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rionaleonhart) wrote2008-09-10 05:21 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2008-09-10 05:21 pm
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (THIS DOES NOT REFER TO THE JOKER)
Okay, when was the last time you played Final Fantasy X? Because I can pretty much guarantee you it wasn't recently enough. THIS GAME IS AMAZING. WHY HAVEN'T I PLAYED IT IN SO LONG? BUGGER I JUST WENT THE WRONG WAY ON YUNA'S SPHERE GRID AND HAD TO RELOAD MY LAST SAVE. BUT STILL. AMAZING.
I want to train Yuna up to the point at which she can beat enemies senseless with her staff. That is my goal for this playthrough.
Notes!
- I sent Gatta to his death in Operation Mi'ihen and felt completely horrible about it. It would have been fine had I innocently chosen the options not knowing what would result, but instead I was being evil and calculating and deliberately told Gatta to go to the front lines because I prefer Luzzu and I find Luzzu's reaction to Gatta's death more touching than Gatta's reaction to Luzzu's. I'M SORRY, GUYS. Maybe I'll write some slashfic to make it up to you. But probably not. (Seriously. Luzzu/Gatta. Tell me I'm not the only one who sees it.)
- Yuna is wonderful! I don't know why I didn't realise how amazing she was before. She's so brave and determinedly cheerful in the face of everything. Possibly my favourite Final Fantasy female lead?
- My thoughts about Tidus seem to have settled down at last. Back when the game first came out, my thirteen-year-old self (I can't believe it came out so long ago!) had a gigantic silly crush on him, something my twenty-year-old self cannot really comprehend. After that, I went through a period of hating him, and now I feel I can embrace him as the immature, arrogant, tactless dork with a heart of gold that he is. He always means well! He's just, you know, a bit thick!
- Blitzball is stupid. I'm not sure any Final Fantasy minigame is ever going to beat Triple Triad. No, hang on, I've just remembered the ridiculous amount of time I spent playing Chocobo Hot and Cold in IX. Still. YOU'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BLITZBALL. (WHY YES I DID FAIL THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED THE GAME AGAINST THE LUCA GOERS AND DECIDE TO RELOAD AND TRY AGAIN HAVING FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MILES OF CUTSCENES BEFORE THE GAME BEGAN, WHY DO YOU ASK?)
- Man, Final Fantasy X, you couldn't have lent a couple of cutscenes to the later parts of Final Fantasy XII? You've got almost eleven hours of cutscenes! XII has a mere six! A more even distribution would probably have made everyone happier! (I've got a fairly high tolerance for cutscenes, because I am, after all, a Final Fantasy fan, but eleven hours seriously that is not normal.)
- I think the battle system may be my favourite of any Final Fantasy. BRING BACK TURNS, THAT'S WHAT I SAY. TURNS AND CHARACTERS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BATTLE AND SARCASTIC WOMEN WHO ATTACK BY SETTING SOFT TOYS UPON THE OPPONENT.
- Auron is still and will never not be awesome.
- Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki are living together. This has nothing to do with Final Fantasy X and I posted about it yesterday, but I'm saying it again because every time I type it I am left with a gigantic silly grin and a significantly brighter day. I don't even know why! I'm not a tinhatter! It just makes me happy that the chemistry onscreen exists in real life as well. WHY ARE THEY SO ADORABLE?
I want to train Yuna up to the point at which she can beat enemies senseless with her staff. That is my goal for this playthrough.
Notes!
- I sent Gatta to his death in Operation Mi'ihen and felt completely horrible about it. It would have been fine had I innocently chosen the options not knowing what would result, but instead I was being evil and calculating and deliberately told Gatta to go to the front lines because I prefer Luzzu and I find Luzzu's reaction to Gatta's death more touching than Gatta's reaction to Luzzu's. I'M SORRY, GUYS. Maybe I'll write some slashfic to make it up to you. But probably not. (Seriously. Luzzu/Gatta. Tell me I'm not the only one who sees it.)
- Yuna is wonderful! I don't know why I didn't realise how amazing she was before. She's so brave and determinedly cheerful in the face of everything. Possibly my favourite Final Fantasy female lead?
- My thoughts about Tidus seem to have settled down at last. Back when the game first came out, my thirteen-year-old self (I can't believe it came out so long ago!) had a gigantic silly crush on him, something my twenty-year-old self cannot really comprehend. After that, I went through a period of hating him, and now I feel I can embrace him as the immature, arrogant, tactless dork with a heart of gold that he is. He always means well! He's just, you know, a bit thick!
- Blitzball is stupid. I'm not sure any Final Fantasy minigame is ever going to beat Triple Triad. No, hang on, I've just remembered the ridiculous amount of time I spent playing Chocobo Hot and Cold in IX. Still. YOU'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BLITZBALL. (WHY YES I DID FAIL THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED THE GAME AGAINST THE LUCA GOERS AND DECIDE TO RELOAD AND TRY AGAIN HAVING FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MILES OF CUTSCENES BEFORE THE GAME BEGAN, WHY DO YOU ASK?)
- Man, Final Fantasy X, you couldn't have lent a couple of cutscenes to the later parts of Final Fantasy XII? You've got almost eleven hours of cutscenes! XII has a mere six! A more even distribution would probably have made everyone happier! (I've got a fairly high tolerance for cutscenes, because I am, after all, a Final Fantasy fan, but eleven hours seriously that is not normal.)
- I think the battle system may be my favourite of any Final Fantasy. BRING BACK TURNS, THAT'S WHAT I SAY. TURNS AND CHARACTERS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BATTLE AND SARCASTIC WOMEN WHO ATTACK BY SETTING SOFT TOYS UPON THE OPPONENT.
- Auron is still and will never not be awesome.
- Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki are living together. This has nothing to do with Final Fantasy X and I posted about it yesterday, but I'm saying it again because every time I type it I am left with a gigantic silly grin and a significantly brighter day. I don't even know why! I'm not a tinhatter! It just makes me happy that the chemistry onscreen exists in real life as well. WHY ARE THEY SO ADORABLE?
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kind of restarted the whole game because I wanted to kep Luzzu alive.
I am very impressed by your dedication!
(I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD SUGGEST KICKING OUT LULU. LULU IS GREAT. Although she does have ridiculously cheesy magic-casting lines. 'Need a light?' Ahahaha, oh, Lulu.)
gently thwack baddies with her staff and see it do 99,999 damage
THAT'S THE DREAM.