Finally Fantasized

I always worry about writing too much on a single genre, because I fear it alienates my audience. Then I remember that this audience is almost entirely fictional, so it's all good again. Despite this, allow me to reassure you that this'll be my last post about Final Fantasy for a while. Maybe. I don't know, stop judging me.

NINE! IX! Yeah, it's going pretty well. My chocobo can fly now. Took basically forever, because the only way to get your golden chocobo is through a dumb-luck mini-game that is more than a tad frustrating. But hey, doesn't matter now, cause MY CHOCOBO CAN FLY! Getting to the stage where you have free roam of the map is something I've only really achieved in the original Final Fantasy, so I was super excited to be able to go everywhere.

Unfortunately, it turns out once you've got that far in the game, there's really shit all to do around the map. Yeah you can go to a flooded library, but there's not a huge amount to do there. It's fun to go back and explore old locales but it doesn't really add much to the game. I guess it's just that freedom of choice to be able to go anywhere you want. I just wished there was something to do when I got there.

Lindblum: Not as impressive in-game

FIVE! Final Fantasy FIVE! V! Kinda overlooked because it came between IV, the one with the Dragoon Knight and the sequel, and VI, the one with Kefka and the opera scene (Thank you, Bluffer's Guide). This isn't actually the first time I've played V, as years ago I played it on the PlayStation as part of one of those Anthologies. Given that I was around 10 years old at the time, I gave up very quickly because those old games are STUPID! I DON'T UNDERSTAND! IT'S TOO HARD!

Now I'm a bit more of a grown up (hah) I'm faring much better in my V adventure. I'm always impressed by how much story could be told with the tiny sprites and simple animations. The plot swings along at a far pace, which is probably why it's not super involving. Often, you just end up drifting from town to town, failing to protect the crystal, getting new jobs. God, I love the Job System. It's such a great way of allowing you to pick your perfect team. Want to have two mages and two physical attackers? You can! Want to have a team of summoners? You can, but I wouldn't advise it. Want to have a team of Monks? You can, and probably should because Monks will PUNCH EVERYTHING TO DEATH. Basically, the Job System in FFV: Very good.

Probably because I get some weird thrill of
dressing up my party in different outfits.

I was gonna talk here about how I, if given the chance, would create a new system, based off the V Job System, for a theoretical FF MMO, but I've gone on too long anyway. It involved lots of job mixing. Knight plus Monk was Dragoon. Black Mage plus White Mage was Red Mage. Thief plus Monk was Ninja. Needless to say, it was brilliant, and Square Enix would have hired me on the spot.

And I am done on Final bloody Fantasy for a while now. Next time, Thief (THE GAME) or maybe something entirely different. See ya then.