So I’ve just finished doing something I don’t normally do — wasting a significant amount of time on a game that I really didn’t find all that much fun.
I consider myself a big Final Fantasy fan, mostly because I began my (somewhat cooling) love affair with the Japanese RPG when I played the original Fantasy on the NES. I remember buying the game at Toys R Us during a family vacation to New England (no TRU’s in Halifax back then), and practically memorizing the maps, bestiary poster, and instruction booklet long before I got home to actually play the game.
But there are quite a few FF games I’ve never gotten around to beating. I’ve spent a lot of time on a few of those, but FFII is one that I’ve just never had the willpower to take on, what with the ridiculous and punishing leveling system it employs.
Nonetheless, I soldiered on over the past month, witnessing first-hand milestone moments like the original introduction of Cid, the series’ first Chocobo, the first constantly rotating party system, and the first real injection of the overly dramatic style subsequent games became famous for.
Overall, I can honestly say it’s my least favourite of the Final Fantasies. Well…I’ve always said that…but now I feel like I have the right to say it. Know what I mean?
Now it’s on to Final Fantasy III on the DS. That is, if I can ever find it.
One thing I want to say, though — I popped in Final Fantasy IV DS just for larfs as I neared the end of FFII. And wow…does FFII look a million times better than FFIV. Sure, IV looks great for a DS game, but that’s the problem. DS games still look like warmed-over N64 cartridges to me.
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