FF 30 Days: Day 1
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rose_of_painYeeeeaaah so I'm finally doing one of those 30 Days Memes. Had pondered doing a few before but each one kinda annoyed me in such respect but I like this one. XD So here's 30 Days: Final Fantasy.
Day 01 - Your favourite FF game!
Final Fantasy VII
...shocking, right? Pfffft. I think anyone who has ever met me, even if its only for a few minutes, knows I worship this game. But to give you an idea of how BAD my obsession really is, let me tell you a little story...
Within my closest circle of friends during college, most of them were also FF fans or had at least played quite a few of the games. So FFVII jokes and references came up a lot in our discussions as it does in most geeky groups. And Advent Children came out during my sophmore year and we kinda developed a connection with each other over it as I made pretty much everyone watch it and since my roommate and I ran the Anime club, we had showings of it in our theater room (we actually got to use the library theater for our stuff so BIG screen whoo!) and we had the biggest turn out for that than anything else we had ever shown. But anyways, so my roommate, Gabi. Every so often one of the other geeks would make a FFVII reference to her or ask her for her opinion on a certain geeky aspect of the game. And Gabi would just turn and be like "...I've never played Final Fantasy VII. Why do you all keep thinking this?" and they'd be all "WHAT?! o_o But you understand all our jokes and..." "My roommate is Lyn." "Ohhhh." Because yes, Gabi knew pretty much all she needed to know about the game, without ever playing it, because of me. She knew the entire plot, all the characters, and was able to watch Advent Children and totally understand, solely from picking things up from me. XD
And that was a long intro but you get the point. I know FFVII is kinda the popular one of the FF games now and I know people get sick of hearing about it. It makes me sad a little in a way and I do kinda blame the Compilation for that and well I know I've ranted about this before on here so I won't go too much into it but I still remember a time when no one really talked about it. When there was rarely any FFVII cosplayers at cons and the fandom wasn't as insanely huge. I still kinda wonder where all these fans who were all "omg FFVII is the best thing ever!" when AC came out...where were you during all this time? Where were you during those years after the game was no longer new and before AC was even thought of. Because I was still a diehard FFVII fan during those years. I read FFVII fanfics, I cosplayed Cloud (badly but lol at least I tried?), I replayed scenes over and over, my love for it NEVER faltered. Its been over 10 years now and I'm still as much in love with it as I was the day I first played. And none of the new stuff comes anywhere close as amazing to the actual original game. Yeah its old, yeah the graphics aren't that great, yeah the translation sucks and there are soooo many awkward lines and scenes, but it really was such a good game at the time and really its because it was a big game for many of us who played it when it came out when we were only 12/13 years old.
It was my very first RPG. Hell it was the very first game I ever actually played all the way through. I didn't really play games before. I would pick games up but never really get past the first stage of anything and I only played things like Tomb Raider, Sonic, Street Fighter, Tekken, Twisted Metal, and Star Wars games. But I never got very far in any of them. XD Well except the fighter games 'cause not like there is any story to those, really. XD;; But yeah, my brothers were more into gaming than I was. I usually just sat and watched them when I was young. The Sega Genesis was actually their system until they grew tired of it and gave it to me. The Playstation 1 was however, my system. It was the first game system that was 100% mine and I remember being so proud of this fact. And I had a long hard debate over what system to get at the time. Playstation vs N64 vs Saturn. ...and boy am I glad I didn't go with the Saturn. XD But yeah I could really only get one system was the deal. And the sad thing is I was mostly basing a system's worth on how many Star Wars games it had. XDXDXD So the N64 almost won but in the end decided Playstation had a larger range and sadly gave up my old loyalty to Sega (I really only wanted Saturn for Knights...lol). And then Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997 and I remember the commercials. I remember kids in school talking about it. I remember...seeing Aerith's death in one of those commercials (No joke! Why does no one else remember this? Am I the only one that ever saw that? lol) well it was the part of her being put in the water, not the actual killing but it was kinda obvious she was dead and I pointed this out to one of the kids in school and them being all "NO! SHE'S JUST ASLEEP!" "...she looked dead to me." ...lmao XD But that was all I knew of it and I had no interest in it because it wasn't Star Wars and it wasn't Tomb Raider or Sonic. It was just some strange Japanese game that I kept seeing the toys for.
So then comes Christmas and I open up my presents from my brothers and I get excited over the game shaped package, only to be a little disappointed by the game in my hands. "Final Fantasy VII?" And it was revealed my brothers actually got it more for them but I was the owner of the PS1 so they knew the only way they would get to check it out is if they had me play it. XD Pffft. So sure enough they had me put it in and were watching me play...and then when they learned it was a RPG, all immediately lost interest. LOL And I was like "...great so you leave me with this game? Eh, might as well play it..." so I play, being very confused by this battle system. I had never encountered anything like this and I was a fan of smashing buttons and I couldn't do this here. My 12 year old self was pretty much of the opinion of "...this is lame. The graphics are pretty. But what the hell am I supposed to do? And why is the main character named Cloud? What kind of name is that? And his outfit is stupid... And what's up with the angry black guy?" XD And then I got up to the infamous Scorpion robot fight.
...ya know, the one that tells you "Attack when it's tail is up! It's gonna counterattack with its laser." and of course, I believed what the game told me. Did what they told me to. And died. ....x_x Tried again...and died. Ok, third time's the charm? ...Died. agahdighapdihidi! Nearly threw the game across the room after how many times I died, deciding this game was impossible and put it away on the shelf. ...Months later (or at least I think? It could have been just weeks later...my concept of time was a lot different then and I really can't remember a lot of things from that time period) I take it back out, thinking "well my brothers did spend a lot of money on this (lol back when PS1 games were like $50) so I should at least TRY to play it. And decided this time I'd be smart, and read the booklet and actually find out HOW to play it. ^^;;; So I read every single bit in the booklets of games other than the character profiles (I NEVER read booklets, I was always a believer in just throwing yourself into the game and finding out as you play...still am. XD) and lo and behold, it actually told me how to play this silly thing. And at the back was a little mini guide by Bradly Games and viola it explained that that was actually a TRANSLATION ERROR. It was meant to be "DON'T attack when it's tail is up" because shit it'll counter with its laser if you do. ...............Oh. Well. That makes a lot more sense now. So I did what it told me to and pffft fight was a lot easier, moved on.
....I was up until 2am that night playing the game. And keep in mind I was 12 and never stayed up past 11pm because I was a good kid who never stayed up past their bedtime unless something special was going on and it was a weekend. I was hooked. lol And I really had no idea what I was getting myself into because I thought this would be like any other game I played and the story would only take a few days to get through. I thought all I had to do was get to the top of Shinra building in Midgar, beat the bad guys, and the game was done. Yay we saved the day! ............yeeeeeeeaaaaah. I was pretty shocked when I realized the game was a lot longer. Kinda bawfled when I did get to the top of Shinra and was like "wait...but there are still two more discs to this game?"
And then the game introduced me to Sephiroth.
And everything I knew about games was completely changed. XDXDXDXD 'Cause I remember just starring at the screen during the Nibelheim flashback and the VERY first time they show Sephiroth burning the town and kinda just...jaw dropping. And actually feeling a bit scared. I mean I never played things with stories like this. This was a lot darker than what I was used to. Sephiroth was scary to me. XD But I loved it! I was also of the line of thought of "OH GOD! How am I supposed to beat someone like him?! I'll never win!"
It's really funny how my opinions on EVERYTHING related to the game have changed since I first played it. I was so young and my thoughts were very different. I thought Tifa was cool just because she was female and beat people up with her fists. lol But later on I came to kinda hate her. And to this day I still go back and forth from liking her to downright hating her, its changed sooo many times its kinda ridiculous. And I used to think Cloud's outfit was ugly. Now I have a very large fondness for it. XD And I used to actually like Cloud and Tifa together...not so much anymore. XD But I always liked Sephiroth. And I always liked Cloud. Well except for that beginning playing when I thought he was stupid. lol Once I actually played more into it, I grew quite fond of him and well...you all know about that obsession and that's another entry on this meme.
And no, not all my days will be this long. I just felt like it was about time I finally gave my whole story of how I got into this game and kinda shed a little light on why I love it so much because I do get people rolling their eyes at me all the time when I say its my favorite, being accused of just following the crowd. But I'm not! I didn't even know anyone else who liked it when I played it. Those kids who mentioned it in 5th grade to me, I never saw again in my life nor did I ever really know them very well (I can't even think of their names). In 6th or 7th grade I kinda forced the game down a friend's throat and luckily she managed to like it. XD And then in 7th grade met Geoff (who I hated in elementary lol) and found out he knew FFVII and FFVIII and we had a REALLY long chat about it that kinda bawfled everyone else we knew. So that led to us becoming real good friends. But beyond that, I didn't really know anyone who knew the game until I got to high school and started hanging with older kids who knew it. So to me it was this unknown game that only a few fellow geeks liked. But then again it was the same way with Anime back then. So it was more private, more special. And that's something that has been lost but I still remember those days and that's enough. Because despite everything that it's become, it still hasn't lost its magic to me. Every time I load that starting screen up on the PS1 (yes I still use my old Playstation and its an original Playstation, not a "PSOne") I still get chills down my spine and tend to tear up, as silly as that may sound.
Because when I first beat that game...I cried. I cried buckets. Because it was over and there was no more and I never wanted it to end. Because it had such an amazing plot. It had so many new concepts and ideas that I had never encountered (being as sheltered as I was). Some of it went beyond me and I didn't really catch on til later in my life but I understood at least the majority of it. I was attached to all the characters and their stories. I loved the little bits of humor that were thrown in. And I loved how dark the actual story was and how different it all felt. Something that I had only gotten from some of the Animes I watched at the time. Nowadays that's nothing special. Everything does that. But back then it was new to me and amazing. And it will always have a special place in my heart for that.
Also, I should probably note that I own three different copies of the game.
1) The original PS1 game WITHOUT the "Greatest Hits" thing, in MINT condition. I take very good care of my games and there isn't a single scratch on the discs or the case. And no tears or bent pages in the booklet. And I never let anyone borrow this copy. Its my preeeeecioooousssss. >>
2) The PC version of the game, the OLD one, lol I forget what system it was made for but you have to like lower your computer graphics to get it to play and hell we had to do that even back in HS so afraid of how hard it'd be now. XD My Dad got it with the intention of playing it for himself but he never got that far. I tried to get Gabi to play it since she hates game consoles and really only plays PC games (except for DDR and Okami, the only ones she makes exceptions for lol) but she got too frustrated with the controls...cause damn it IS hard to play on a PC. lol
3) The special edition International version that came with the Advent Children Pieces boxset. Its in Japanese (but I have a Japanese PS1 so yes, I can play it XD though no, lol I still haven't. Still plan to though just to see how far I can get it, lol) and has a special silver backing you have the discs on so you can put it on your wall to display it. I have it on my desk as I'm too afraid to put holes in my wall for it. Its got pretty images of Cloud, Aerith, and Seph on the discs. And its done so Cloud and Seph are facing each other, as if ready to fight, and Aerith posed in her praying position in the middle. XD I'm quite fond of it. It also came with a special extra disc (which I have actually played) that has all these extras that are really really really cool if you like FFVII as much as I do. Its got an inventory of EVERY item, monster, place, etc. in the game and you can watch all the Summons and Limit Breaks...and yeah...rambling again. I'll stop. XD
I also have Dirge in both Japanese and English (why, I'm not quite sure, lol I keep thinking I should sell one copy but no idea which...even though I can't play the Japanese one anymore lol but at least I have all the cutscenes recorded), Crisis Core in Japanese, and I think 3 official copies of Advent Children. The Advent Pieces special edition in Japanese with the extra discs, the English release, and the Blu-Ray of AC: Complete. I'd have the Japanese Blu-Ray too if I had something that would play it. XD;
Day 01 - Your favorite FF game!
Day 02 - Your least favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 03 – Your favorite Final Fantasy theme/song.
Day 04 - Your favorite Final Fantasy party from your favorite game.
Day 05 - Your favorite Final Fantasy City/Town.
Day 06 – Favorite part of your favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 07 - Least favorite part of your favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 08 – Favorite Chocobo Version.
Day 09 - Favorite Moogle Version.
Day 10 – Best Final Fantasy scene ever.
Day 11 – Final Fantasy game that disappointed you.
Day 12 - Final Fantasy game you’ve played more than 5 times.
Day 13 – Your favorite version of Cid.
Day 14 - Favorite Final Fantasy male character.
Day 15 - Favorite Final Fantasy female character.
Day 16 - Your favorite Final Fantasy limit break.
Day 17 - Favorite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 18 - Favorite Final Fantasy opening sequence.
Day 19 - Best Final Fantasy outfit.
Day 20 – Best Final Fantasy hair.
Day 21 - Favorite Final Fantasy pairing/ship.
Day 22 - Favorite Final Fantasy summon.
Day 23 - Least Favorite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 24 - Best Final Fantasy quote.
Day 25 - Final Fantasy game you plan on playing (old or new).
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Final Fantasy moment.
Day 27 – Best Final Fantasy storyline.
Day 28 - First Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 29 - Current Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 30 - Saddest Final Fantasy character death.
I swear the other entries won't be as rambling as that one was. XD Well...favorite character will probably be just as bad but I'll try not to go overboard since I already have done entries on that before.
~Lyn
Day 01 - Your favourite FF game!
Final Fantasy VII
...shocking, right? Pfffft. I think anyone who has ever met me, even if its only for a few minutes, knows I worship this game. But to give you an idea of how BAD my obsession really is, let me tell you a little story...
Within my closest circle of friends during college, most of them were also FF fans or had at least played quite a few of the games. So FFVII jokes and references came up a lot in our discussions as it does in most geeky groups. And Advent Children came out during my sophmore year and we kinda developed a connection with each other over it as I made pretty much everyone watch it and since my roommate and I ran the Anime club, we had showings of it in our theater room (we actually got to use the library theater for our stuff so BIG screen whoo!) and we had the biggest turn out for that than anything else we had ever shown. But anyways, so my roommate, Gabi. Every so often one of the other geeks would make a FFVII reference to her or ask her for her opinion on a certain geeky aspect of the game. And Gabi would just turn and be like "...I've never played Final Fantasy VII. Why do you all keep thinking this?" and they'd be all "WHAT?! o_o But you understand all our jokes and..." "My roommate is Lyn." "Ohhhh." Because yes, Gabi knew pretty much all she needed to know about the game, without ever playing it, because of me. She knew the entire plot, all the characters, and was able to watch Advent Children and totally understand, solely from picking things up from me. XD
And that was a long intro but you get the point. I know FFVII is kinda the popular one of the FF games now and I know people get sick of hearing about it. It makes me sad a little in a way and I do kinda blame the Compilation for that and well I know I've ranted about this before on here so I won't go too much into it but I still remember a time when no one really talked about it. When there was rarely any FFVII cosplayers at cons and the fandom wasn't as insanely huge. I still kinda wonder where all these fans who were all "omg FFVII is the best thing ever!" when AC came out...where were you during all this time? Where were you during those years after the game was no longer new and before AC was even thought of. Because I was still a diehard FFVII fan during those years. I read FFVII fanfics, I cosplayed Cloud (badly but lol at least I tried?), I replayed scenes over and over, my love for it NEVER faltered. Its been over 10 years now and I'm still as much in love with it as I was the day I first played. And none of the new stuff comes anywhere close as amazing to the actual original game. Yeah its old, yeah the graphics aren't that great, yeah the translation sucks and there are soooo many awkward lines and scenes, but it really was such a good game at the time and really its because it was a big game for many of us who played it when it came out when we were only 12/13 years old.
It was my very first RPG. Hell it was the very first game I ever actually played all the way through. I didn't really play games before. I would pick games up but never really get past the first stage of anything and I only played things like Tomb Raider, Sonic, Street Fighter, Tekken, Twisted Metal, and Star Wars games. But I never got very far in any of them. XD Well except the fighter games 'cause not like there is any story to those, really. XD;; But yeah, my brothers were more into gaming than I was. I usually just sat and watched them when I was young. The Sega Genesis was actually their system until they grew tired of it and gave it to me. The Playstation 1 was however, my system. It was the first game system that was 100% mine and I remember being so proud of this fact. And I had a long hard debate over what system to get at the time. Playstation vs N64 vs Saturn. ...and boy am I glad I didn't go with the Saturn. XD But yeah I could really only get one system was the deal. And the sad thing is I was mostly basing a system's worth on how many Star Wars games it had. XDXDXD So the N64 almost won but in the end decided Playstation had a larger range and sadly gave up my old loyalty to Sega (I really only wanted Saturn for Knights...lol). And then Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997 and I remember the commercials. I remember kids in school talking about it. I remember...seeing Aerith's death in one of those commercials (No joke! Why does no one else remember this? Am I the only one that ever saw that? lol) well it was the part of her being put in the water, not the actual killing but it was kinda obvious she was dead and I pointed this out to one of the kids in school and them being all "NO! SHE'S JUST ASLEEP!" "...she looked dead to me." ...lmao XD But that was all I knew of it and I had no interest in it because it wasn't Star Wars and it wasn't Tomb Raider or Sonic. It was just some strange Japanese game that I kept seeing the toys for.
So then comes Christmas and I open up my presents from my brothers and I get excited over the game shaped package, only to be a little disappointed by the game in my hands. "Final Fantasy VII?" And it was revealed my brothers actually got it more for them but I was the owner of the PS1 so they knew the only way they would get to check it out is if they had me play it. XD Pffft. So sure enough they had me put it in and were watching me play...and then when they learned it was a RPG, all immediately lost interest. LOL And I was like "...great so you leave me with this game? Eh, might as well play it..." so I play, being very confused by this battle system. I had never encountered anything like this and I was a fan of smashing buttons and I couldn't do this here. My 12 year old self was pretty much of the opinion of "...this is lame. The graphics are pretty. But what the hell am I supposed to do? And why is the main character named Cloud? What kind of name is that? And his outfit is stupid... And what's up with the angry black guy?" XD And then I got up to the infamous Scorpion robot fight.
...ya know, the one that tells you "Attack when it's tail is up! It's gonna counterattack with its laser." and of course, I believed what the game told me. Did what they told me to. And died. ....x_x Tried again...and died. Ok, third time's the charm? ...Died. agahdighapdihidi! Nearly threw the game across the room after how many times I died, deciding this game was impossible and put it away on the shelf. ...Months later (or at least I think? It could have been just weeks later...my concept of time was a lot different then and I really can't remember a lot of things from that time period) I take it back out, thinking "well my brothers did spend a lot of money on this (lol back when PS1 games were like $50) so I should at least TRY to play it. And decided this time I'd be smart, and read the booklet and actually find out HOW to play it. ^^;;; So I read every single bit in the booklets of games other than the character profiles (I NEVER read booklets, I was always a believer in just throwing yourself into the game and finding out as you play...still am. XD) and lo and behold, it actually told me how to play this silly thing. And at the back was a little mini guide by Bradly Games and viola it explained that that was actually a TRANSLATION ERROR. It was meant to be "DON'T attack when it's tail is up" because shit it'll counter with its laser if you do. ...............Oh. Well. That makes a lot more sense now. So I did what it told me to and pffft fight was a lot easier, moved on.
....I was up until 2am that night playing the game. And keep in mind I was 12 and never stayed up past 11pm because I was a good kid who never stayed up past their bedtime unless something special was going on and it was a weekend. I was hooked. lol And I really had no idea what I was getting myself into because I thought this would be like any other game I played and the story would only take a few days to get through. I thought all I had to do was get to the top of Shinra building in Midgar, beat the bad guys, and the game was done. Yay we saved the day! ............yeeeeeeeaaaaah. I was pretty shocked when I realized the game was a lot longer. Kinda bawfled when I did get to the top of Shinra and was like "wait...but there are still two more discs to this game?"
And then the game introduced me to Sephiroth.
And everything I knew about games was completely changed. XDXDXDXD 'Cause I remember just starring at the screen during the Nibelheim flashback and the VERY first time they show Sephiroth burning the town and kinda just...jaw dropping. And actually feeling a bit scared. I mean I never played things with stories like this. This was a lot darker than what I was used to. Sephiroth was scary to me. XD But I loved it! I was also of the line of thought of "OH GOD! How am I supposed to beat someone like him?! I'll never win!"
It's really funny how my opinions on EVERYTHING related to the game have changed since I first played it. I was so young and my thoughts were very different. I thought Tifa was cool just because she was female and beat people up with her fists. lol But later on I came to kinda hate her. And to this day I still go back and forth from liking her to downright hating her, its changed sooo many times its kinda ridiculous. And I used to think Cloud's outfit was ugly. Now I have a very large fondness for it. XD And I used to actually like Cloud and Tifa together...not so much anymore. XD But I always liked Sephiroth. And I always liked Cloud. Well except for that beginning playing when I thought he was stupid. lol Once I actually played more into it, I grew quite fond of him and well...you all know about that obsession and that's another entry on this meme.
And no, not all my days will be this long. I just felt like it was about time I finally gave my whole story of how I got into this game and kinda shed a little light on why I love it so much because I do get people rolling their eyes at me all the time when I say its my favorite, being accused of just following the crowd. But I'm not! I didn't even know anyone else who liked it when I played it. Those kids who mentioned it in 5th grade to me, I never saw again in my life nor did I ever really know them very well (I can't even think of their names). In 6th or 7th grade I kinda forced the game down a friend's throat and luckily she managed to like it. XD And then in 7th grade met Geoff (who I hated in elementary lol) and found out he knew FFVII and FFVIII and we had a REALLY long chat about it that kinda bawfled everyone else we knew. So that led to us becoming real good friends. But beyond that, I didn't really know anyone who knew the game until I got to high school and started hanging with older kids who knew it. So to me it was this unknown game that only a few fellow geeks liked. But then again it was the same way with Anime back then. So it was more private, more special. And that's something that has been lost but I still remember those days and that's enough. Because despite everything that it's become, it still hasn't lost its magic to me. Every time I load that starting screen up on the PS1 (yes I still use my old Playstation and its an original Playstation, not a "PSOne") I still get chills down my spine and tend to tear up, as silly as that may sound.
Because when I first beat that game...I cried. I cried buckets. Because it was over and there was no more and I never wanted it to end. Because it had such an amazing plot. It had so many new concepts and ideas that I had never encountered (being as sheltered as I was). Some of it went beyond me and I didn't really catch on til later in my life but I understood at least the majority of it. I was attached to all the characters and their stories. I loved the little bits of humor that were thrown in. And I loved how dark the actual story was and how different it all felt. Something that I had only gotten from some of the Animes I watched at the time. Nowadays that's nothing special. Everything does that. But back then it was new to me and amazing. And it will always have a special place in my heart for that.
Also, I should probably note that I own three different copies of the game.
1) The original PS1 game WITHOUT the "Greatest Hits" thing, in MINT condition. I take very good care of my games and there isn't a single scratch on the discs or the case. And no tears or bent pages in the booklet. And I never let anyone borrow this copy. Its my preeeeecioooousssss. >>
2) The PC version of the game, the OLD one, lol I forget what system it was made for but you have to like lower your computer graphics to get it to play and hell we had to do that even back in HS so afraid of how hard it'd be now. XD My Dad got it with the intention of playing it for himself but he never got that far. I tried to get Gabi to play it since she hates game consoles and really only plays PC games (except for DDR and Okami, the only ones she makes exceptions for lol) but she got too frustrated with the controls...cause damn it IS hard to play on a PC. lol
3) The special edition International version that came with the Advent Children Pieces boxset. Its in Japanese (but I have a Japanese PS1 so yes, I can play it XD though no, lol I still haven't. Still plan to though just to see how far I can get it, lol) and has a special silver backing you have the discs on so you can put it on your wall to display it. I have it on my desk as I'm too afraid to put holes in my wall for it. Its got pretty images of Cloud, Aerith, and Seph on the discs. And its done so Cloud and Seph are facing each other, as if ready to fight, and Aerith posed in her praying position in the middle. XD I'm quite fond of it. It also came with a special extra disc (which I have actually played) that has all these extras that are really really really cool if you like FFVII as much as I do. Its got an inventory of EVERY item, monster, place, etc. in the game and you can watch all the Summons and Limit Breaks...and yeah...rambling again. I'll stop. XD
I also have Dirge in both Japanese and English (why, I'm not quite sure, lol I keep thinking I should sell one copy but no idea which...even though I can't play the Japanese one anymore lol but at least I have all the cutscenes recorded), Crisis Core in Japanese, and I think 3 official copies of Advent Children. The Advent Pieces special edition in Japanese with the extra discs, the English release, and the Blu-Ray of AC: Complete. I'd have the Japanese Blu-Ray too if I had something that would play it. XD;
Day 02 - Your least favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 03 – Your favorite Final Fantasy theme/song.
Day 04 - Your favorite Final Fantasy party from your favorite game.
Day 05 - Your favorite Final Fantasy City/Town.
Day 06 – Favorite part of your favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 07 - Least favorite part of your favorite Final Fantasy game.
Day 08 – Favorite Chocobo Version.
Day 09 - Favorite Moogle Version.
Day 10 – Best Final Fantasy scene ever.
Day 11 – Final Fantasy game that disappointed you.
Day 12 - Final Fantasy game you’ve played more than 5 times.
Day 13 – Your favorite version of Cid.
Day 14 - Favorite Final Fantasy male character.
Day 15 - Favorite Final Fantasy female character.
Day 16 - Your favorite Final Fantasy limit break.
Day 17 - Favorite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 18 - Favorite Final Fantasy opening sequence.
Day 19 - Best Final Fantasy outfit.
Day 20 – Best Final Fantasy hair.
Day 21 - Favorite Final Fantasy pairing/ship.
Day 22 - Favorite Final Fantasy summon.
Day 23 - Least Favorite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 24 - Best Final Fantasy quote.
Day 25 - Final Fantasy game you plan on playing (old or new).
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Final Fantasy moment.
Day 27 – Best Final Fantasy storyline.
Day 28 - First Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 29 - Current Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 30 - Saddest Final Fantasy character death.
I swear the other entries won't be as rambling as that one was. XD Well...favorite character will probably be just as bad but I'll try not to go overboard since I already have done entries on that before.
~Lyn
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Date: 2011-04-27 01:22 pm (UTC)*steals*
This is a 30 day meme I CAN STICK WITH
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Date: 2011-04-27 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-27 05:23 pm (UTC)I was killed by the first boss, too. A couple of times. But that only made me try harder, I hate when the games are too easy. So, for me, that was a bonus point. The Spanish translation sucked pretty hard, but I think the problem was me not paying attention to the message in the screen and understimating the importance of healing oneself.
I've always liked Tifa, though. A lot more than Aerith, who got on my nerves. I was more than happy when in the Gold Saucer it was her I got the date with. I suppose I had been rude to Aerith the whole game. But I was sad when she died, really sad. It was really unexpected (I saw no commercial with that scene in it, fortunately).
And yes, I think it's the first game I played where I wanted to be told more of the story, I really wanted to know what was happening. Never before I've been looking forward to the "boring explanation necessary for the game to go on". I got goosebumps with the flashbacks in the Mako reactor (great music, by the way). I remember the scene in the Temple of the Ancients and me resisting with Cloud, I didn't want to press the button and delayed the moment because I didn't want to give that Black Matter, no fucking way! It took me a lot to finally do it. And Sephiroth is still the best villain in a videogame ever. We've already talked before about Cloud, so I won't repeat myself on that account.
But yes, FFVII is still special to me, too. Even if the graphics are so old-looking, I don't care. It retains the magic.
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Date: 2011-04-27 07:00 pm (UTC)I went back and forth between who I liked more when I first played it. I guess I liked them equally at first, oddly enough. But I do think I kept pushing the romance bits more towards Tifa (got her date in the Gold Saucer the first time too, even though I think the Aerith scene has more contribution to the story. I do remember going back and doing her date scene too later on). But now I'd probably just do Aerith 'cause I dunno, I like her a lot more in the end. And despite having been spoiled about her death, I still cried a lot at it and was very hesitant to do that part, knowing she'd die. Kept trying to prolong the parts leading up to it. But at least I knew, so I already knew to take all her equipment off first.
Ohhh man I remember resisting a lot too. XD I was pretty angry at the age of 12 when I realized I HAD to press it. I was like "WHAT?! Nooooooooo!!!!" and was cringing as I finally did so (after like over 5 minutes of trying not to, hoping it'd give me another option). Funny though as of course now, I'd be all "yes~ Give Sephiroth the black materia, ho ho ho" XDXD