Screw You, We're The Conscious Brigade.
Mar. 21st, 2015 10:22 amThere's something a little strange about playing Triple Triad. The story of Final Fantasy VIII tells you that Squall is socially inept and tries to avoid interacting with people; the gameplay tells you that Squall is perfectly comfortable challenging every stranger he meets to a game of cards.
Zell's mother carries some useful cards, so I'll often drop by her house and challenge her to a few games. It's sort of cute, when I think about it. I like to imagine Zell is slightly weirded out by the developing friendship between Squall and his mother.
I don't quite understand why NORG goes 'OH, CID'S OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO TAKE THIS GARDEN AWAY FROM ME AND YOU'RE ONE OF HIS FOLLOWERS, PREPARE TO DIE' just before he attacks you. It seems to be a flimsy excuse for a boss fight, but... they don't need a flimsy excuse for a boss fight. NORG already has a very good reason for attacking you, which he laid out earlier in the same conversation: he wants to get rid of the SeeDs involved in the assassination attempt as a goodwill gesture towards the sorceress.
Also, 'THAT-PATHETIC-MARRIED-COUPLE'S' continues to be the clumsiest dramatic reveal I've ever seen. Even 'THAT-PATHETIC-HUSBAND-AND-WIFE'S' at least sounds slightly more like something someone somewhere might conceivably say.
There's generally a lot I don't understand about NORG.
YOU CAN DISCOVER THE CAFETERIA LADY'S WAYWARD SON IN FISHERMANS HORIZON. I can't believe I'm still learning new things about this game! (I've also learnt that Fishermans Horizon, counterintuitively, doesn't appear to be written with an apostrophe. This makes me a bit uncomfortable.)
I also didn't know about the adorable sidequest you can do during Balamb's occupation, where you distract a guard so Big Bad Rascal can get a message from the hotel owners, trapped outside the town, to their daughter.
Also on the subject of things I've never seen before: when Selphie puts on a concert for Squall and Rinoa, it seems obvious that you should make them play 'Eyes on Me'. But you shouldn't! Because the scene with the Irish jig in the background is actually much better. I hadn't realised there was a version of that scene in which Rinoa didn't storm out.
Rinoa: We all love you. There, I said it. Please don't freak out.
Awww.
Finally, a bit from the bridge-crossing to Esthar that really shocked me:
Zell: Is the princess still asleep?
Quistis: She might wake up with a kiss from the prince.
QUISTIS, RINOA IS IN A COMA AND THAT IS A HORRIBLE THING TO SAY TO SQUALL. The attempts at matchmaking in this game are so inappropriate!
(I, er, didn't finish XII and play through three discs of VIII in the space of three days. I've just been playing VIII on and off for a while, and I thought I'd gather together my notes on it.)
Zell's mother carries some useful cards, so I'll often drop by her house and challenge her to a few games. It's sort of cute, when I think about it. I like to imagine Zell is slightly weirded out by the developing friendship between Squall and his mother.
I don't quite understand why NORG goes 'OH, CID'S OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO TAKE THIS GARDEN AWAY FROM ME AND YOU'RE ONE OF HIS FOLLOWERS, PREPARE TO DIE' just before he attacks you. It seems to be a flimsy excuse for a boss fight, but... they don't need a flimsy excuse for a boss fight. NORG already has a very good reason for attacking you, which he laid out earlier in the same conversation: he wants to get rid of the SeeDs involved in the assassination attempt as a goodwill gesture towards the sorceress.
Also, 'THAT-PATHETIC-MARRIED-COUPLE'S' continues to be the clumsiest dramatic reveal I've ever seen. Even 'THAT-PATHETIC-HUSBAND-AND-WIFE'S' at least sounds slightly more like something someone somewhere might conceivably say.
There's generally a lot I don't understand about NORG.
YOU CAN DISCOVER THE CAFETERIA LADY'S WAYWARD SON IN FISHERMANS HORIZON. I can't believe I'm still learning new things about this game! (I've also learnt that Fishermans Horizon, counterintuitively, doesn't appear to be written with an apostrophe. This makes me a bit uncomfortable.)
I also didn't know about the adorable sidequest you can do during Balamb's occupation, where you distract a guard so Big Bad Rascal can get a message from the hotel owners, trapped outside the town, to their daughter.
Also on the subject of things I've never seen before: when Selphie puts on a concert for Squall and Rinoa, it seems obvious that you should make them play 'Eyes on Me'. But you shouldn't! Because the scene with the Irish jig in the background is actually much better. I hadn't realised there was a version of that scene in which Rinoa didn't storm out.
Rinoa: We all love you. There, I said it. Please don't freak out.
Awww.
Finally, a bit from the bridge-crossing to Esthar that really shocked me:
Zell: Is the princess still asleep?
Quistis: She might wake up with a kiss from the prince.
QUISTIS, RINOA IS IN A COMA AND THAT IS A HORRIBLE THING TO SAY TO SQUALL. The attempts at matchmaking in this game are so inappropriate!
(I, er, didn't finish XII and play through three discs of VIII in the space of three days. I've just been playing VIII on and off for a while, and I thought I'd gather together my notes on it.)
