I've been exposed to video games my whole life but was never great (or even good) at them. I'd always play open world/choice-based games in my comfort zone for a little while then abandon my consoles for months. But with my growing love for old school gaming I found myself delving into completely unknown territory: JRPGs. I was vaguely familiar with pokemon but never had a handheld console as a kid, so when I decided to watch my first RPG playthrough on youtube and realized it was a fully voiced, story heavy turn-based RPG, I was intrigued. On October 13th, I embarked on the guaranteed 100+ hour journey that are Final Fantasy games. I started with FFX, a popular starting point, and enjoyed myself much more than I thought I would. I didn't love watching the 30-minute battles very much but I sat through most of them (which is, A LOT of them) because the victory felt so incredibly deserved. I then watched some Metal Gear solid 1998 to change things up but somehow couldn't stop thinking about the behemoth and cult classic that is FFVII. The day I decided to jump in, I watched about 12 hours of playthrough in one sitting and didn't really slow down until the finale. The graphics are always a point of contention but they didn't bother me whatsoever, all it did was prove how much can be done without the live-action-like visuals games constantly strive (and overwork developers to death) for nowadays. The story is still being talked about ardently 27 years later and it doesn't look like it's stopping anytime soon as noobs like me are just getting into it. To think it was done seven years before I was born is truly crazy to me...they don't make them like this anymore I fear!
So long story short, I discovered Final Fantasy along with RPGs altogether a couple months ago yet I came home last week and am 20+ hours into FFVII Remake. I'm really happy to be having the most fun I've had with video games in a while and also just having something to gush about (namely: Tifa Lockhart). I'll make many more Blog posts, and fingers crossed maybe an entire website dedicated to FFVII, which I've come to love very dearly.
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