Titan's design evolution | #finalfantasy

[DeadKarr]

I know nothing of final fantasy but titan in 9 looks so much like he is just here to have a good time but is so large that he can't help but be a destructive force of nature.

Like that smile on his face is so goofy and I love it

[MorningMoebius]

FF9 titan design reminds me of the style of Shadow of Colossus with the eerie emotionless look of the face. It truly has this feeling of ancient old world power. Since we only see its head and arm, it really makes this titan feel so much larger. Leaving it to the player to imagine the unrevealed portions, which add to the mystic. Very cool.

[MaelraJade]

And very very occasionally, he is a fourwheeler roadkilling the players while music plays where the subtitles only say "Unintelligible screaming".

[xuanluu]

Honestly 16 Titan’s face mask looks to me less like smth a wrestler would have and more like natural tusks, which makes sense for how FFXVI’s Titan looks the most “feral” and “wild” out of all his incarnations

[narwaltz]

I also love that in FFIX, Titan isn't summoned by your summoner, its summoned by Fenrir when you summon Fenrir. Fun little synergy.

[ethanstewart]

I've got a lot of fondness for FF16 Titan almost entirely because of Kupka and how fun of a character he is.

[EinDose]

The interesting thing about Titan in XIV isn't even the other titan everyone lovws so much (although it is cool), but that he's probably got the most visual connection to his history as a beast tribe's god. He's summoned by the kobolds, and he's got a big, rough and scary version of the kobold's own faces... which we didn't know until several expansions in, because all the kobolds pre-Shadowbringers wore full masks and helmets.

[ryanspencer]

16 did so many summon designs really well

[FirionLeFleur]

I absolutely love FF16 having a Reveangance-ass vocal theme during the fight. Also similar to the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R song in 14 (which makes sense cuz same team) It truly felt like an Asuras Wrath battle.

[nessesaryschoolthing]

Atlas does not hold the world. He stands on the world, holding up the sky

[TorManiak]

FFXIV's version of Titan within the Eden questline where he's part Transformer with his legs that become a Quad Bike just rules, and I wish there were a spotlight on the alternative designs from that part of the game with the Summons.
I hope I'll be able to see Skyen go through the questline on stream when he goes back to the game.

[kyletikala]

The fight in FF16 though- iconic. I'm looking forward to your Leviathan review.

[thecatboy]

While I agree IX Titan looks the most like a part of the earth, Hugo definitely *embodies* the Earth the most of any Titan. The man is a mountain entirely unmoving, unrelenting, and y'know, Titan Lost is a thing as well.

[mas]

Titan is an interesting summon. As FF4 was my first FF game I ever played, he was my introduction to summons (not counting the mist dragon) as this giant who was able to literally split the mountains and create a giant canyon from an overwhelmed little girl whose mother was recently slain.

But yeah, I admit that I do put Titan in the same boat as Ramuh where I’m a bit torn away by “giant human-like who is very proficient in their element, ” but I’ve come to grow to love their overall design. That and 16 did a nice job in helping to sell Titan as a powerhouse (albeit the fight was definitely extended out far and away). Might not be a personal favorite, but I do enjoy Titan as a summon.

[komaytoprime]

I felt like I've never heard of this summon before. Then I realized that I've never played any of the games it was featured in. 😂

[KumoKumiko]

the music choice here is good as always, but I do wish we had time to sample in 'Under the Weight'. BOW DOWN OVERDWELLER, indeed.

[DycuswasHere]

Nothing’s better than summoning Titan in IX to uppercut fools into the stratosphere

[fishonmydish]

Just realized that in the ability upgrades in 16 Titan’s art is replicating the original concept art for titan in ff1

[MatheusMaydePaula]

always liked FF9 Titan's design, it remembers me of Shadow of the Colossus design, and it looks like a real earth golem

[Superchain_Theory]

I think the beauty of XVI's Titan and how you broke it down, is that you absolutely *nailed it*. Titan IS just a costume, a mask, for Hugo to wear. This imposing mass of stone is really, just a shield to hide his true self behind.