Maybe Lightning would have been a great character if they didn't give her personality to Fang instead and leave her as an empty husk of a character. Otherwise, she's just a pretty looking character that looks like a female version of Cloud. Aesthetically, I think Lightning is great, but otherwise no.
I agree with Nora here. It's funny, I saw a lot of people a while back complaining that Lightning was added in every game and I defended it by saying "she's in as many games as every other Final Fantasy character is, it's not like she's getting her own spin off games or anything" to defend SE's decisions on including her. This is the same argument pretty much that Nora is using to show why including her isn't necessarily an amazing thing. Not that it's bad, but that it's normal and to be expected.
I agree with Nora here. It's funny, I saw a lot of people a while back complaining that Lightning was added in every game and I defended it by saying "she's in as many games as every other Final Fantasy character is, it's not like she's getting her own spin off games or anything" to defend SE's decisions on including her. This is the same argument pretty much that Nora is using to show why including her isn't necessarily an amazing thing. Not that it's bad, but that it's normal and to be expected.