.

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Dangit, now you have a point. You have my apologies.

EDIT: No, wait a sec— yup, you're right, but there's already the yellow EX gauge for that. There's no actual need of the LIMIT bar, unless of course you wanna Throw It In!.

edited 2nd May '11 6:04:25 AM by AlexSora89

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Noticed that the page pic is still sucktacular, so I'm bumping this up.

Seconded, my friend, seconded.

We need to get this out of the way.

The source I'd suggest, considering none of my points I've explained above has changed, is still Dissidia Final Fantasy, or rather Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, if the different background used for the good guys' EX Bursts in the sequel is that much of a big deal.

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I know I'm late to the party, but I'd like to throw my vote in for the Mario Final Smash image linked on the second page. Mario is well-known and widespread enough that most people should be able to conjure an image of him flicking a bouncing little fireball without trouble, so when they see him covered in flames, eyes glowing, holding both hands up, it's an immediate indicator that this is not typical. Putting in a caption to note that it's a one-shot deal should convey the message, yes? Something like "If only all his fireballs were this impressive..." or something like that, I dunno.

Not sure if this should really be taken seriously, but: would this work?

edited 2nd Aug '11 2:52:58 PM by Rivux

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