History YMMV / StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin

* MemeticBadass: Jack's single-minded goal of killing Chaos, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown his incredibly vicious fighting style]], him [[HandshakeSubstitute fist-bumping his friends]], [[HeroicBuild his generally manly appearance]], [[SirSwearsALot his foul mouth]] (including being the first ''Final Fantasy'' character to [[PrecisionFStrike drop an F-bomb]]), and his habit of [[YouTalkTooMuch interrupting]] [[TalkToTheFist monologues]] have earned him this status. In the eyes of his fans, he is an absolute chad, the epitome of the sigma grindset and the most badass protagonist in ''Final Fantasy'', who skips cutscenes and ignores the story so he can focus on killing things. The typical [[SelfImposedChallenge challenge]] of the genre to go around wearing no armor and beating enemies up with your bare hands only adds to the effect.

* DemonicSpiders: Nightmares are named after the experience of fighting them. These damned hell-horses are durable enough to survive Ultima, zip around the battlefield, can break Jack with a single charge and very quickly render him dead, and have no elemental weaknesses. They are especially dangerous when accompanied by other monsters who can distract you so they can blindside you and render you into thin gruel.

** The game lines up fairly well with ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' by expanding the lore of the Lufenians and revealing [[spoiler:they became a trans-dimensional civilization that recreated locations from other ''Final Fantasy'' worlds in their homeworld, and they purposefully inject darkness or light into the world to keep things balanced]]. With the Lufenians taking such a major role and providing more connective tissue between the original ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dissidia'', one would think that Cid of the Lufaine would appear. He isn't even so much as alluded to. Not even when [[spoiler:the end of the base game and the ''Trials of the Dragon King'' DLC feature ''Dissidia''[='s=] very own incarnation of the Warrior of Light, who was established in ''012'' to be [[ArtificialHuman based on]] Cid]].

* TaintedByThePreview: On top of the extremely mixed reaction to the trailer, the release of the demo was utterly botched, with it being unable to even boot up until a patch arrived three days later. This was especially problematic due to the timed availability of the demo and the game being exclusive to the infamously understocked [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 PS5]]. However, those who were able to get their hands on it generally came back with good impressions.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: As noted above, the memes mocking the edginess of the dialogue and overall tone did a lot to advertise the game pre-release. Jin Fujisawa, one of the developers, stated that they did not expect the "Chaos" memes and weren't originally pleased with this. However, looking back at it, even the developers admitted that this kind of publicity is better than no one taking about the game.

** With the knowledge there were five party members in total, it prompted speculation that the four of them besides Jack would become the Four Fiends, as [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAm7WJIWEAQ4-JP?format=jpg&name=large artworks and posters]] featuring the full cast tended to associate each of them with colors reflective of the Fiends. In turn, fans guessed that the game was actually a [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]] to the original ''Final Fantasy'' instead of a retelling or re-imagining. [[spoiler:They were right on the money.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: The intro scene, where Garland single-handedly slaughters his way through the knights of Cornelia to abduct Princess Sarah, with darkness roiling off of him all the while as he leaves a trail of blood, bodies, and crimson crystals behind him. With Sarah slung over one shoulder, he still kills anyone that comes at him with one swing -- or in the case of one poor sap, Garland just grabs their helmet and flings them into the ceiling, crushing them and leaving their blood to drip onto him. By the time he's at the castle entrance and the few stragglers are there waiting for him, they see what he did on the way in and don't even ''try'' to fight him, they're so terrified that they just step back and let him pass, and Garland walks past them without looking at them, like they're beneath his notice. The scene makes it clear that when the characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' talk of Garland as a OneManArmy who none but the Warriors of Light could hope to stand against, they weren't exaggerating.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Some fans don't care for [[SoulsLikeRPG the gameplay]] and are only interested in how the game [[AdaptationExpansion expands the lore]] of the original ''Final Fantasy'', which over numerous ports across the years is still a ClicheStorm ExcusePlot with not much depth to it.

* HilariousInHindsight: The subtitle "''Origin''" became this when Creator/MonolithSoft, a studio headed by former Creator/{{Square|Enix}} employees who worked on the older ''Final Fantasy'' games, [[spoiler:had the final dungeon of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' -- which released only four months after ''Stranger of Paradise'' -- named "Origin"]]. And then it gets doubly hilarious when [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI''[='=]s final dungeon was '''also''' named "Origin".]]

* HilariousInHindsight: The subtitle "''Origin''" became this when Creator/MonolithSoft, a studio headed by former Creator/{{Square|Enix}} employees who worked on the older ''Final Fantasy'' games, [[spoiler:had the final dungeon of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' -- which released only four months after ''Stranger of Paradise'' -- named "Origin"]].

* MemeticMutation:
** "We're here to kill Chaos!"/Chaosposting [[labelnote:Explanation]]The reveal trailer had the protagonist [[BrokenRecord constantly]] reiterate his desire to kill Chaos. [[ActionGenreHeroGuy Combined with his generic look and name (Jack)]], Chaosposting became a meme instantly. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3t5Ni1RW8s For example.]]) Further mutations would see Jack conspiring to kill Chaos [[FelonyMisdemeanor for minor grievances]] along with edits of the trailer that either placed even more focus on the word "Chaos" or manipulated the speed of the video every time the word was said. Another variation has him saying this for other game series with an antagonist named "Chaos" such as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' or ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.[[/labelnote]]
** Punching Edits [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://i.imgur.com/BaickoE.png A still image]] of Jack grabbing Garland and about to deliver a haymaker [[https://i.imgur.com/infH346.png became]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--bky_xjlLM very]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4VkcWa-_x8 memetic]], being often used as part of the aforementioned Chaosposting ''and'' becoming a template for edits with other characters not unlike [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Chokeposting]] and [[WesternAnimation/Invincible2021 Nolanposting]] before it.[[/labelnote]]
** "The darkness is so thick I can taste it." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jack utters this quote during the trailer. As with Chaosposting, fans quickly latched onto the line, using it to either mock him for being super edgy or to claim he eats darkness... or something thick and dark.[[/labelnote]]
** Lightning Prompto [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jed, one of the protagonist's companions in the reveal trailer and demo, looks and sounds somewhat like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV Prompto]], but with a pink hair color similar to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning's]]. It wasn't long before fans started joking Jed really ''is'' Prompto {{cosplay}}ing as Light.[[/labelnote]]
** [[RunningGag Naturally]], Garland's presence saw ([[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy yet]] [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy2015 another]]) resurgence for his [[GoodBadTranslation immortal]] "I, Garland, will [[NeverSayDie knock you all down]]!" And much like ''Dissidia'', [[AdaptationalBadass he's more than capable of making good on that claim here]], though he doesn't say it in the demo much to people's disappointment. [[spoiler:The classic meme mutated further with the reveal that Jack ''[[CanonCharacterAllAlong is]]'' Garland, for reasons iterated in MemeticBadass above.]]
** "Bullshit." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The second demo features a scene where Neon gives a MotiveRant and claims that Chaos isn't real, to which Jack simply replies "bullshit" and then turns and walks away while listening to a Music/LimpBizkit soundalike on a cell phone. The scene quickly became a meme for all the reasons you'd expect, with people either associating the scene with "sigma male grindset" memes or replacing the music in edits.[[/labelnote]]
** Jack skipping cutscenes / "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHO YOU ARE!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the third demo, Jack cuts off Astos's monologue and tells him to just get to the point and tell them what they want to know. Then, when early copies of the game were released, a clip of him cutting off the Lich's introduction by exclaiming "I don't give a [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] who you are!" went viral. This has spawned the joke that Jack is the kind of person who plays video games and skips the cutscenes, or that he's ''skipping cutscenes in-universe''. He also stops Kraken's conversation and goes straight on the attack, confirming that the full game contains more of the cutscene skipping.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Fanfic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil "No, Jack. You are Chaos."]] [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]The entire plot of the game, where Jack seeks to kill Chaos only to become it bears a hilarious similarity to the ''DOOM: Repercussions of Evil'' fanfic, where the main protagonist fights demons only to [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie find out he's a zombie himself]].[[/labelnote]]
** "The real Chaos was the f(r)iends we made along the way." [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]It turns out that Jack's four comrades become the Four Fiends, and they were in on the plan to turn Jack into Chaos. Thus, the old "real <X> was the friends we made along the way" meme is a totally accurate way to summarize TheReveal. To be even more on-the-nose, some phrase it "the real Chaos was the Fiends we met along the way".[[/labelnote]]
** [[MasterOfAll Jack is everything]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]The official ''Final Fantasy'' twitter account occasionally tweets out about the series classes, putting pictures of characters from across the series who use said weapons or classes. After the release of this game, people noticed that Jack was appearing consistently as the fourth picture with his fistbump picture. Since Jack can be every class in this game, players began to joke that Jack is everything, to the point that Jack not appearing on a tweet earns comments about where he was, even if it has no reason for him to be there, such as celebrating Women's Day.[[/labelnote]]

** Sage is also extremely powerful because it combines the buffs from White Mage, they themselves minor gamebreakers, and the elemental magic of Black Mage. Sure it lacks Holy, Flare, and Meteor but the job's unique magic, Ultima, more than makes up for it basically being a screen nuke that can instantly break most enemies.