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Date Posted: 13:18:05 10/01/04 Fri
Author: Oddfellow
Author Host/IP: p403-adsl.snap.net.nz / 202.124.96.3
Subject: Square have suprised me...
In reply to: Eregil 's message, "just to clear it up, sigh-- (this replies to Sean too)" on 20:26:00 09/30/04 Thu

Be it cash-cowing, trying to tie productions together, or just generally having the will to elaborate on an existing game, I admit makes no matter to me. I am interested in everything Square do, even if I don't enjoy it. Sounds crazy? Call me a sheep? You'd probably be accurate if you did. FFVII made such an impression on me that I am compelled to follow the series and it's additions without scrutiny.

This doesn't, however, make me in any way immune to the results. I hated FFX-2, it's no lie. FFX was and still is one of my favourite games. I enjoyed the pace of it, I loved the characters and I thought the battle style couldn't be topped. (I much prefered the sit-and-think tactics of X to the more real-time based games.) But I played FFX-2 for twenty minutes, put it down, and never picked it up again. There wasn't one aspect of it I enjoyed. SE really let me down with that game, but like a trooper, I keep believing in SE's ability to bring forth quality.

SE really redeemed themselves with FFXI Online. Such a dramatic change in atmosphere, such a gargantuan leap in dynamics from the linear-plot, character-driven style I was used to. But you know what? That game turned out fan-damn-tastic! Easily the most I've ever been addicted to anything. And I recall myself saying over and over, "I'm not interested, I play FF for the story. This online game really doesn't interest me." And since the complete 180-degree turn on my view, I've held a new flame for SE.

It's common knowledge, though, that SE's prime titles are the foundations we all base our trust on, as they are the trend-setting games, the new worlds and characters, the new histories and plots. We all love them, and with good reason, each is made with exceptional quality and attention to detail.

So far, the sequels, prequels and movies have done little more than make me glance twice at SE and raise an eyebrow in leu of saying "What... That was it? That was all you could come up with? ... Here I've been dreaming and dreaming of a million and one ways you could continue this game for years, and you shatter my dreams by producing THIS?!"

Which, I guess, is why I'm half-hesitant to see FFVII: AC, because it's risky ground. FFVII is my gaming tome. My single most cherished part of the electronic media that I place high in my eyes. I know that whatever SE can come up with can't be perfect, or top the game, it's just impossible for anything to surpass it... But still I'm nervous about it. I'm nervous because I know very well I could finish the DVD, sit back eyes wide and think, "... that was complete garbage... I'm so disappointed."

To stop ranting and answer the original question, I'd have no qualms about there being additions to the FFVIII legacy. In honesty, I didn't enjoy that game much, so if someone further ruined it, no skin off my nose. Heck, you KNOW I'd still go see/play it just because it's something to do with FF, though. ^_^

I fear for my love of FFVII, because I know it's the one thing that can ruin Advent Children for me. FFVII uplifted me, brought me to characters I had never witnessed before, worlds I didn't think could exist, showed me events I didn't think possible, and it did it all perfectly. The game played me like a instrument and left me gasping for more. Unfortunatey, that neediness will be it's downfall. ^_^

Hahaha, people could read this and think it's sick to think so highly of a computer game. But when something has had the effect of making me think so differently, so deeply and passionately, what's so sick about thinking highly of it? It brought me to collectives of like-minded people, friends now. It allowed me to meet someone I love dearly.

That's why AC is such a beautiful double-edged sword for me. I can't keep my hands of it, even though I know it's going to fail me in some way. ^_^;

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Augh...I don't even wanna **consider** it! Horror of horrors. -- Hitomi Yuki, 23:05:31 10/01/04 Fri
- And may I say, my grammer back there was APPAULING. (NT) -- Hitomi Yuki, 23:06:33 10/01/04 Fri

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