23 February 2011
My "Dear John" letter to Final Fantasy.
As I sit here in my chair at my Auntie's house, I am seriously wondering "What happened to the Final Fantasy series?" As anyone within a hundred yard radius of me may know, I love (or loved) the Final Fantasy series. Like many, I was a late bloomer; I didn't start playing the series until FF7--one of the greatest rpg's and games of all time! I could not get enough of Cloud or Sephiroth (both of who I had major crushes on); and I cried when Aerith died. Then FF8 came out, and I adored it just as well. Then FF9, which I also loved, but most people underrate; and FF10 everyone agrees was epic! But after that, everything went down hill. FFX-2 was horrible, and I never finished it; although, I tried to twice. Squarsoft effed up by putting FF11 on pc (in my opinion, although people played it like crazy so I guess it was a good move even if it did alienate me a bit.) After all this failure, imagine my enthusiasm when I learned about FF12 coming back to the PS2! I needed it more than I needed air; however, when I played it, it was more like sulfuric acid. The game was a snore. My main gripe being the way that one traveled through the land. I didn't feel connected to it. I felt alienated, again. But did I loose all hope? NO!!! I waited for FF13 with open arms, feeling that Squaresoft had finally gotten it right, especially with a woman as the lead character! And how did it turn out?! Waah wahhh.....a joke. I can't get through this game. I give. I feel like FF has run out of steam. It feels like giving up on a boyfriend that you have dated forever, but the love is no longer there. And with these words I may regrettably be saying good-bye to FF. However, one cannot say that I won't be coming back for a fling or even a marriage later on. It's just for now we need our time apart.
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