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Monday 15 January, 2007
Well apparently the gaming gods saw fit to destroy my save file, and needless to say that threw me into a bit of a rage. So I ditched the liveblogging thing and just went through and beat the damn game. At least it only took a couple hours.
My final verdict is that although the game does grow on you, it is still, at its core, not an especially good game in my opinion. The Warriors of Light story just doesn't hold up over time, and the storylines are what have made Final Fantasy games standouts in the genre since FFIV.
Probably my least favorite thing about the game was how easy it was to just get lost and have no idea where you're supposed to be going; it was a little too reminiscent of FFVII (in my opinion, the single most overrated game ever). I hate that lost feeling in games: I'm a pretty blunt person in life and I kind of like my games to match that nature.
The trick to this game is to learn resource management or, if you're like me and you have no problem wandering around a field and being OCD about levelling up for a couple hours, amassing as much gil as possible (was it called gil in this game? I wasn't really paying attention) and buying about a million potions and all the best gear and then just having at it. I think that's what overall made my endgame experience a positive one. When I can beat the crap out of everything in the game, it makes me feel good.
Anyway, I guess at the end of the day I feel like I have a respect for the game because of the fact that it laid the foundations for a series that would wind up changing the whole industry, but overall it is most certainly not my favorite game of all time.
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