After beatiing the game, here's what I have to say.
Lightning - Her personality is interesting in the beginning of the game, at the middle of the game we learn more about her and why she acts like she does, but her personality seems to disappear near the end of the game. Maybe i just spent way too much time in Chapter 11, but still. In the actual gameplay she is a great all-around character, and her army of one move is very good (except for that screeching noise at the end)
Sazh - A very human and down to earth character. He has his pervy moments occasionally when he's around Vanille, but other than that he's the most realistic character. I never really use him in actual gameplay because i've always found him as a bit weak, but i've heard people say good things about him.
Hope - I've hated him from the start to the finish. He becomes slightly more likeable near the mid-game mark, but he's still exceedingly annoying. Not to mention he has some of the weirdest lines in the game like "yeah, who'd be dumb enough to swallow that crock". Seriously? Translators need to make him a bit more realistic for the western audiences. In gameplay, he is the most powerful magic character and is definitely one of the most helpful. He and Vanille are about the same level on magician for my party, i swap them out accordingly. \
Snow - Besides his overdramatic cliche moments, he is a relatively okay character. Some of his quotes were way overused though. If i hade a dollar for every time he said "Hero" or "Serah" I'd be rich. From a gameplay standpoint, he really has no benifits aside from the high HP. Not as good as fang when a sentinel because that's really all he can be, while fang can switch to commando when the need arises.
Vanille - Her voice is a bit annoying near the start of the game, but near the end she gets a lot more serious. Avoiding any spoilers, she actually seems to be one of the game's center characters and is a main part of the game's biggest plot twists. In the gameplay, she's really only nice to have as a party member rather than playing as her, unless you're doing poison or death tactics. I killed the final boss with her as my party leader.
Fang - An interesting character. Pretty forgettable until the end of the game. From a gameplay aspect, she was probably one of my favorite to play as (when I didn't have her as a sentinel)
I would go into the villains, but that would be considered huge spoilers.
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