A weekly post updated every other Tuesday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Obtained
Final Fantasy VII – $15.99 @ Nintendo eShop
Not Not – $0.99 @ Nintendo eShop
What I’m Playing
Title: Doki Doki Literature Club System: PC
Date Started: 3/17/19
I’m getting to the creepy part. I found something out about two of the girls. Even though the latter information hasn’t been explicitly stated yet, I recognize the blatant signs since it’s something I’ve done myself.
A weekly post updated every other Tuesday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Finished
Title: Piczle Colors Series Title: Piczle System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: January 31, 2019 Date Finished: February 20, 2019 (?)
I honestly don’t remember thereabouts when I finished this game, since I’m still playing it, but I did complete all 300 puzzles. I’m hoping they release more in a DLC. Until then I do random ones of the 300, and you can also do random colors, which can be hella hard. I’ll probably do a review of this after I finish Oxenfree’s since this will be a breeze compared to that.
I’m sorry. You know I have to mention one of the most iconic scenes in video game history:
It’s epic for the fact that like Aeris, none of us saw that coming (I’m a terrible person), and the fact that to this day, the rumor mill spins with ways to bring her back and hopes that the Remake will allow it (I really hope it doesn’t).
I was also blown away by Midna’s reveal at the end of Twilight Princess:
I was as dumbstruck as Link. Though he’s ever the silent protagonist, I think his inability to speak was due to finding the Twilight Princess was even more beautiful than Princess Zelda (imho). This one is more on my personal epic scale; though I’m sure many of you would agree with me about it, I don’t know if it will wind up in the annals of video game history like FFVII will.
Epic is a subjective term, though there is a cultural consciousness about it. What one person might consider epic, another might think is mundane, while some things foster a general agreement The original definition of epic pertains to a long, poetic composition usually centered upon a hero in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style. Going by this both Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda could be considered epics in their own right, because what are these games but long compositions centered upon heroes where a series of great achievements/events are stylistically played out? This definition extends to all manner of video games, so even though epic is a specific idea, what one considers epic can be both ubiquitous and intensely personal.
What video game scene wakes your epic sensors? Do you go by the standard definition of the term or your gut emotion in this determination?
You all know I have to say Final Fantasy VII, though it’s obviously not the only game with great cut scenes. I’m not going to post the most famous cut scene in the land since the Remake is coming out…eventually, and amazingly, that scene is now spoiler territory again for those who didn’t play the first time around, but it occurred 20 years ago, and is still counted amongst the best and most shocking scenes in video game history.
All of the Final Fantasies have amazing cut scenes to be honest, ever since they started them in FFVII and even the ones added to older FFs are stellar. I’m particularly fond of the opening to Final Fantasy IV.
And this one for FFVI always gives me chills.
For non-Final Fantasy there are too many in Mass Effect to count, especially Mass Effect2. I’m trying to remember what the name of the green skinned asari was, but she had a thing for Shepherd, and the look on her face when she made a bit of a pass at her was heartbreaking and beautiful.
Then of course there’s the cut scene in Twilight Princess when the eponymous Midna’s true form is revealed.
I was just as speechless as Link.
What’s your favorite cut scene? Let me know in the comments, and yes, I accept links 😉
Noooooo! The impossible question D: There are so many good soundtracks, and I believe I addressed this question before myself on one of my Final Fantasy Fridays. There I named FFIV as the game in the franchise with my favorite soundtrack, but VII has many honorable mentions, VI is the game that fully got me into soundtracks in the first place, and Final Fantasy in general just has amazing music.
You can’t talk about soundtracks without bringing up Legend of Zelda, because Zelda is just as good as Final Fantasy when it comes to the music. Most of the songs on my YouTube writing/editing playlist are from those games.
This medley has gotten me through many an editing session.
This is the best version of Kakariko Village you’re ever going to hear.
This is the most serene song every composed.
This is obviously just a sampling of wonderful music.
So what game has the best soundtrack? Ironically, impossible for this music lover to answer. I can hear the merit in any great composition. Not only that the music perfectly fits whatever mise en scene it’s been written for.
What game/game series do you think has the best soundtrack? Discussion time!
A Final Fantasy (et al) post to welcome you to the glory of Friday (if you don’t have weekends off then may this hopefully brighten the midst of your work week) with more located here!
I made my monthly trek to the bookstore today and picked up a manga based on a recommendation from Mr. Panda and the Well-Red Mage. It’s for a non-Final Fantasy video game (trust me…I looked to see if they had any FinalFantasy manga, alas, they do not), and when I got home, I did my reading for the day, which included a book about the same non-Final Fantasy video game. This started the gears in my head turning, because I realized but for Final Fantasy, this would probably be my favorite RPG (like) game. So this week’s question is thus…
What is your favorite non-Final Fantasy RPG?
If it wasn’t for Final Fantasy, I’d be in more love with The Legend of Zelda, not that I don’t love that series for all its magnificence and music (speaking of which “Hero of Light” aka the end credits from Link to the Past just came on my iPhone). This is the manga I bought today.
Barnes and Noble has a wonderfully sprawling manga section, but I had no idea Zelda manga even existed. It was between this one and Majora’s Mask, which I’ll probably purchase next.
I’ve always pegged MM as my favorite Zelda, but I’m not sure anymore. Twilight Princess is pretty high up there. I plan to rewatch let’s plays for them all in chronological order when I finish reading Hyrule Historia, but I’ll talk more about this in my State of the Gamer post,
Now, you could argue that Zelda is not an RPG, and it is a debatable point. I’ve always thought of it as an action-adventure/puzzle game with RPG elements. Link doesn’t really have a personality outside of being “the Hero,” and he literally serves as a “link” between the player and the game. You’re not going along for the ride as you do in Final Fantasy and other JRPGs, but rather steering the boat. Where RPGs like FF are more like the books of the video game world, Legend of Zelda could be considered more of a Choose Your Own Adventure, which…is technically still a book, huh.
Anyway, I think you understand what I mean, but Zelda has enough RPG elements to qualify in my opinion, but Chrono Trigger would be another contender for my favorite non-Final Fantasy RPG, but I wanted to pick a non-Squeenix one as well. CT has the time loop element like Zelda and FF (it does…look at the first and eighth game, though there’s much more to this assessment than just surface analysis), epic music (or should I say Epoch music), and numerous endings depending on what you do (choose your own ending). Quite a few of my friends claim this as their favorite RPG, and I can hardly blame them. I rank it among the greats based on “Time Circuits” alone.
Okay…so this is a little creepy. I always thought this song was called “Time Circuits,” but when I looked it up, it appears to also have the moniker “Enhasa,” which refers to the Kingdom of Zeal also called the City of Dreams. One of the books I’m reading just referred to a City of Dreams, as well. Always wheels within wheels with me or I read so many books and play so many games that coincidences are just bound to occur…like how in the book store I saw a novel called Calamity and immediately thought “Is it from the sky?” IT WAS! I literally lolled in the middle of Barnes and Noble.
So what’s your favorite non-Final Fantasy RPG or your favorite RPG is a Final Fantasy is not your favorite. Let’s discuss in the comments!
Date Started: 3/17/19
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