Ignis Scientia is a character from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.
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Ignis Scientia first appears in the anime web series Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV as an advisor for the royal family of the Kingdom of Lucis and a personal attendant of its heir apparent prince Noctis Lucis Caelum.
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Ignis Scientia is the title character of the post-launch downloadable content pack Episode Ignis, which explores the circumstances that led to his blinding.
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Ignis Scientia is closely associated with the game's food and recipe mechanic, which confers various statistical benefits for the party following each session.
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Outside of Final Fantasy XV, Ignis Scientia is featured in adaptations of the game's universe in other media, as well as several crossover appearances.
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Ignis Scientia is presented as an attendant who serves the royal household of the Kingdom of Lucis, as well as a highly trained tactical advisor who supports its king in a manner that parallels the role of the United Kingdom's Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
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Out of the main cast, Ignis Scientia went through the fewest changes despite the technological improvements that occurred during the shift from Versus XIII and Final Fantasy XV.
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Ignis Scientia's cooking skills are explained in-game to exchanges with Noctis during their early lives.
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English localization of XV was led by Dan Inoue, who wrote Ignis Scientia to be a suave and logical character like a younger version of James Bond or Sherlock Holmes.
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Ignis Scientia speaks with a British accent while the other main characters spoke with an American accent; the localization team intended to convey the notion that the game's cast of characters hail from different cultural regions of the world of Eos.
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Ignis Scientia is voiced by Adam Croasdell in English, while his counterpart in Japanese is Mamoru Miyano.
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Ignis Scientia noted that the entire cast had the opportunity to record together on numerous occasions, which helped build the repartee and bond between the performers whenever they would perform as their characters.
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Episode Ignis Scientia marked Mitsuda's first collaboration project with Square Enix in 20 years.
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Ignis Scientia decided to represent him using a single violin, despite the risk of the more bombastic orchestral elements obscuring the violin work.
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Ignis Scientia is introduced as a member of the royal retinue of Noctis Lucis Caelum, crown prince of Lucis, a monarchical state in the world of Eos.
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Ignis Scientia is the primary designated driver of the party's automobile, the Regalia, and would prepare meals that provides various statistical benefits for the party whenever they set camp.
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Ignis Scientia wields daggers and polearms in battle; when controlling Noctis, the player can issue him commands and co-opt moves with him, including the ability to add elemental damage to Noctis's weapon.
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Ignis Scientia has a composed and serious personality, though he frequently exchanges banter with the rest of the party and occasionally make puns or sarcastic quips.
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Alongside Gladiolus Amicitia and Prompto, Ignis Scientia accompanies Noctis on a road journey to the city-state of Altissia, where he is set to marry Lady Lunafreya Nox Fleuret from the realm of Tenebrae.
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Episode Ignis Scientia reveals that Ignis Scientia was raised alongside Prince Noctis from a young age, and that they were both close as children.
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The DLC reveals how Ignis Scientia became blinded after he uses Noctis' family heirloom, the magical Ring of the Lucii, to fight off Ardyn.
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Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV establishes that Ignis Scientia continues to care for Noctis after he moves out of the royal residence to further his studies, and makes regular visits to his residence to perform domestic duties.
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Ignis Scientia has appeared in numerous video games outside of Final Fantasy XV and its associated downloadable content, including Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire, King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival, Final Fantasy Record Keeper, and Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia.
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Ignis Scientia ranked No 28 in the Top 75 of NHK's "All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll of Japanese players" in 2020, which tallied over 468,000 votes.
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Ignis Scientia is a popular subject for fan mods on the PC version of XV following the release of its mod tools on Steam Workshop in June 2018.
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Peter Glagowski from Destructoid and Ash Parrish from Kotaku considered Ignis Scientia to be their favorite character amongst the quartet.
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Ignis Scientia is recognized as a notable role for Croasdell, who was nominated for Best Male Vocal Performance in Video Games at the 2017 BTVA Awards for his performance as the character.
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Andrew Webster from The Verge said Ignis Scientia' cooking do more than just provide statistical bonuses, as it provides players with a bonding experience which connects them to its main cast of characters.
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Corey Plante highlighted Ignis Scientia' recurring catchphrase and mannerisms whenever a new recipe is discovered to be very satisfying, and that the game's food mechanic provides "an intimate look into how to nurture friendship" through the characters' mutual love of food.
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Ciann Chow from SBS Food said Ignis Scientia is a fan favorite and the "break-out meme star" of XV, highlighting in particular his repertoire of more than 100 recipes from the in-game menu, his distinct British accent, and his memorable catchphrase.
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Dramatic shift in tone following Chapter Nine of XV where it is revealed that Ignis Scientia has permanently lost his eyesight have been positively appraised.
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Chris Carter from Destructoid found Ignis Scientia to be less showy compared to his companions, but felt that the development team translated his resourceful quality well with the gameplay of the DLC.
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Parrish concurred that "Ignis Scientia is by far the most fun to play", and said that she particularly enjoyed the smooth transition between different elemental powers and their associated mechanics when dealing with enemy units during intense combat sequences.
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Mitchel Clow was not particularly impressed with Episode Ignis Scientia and found it a bit boring and repetitive, though he conceded that Ignis Scientia himself has the "most fun gameplay mechanics" and that his story mattered unlike Gladiolus and Prompto.
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Peter Tieryas criticized the confusing manner in which the story of XV is occasionally presented, claimed that he did not realized that Ignis Scientia had lost his eyesight until some of his dialogue implied as much, and suggested that such a pivotal event for a main character should have been shown within the story instead of being relegated to DLC content.
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Duwell noted that some fans took issue with how the relationship between Noctis and Ignis Scientia is portrayed in English, and that they preferred the original Japanese dialogue where Ignis Scientia interacts with Noctis in a more casual tone in spite of the latter's royal status.
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