Me playing the piano

Well! I've been wanting to post some videos of me playing the super duper awesomeness Final Fantasy music on this blog for a long time. I've done some recordings but everytime I try to make a recording, I choke and stop half way, screwing up the whole video. However, today was a different story! A friend decided to record me playing a piece from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections - Field and Battles and put it onto Youtube. I played it... rather badly, many many mistakes and I'm only using an oldish digital camera so no HD. But since it's online, I thought I would share it with the people that come here! I also had the guts to record two other pieces from Final Fantasy VIII, which turned out OK, they both had mistakes in it, but oh well. Why not just put them up since the KH piece was worse! Here it is!

Musique Pour La Tristesse de Xion - Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections Field and Battles


Fisherman's Horizon - Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections


Ami - Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections


Hope you like it, I will definitely be putting up more videos of other FF/KH music. Feel free to comment and make requests!

Valkyria Chronicles

A little off track of the 'Final Fantasy' scene, but this time I'll be writing about another brilliant JRPG called Valkyria Chronicles. I know this game is very old but this beautiful, emotional and entertaining JRPG is definately one of the best RPGs for the PS3 so I just had to write about it.

I've recently just re-finished playing Valkyria Chronicles, and it is simply beautiful in all respects. The water colour art style, the music, the emotional storyline and the game play were top notch!
I'll give a brief comment on each of those parts of the game.

The graphics were different and nice, they used a WaterColour style to portrait everything in the game, it made it look classy, smooth, rich and life like. Even though it's not up to Uncharted 2 or Final Fantasy XIII CGI standards, theres nothing to be complained about this beautiful and thoughtful idea of portraying characters and beautiful images through the vividness of water colour. I guess the only thing they could improve is the Physix and movements of characters that can be awkward in some parts of the game, but only some parts.

The music was well composed and arranged. Even though some are rather cliche and somewhat reminiscent of other works of similar context, there are brilliant tracks. My favourite has to be the piece called 'Those Who Succeeded', a piano and violin duet. Beautiful instrumental arrangement from the original vocal and orchestral counterpart (which the Japanese version is very good while the English version lacked emotions in my opinion). This piece is a major theme in this game and very emotional if you have played it. I won't spoil it for you XD. The sound effects of gun shots and voice acting (Japanese) were very well done, and I'm glad they let us choose which language we want the voice acting to be, because the English voice just doesn't cut it for this game... Below is Those Who Succeeded, my favourite track from this game.


The storyline was beautiful. The pacing was very well done, and it implemented each main character and developed them very well. No one was left out and things were explained. It is also very emotional. Emotional in so many ways, from sacrifice to loss, from vengeance to dictatorship which all can happen in real life, so for those who have experienced war and or have lost someone dear will definately break a tear or two while playing this game because I certainly did. It was just simply beautiful yet emotional, yet true... Go play it and you'll find out what I mean.

The game play is great! It's a tactical RPG where it actually requires tactics and thinking before making moves (or you can use Orders which make the game less challenging) or things can go wrong and you can easily lose if you don't plan things out. The only thing I can complain about is that this game doesn't have much room for character customisation, but it is more than enough to be very enjoyable.

I loved the game and I know I will be playing it again in the future, and hopefully they bring out a PS3 sequel that is better than this one. There is a sequel for PSP, it is fun, the combat and customisation is deeper but the story line lacked so I'll consider it as a side game for now until they release a proper sequel! If you have a PS3 and like RPGs (or not) and have not played this game, I urge you to play it. I'm sure you'll love it!

OMG! DREAM COME TURE!

Well... I guess everyone knows who my favourite character is. And this character is now appearing in one of my most anticipated game of 2011!  Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy!
Here is the latest trailer from Jump Festa, it is amazing, it seems like they implemented a lot of new stuff in this game, and it will be very complex and in depth.



If you don't know who my favourite character is, then you will know when you get to 4:37-4:38 in this awesome epic trailer. OMG! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I GET TO SEE HER IN ACTION ONCE AGAIN!!! WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!! YESSS!! WOOT!!! lol.
Anyways. I'm gonna go celebrate this along with Christmas. Merry Christmas Everyone!
<3

The urge... why can't I keep it off my mind..

Sigh... Ever since I stopped playing FFXI, I could not stop thinking about it. It's like a drug, or worse lol. I deleted my character, threw away my items and uninstall it from my computer just to prevent me from going back to the game. I think about the game, but never really had an urge to play it again. I still look up informations, news and learn about the game, but never really wanted to go back and play it until...

 A good friend of mine, who also used to play sent me a txt. A txt that made my heart thump, a txt that made me excited, a txt that made me fall in love with the game that I loved so much - again. Lol.. I just sounded like a retard but it's true.  The text said... 

'Want to play FFXI with me again? lol'

ZOMG FFFFUUUUU ZOMG ZOMG WHY DID HE SEND ME THAT TXT?!?!? I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A SIMPLE TXT THAT CAN STIR MY HEART UP SO MUCH THAT I FEEL THAT I HAVE TO PLAY FFXI, I CAN'T LIKE NOT BREATH WITHOUT PLAYING FFXI... (Maybe not to that extent) 

The memories, the joy of enjoying the game with my friends all came rushing back to me.

sigh... well enough ranting. I'm gonna contact Square Enix Support and see if I can get Tacco back. Hopefully I can, but If not, I might start a new character and just enjoy the game until the PS3 version of FFXIV releases.

Final Fantasy is a drug. A good one though.. (thats what I kept on telling myself)

Whenever sang Eyes On Me.. On the stage, celebrating victory!

After an epic vote out uhhh last week... (I know... I'm a little slow) it was surely epic, many many songs were equal until the last few days and I was kinda worried that I might not get a winner... but however!!! Just before the poll ended, one song came up on top by a mere one vote!!! 

And the song that claimed victory over allllll the other songs were...

Eyes On Me - Faye Wong Composed by Nobuo Uematsu

It is such a beautiful song, and it is one of my personal favourites too! Also, we have our first ever comment on this site! GenieGenie who kindly left a comment! Thank you so much :D and also thank you to everyone that visited my blog! Really really happy!

Here is a video clip of Eyes On Me and the lyrics to the song. Enjoy!

Whenever sang my songs

On the stage, on my own

Whenever said my words

Wishing they would be heard

I saw you smiling at me

Was it real or just my fantasy

You'd always be there in the corner

Of this tiny little bar

My last night here for you

Same old songs, just once more

My last night here with you?

Maybe yes, maybe no

I kind of liked it your way

How you shyly placed your eyes on me

Oh, did you ever know?

That I had mine on you

Darling, so there you are

With that look on your face

As if you're never hurt

As if you're never down

Shall I be the one for you

Who pinches you softly but sure

If frown is shown then

I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you

Close as I wanted to be

Close enough for me

To feel your heart beating fast

And stay there as I whisper

How I loved your peaceful eyes on me

did you ever know

That I had mine on you

Darling, so share with me

Your love if you have enough

Your tears if your're holding back

Or pain if that's what it is

How can I let you know

I'm more than the dress and the voice

Just reach me out then

You will know that you're not dreaming

Darling, so there you are

With that look on your face

As if you're never hurt

As if you're never down

Shall I be the one for you

Who pinches you softly but sure

If frown is shown then

I will know that you are no dreamer

Your favourite Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts song is..?

New poll! Excitement! This time, it's all about the songs! I personally love Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts sound tracks, and me, being a piano player also, I do have the whole Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections. Ok, enough about me bragging... lol >.>
Soooo What is your favourite Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts song?! There.... are lots... Soooo if you don't know some of them, go to Youtube and listen!

Actually... I'll add a few videos on here so it doesn't look that boring, but it's not all of them!

This poll only covers the main Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts songs. So Dissidia and Other Final Fantasy spin off won't be here unfortunately... Sorry if your favourite song isn't included in this poll.. Feel free to leave a comment on other FF songs that is your favourite! 


Final Fantasy IV - Tsuki no Akari (aka Theme of Love) - Ida Emi
Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes On Me - Faye Wong
Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life - Emiko Shiratori
Final Fantasy X - Suteki Da Ne (aka Isn't it Wonderful) -Rikki
Final Fantasy X-2 - 1000 Words - Jade
Final Fantasy X-2 - Real Emotions - Koda Kumi
Final Fantasy XI - Distant Worlds - Megumi Toyoguchi
Final Fantasy XII - Kiss Me Goodbye - Angela Aki
Final Fantasy XIII - Kimi Ga Iru Kara - Sayuri Sagawara
Final Fantasy XIII - My Hands - Leona Lewis
Final Fantasy XIV - Theme Song (Name of song unannounced yet.. >.<) - Susan Calloway
Kingdom Hearts series - Passion (English Version - Sanctuary) - Utada Hikaru
Kingdom Hearts series - Hikari (English Version - Simple and Clean) - Utada Hikaru


Kimi Ga Iru Kara                                         Passion

Theme Song FFXIV                                   Distant Worlds

Real Emotion                                              Eyes on me

VOTE ON!

                                                                  Poll will close 13th October.

Birth By Sleep leads to No Sleep.

Now since it's been a few days since I last posted something, and the poll is closed now. Firstly, lets congratulate... Xion, Roxas, and... Kairi! Sorry Axel, you didn't make it! you got beaten by Kairi thats why you got... uhhh failed-photoshopped-out... Anyhow, these three awesome characters got even votes! Congrats to Ax... I mean Kairi, Roxas and Xion! 

Now about Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

Like the title, while playing Birth By Sleep while university is still going on, bad idea. I ended up playing almost all night and hardly got any sleep until I had my next class. so bad >.> I am currently at 76 hours into the game, 94% completion on everything. Just need to beat the last hidden boss, Mysterious Figure and collect some commands and items. One thing I want to say to Mysterious Figure... !@$#$^ you! you are too damn hard! Can't kill you after you turn invisible and create too many invisible clones of yourself to ambush me... ahhh! Anyways...

First off, I want to say that this game is AWESOME fun. The battle system is well designed, lots of varieties and combos you can create, endless customization depending on your play style and a really complex Command Melding system where you can upgrade your abilities and skills. 

The General battles are like all Kingdom Hearts games but this time with more new (and sometimes annoying) monster, the boss battles are innovative and really fun, where each requires a different strategy and are all very challenging on Proud or Critical mode! 

spoiler alert 

About the story, there are four parts to it. One main story for each of the main characters, Terra, Ventus and Aqua, and then there is the Final Episode which is unlocked after beating all three characters story and collect all Xahanort's Report, where you play as Aqua. You will also see many familiar faces in this game, many many familiar faces!

The first character I chose to start with was Ventus, as he looked too much like Roxas, and it seems to be appropriate to start with someone thats... rather familliar. After going through and completing his story, I was a little confused, as things were jumping too fast, and there were things that I just couldn't figure out... like why was Aqua standing in the middle of Radiant Gardens after the battle against Trinity Armour? Why did Terra appear in the Land of Departure with the power of darkness? 

It was just a little confusing, but as soon as I started the second character's story (Aqua), I knew that everything will make sense after I finish all three characters. The story is told in three different perspective, and it is so well told that nothing is really repeated, and every character's story was fresh and entertaining like a brand new game! Really well designed and thought out I have to say! Every character took me about 12-18 hours, Ventus' too me the longest because he was the first character that I played, and Aqua was the hardest to beat in my opinion because of bosses. Also, the Disney characters are awesome and was blended into the game extremely well! (maybe with the exception of Peter Pan and his crew... but Tinkerbell is awesome though!)

For me, the best part of the story, was the secret ending that you can unlock by beating all stories including the Final Episode in proud or critical mode. You can unlock it in normal mode but you need to complete the Report section for all characters, and that is really hard... so choose Proud mode if you are interested in the secret ending. The secret ending tells you so much that is otherwise left unresolved in the normal endings, and it is a delightful one because after watching it, I'm certain that there will be a next Kingdom Hearts game, and hopefully we'll get to see Aqua, Terra and Ventus again! Really hope they will all appear or have some sort of relation with Sora in the next game.  

Another awesome thing about this game is that you learn quite a bit about the past of Organisation XIII, when they were all still human, and you even get to fight some of them! 

                                                End of spoilers

Well, I will still be playing Birth By Sleep until I beat Mysterious Figure... or until my thumb falls off while trying to beat him... hopefully not the latter since I want to play more games and the piano... lol.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is overall an amazingly well put together, well thought out, and extremely fun game. Oh it is also really beautiful, but it does lack CGI cut scenes... sigh.. the limitations of PSP... But if you only finish one or two character's story, you probably won't get the whole package of fun and experience. 

A lot about my recent Kingdom Hearts accomplishments

Since I can't play Final Fantasy XIV (sad face... really sad face...) I will talk about a little bit of my recent gaming accomplishments, or simply, my recent Kingdom Hearts accomplishments since the games I've played recently are Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

These two games, I give you one two words! Awesome, Beautiful, Epic. (Here you'll see Roxas or Zack or whoever encounters Phil counting...) lol (my failed attempt at an inside joke...)

I have finished both games almost 100%. Just need to kill Mysterious Figure, collect a few more items for Birth By Sleep, and do some challenge missions for 358/2 (the latter which is unlikely unfortunately...) And for the next post or two, I will talking about my experiences with these games.

Firstly I'll talk about 358/2 Days. This game... it is something that you should not miss if you are a Kingdom Hearts fan! Wow! The battle system is fun and engaging with up to 19 playable characters in mission mode, the character development system is deep with lots and lots of possibilities. The graphics on the game is of great quality for a NDS game, and the mission styled progression system is fun, but it does get repetitive after some time, but it's not necessary to do them all so it's up to you if you want to complete the game fully. You might be wondering why I haven't talked about the story yet, even though that I am more of a storyline person. Well, the reason it is because... the story is the best of the game and it is sooooo good.

The story was so epic, with morales and a lot of touches of sadess and sorrow (hence my favourite original music from this game is called 'Musique Pour la Tristesse de Xion' or Sadness and Sorrows of Xion). 

            a little (major) spoiler alert here

Xion, a new character that is introduced in this game, yet you should be very familliar if you know the Kingdom Hearts character Sora, Riku and Kairi. Roxas, Axel and Xion. Any resemblance? But! it's not as obvious as you may think! Xion is actually a part of Sora, and if Roxas is Sora's Nobody, then what is Xion?! A created replica of Roxas, who eventually develop a 'Heart' for herself. This is something that a 'heartless' can't do, but obviously they are Sora's (hence why she can wield the Keyblade as well). She then discovers the truth of where the flashbacks and memories comes from, then she began to think and develop 'feelings' that she should give these back to Roxas and finally Sora. The consequence is obviously that she has to sacrifice herself. For me, the story was developed so well within the game, in the end, even though you know it is going to be something similar, when you actually see and hear the dialog, it is really heart breaking and I had tear drops in my eyes almost wanting to escape while I was watching the scenes towards the end of the game. I have to say the story is one of the best in the series, definately one of the saddest Kingdom Hearts story line.

                                                                      end or spoiler

For those who haven't played the game, you must play at least for the storyline. It's something that shouldn't be missed if you like Kingdom Hearts. In the next post, I will be talking about Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. 

For this week's poll, I'll be posting something KH related! Who is your Favourite Kingdom Hearts Character?! Main Characters only however, and does not contain any Disney characters unfortunately... (Sorry Mickey!) 

Poll closes 3 October.

SEPHIROTH! dum dum dum dum SEPHIROTH! (as heard in One Winged Angel)

I have a HUGE surprise for you. The winner of the 'Who is your favourite main Villain' poll is... ok I lied. It's not a surprise. It is the all obvious SEPHIROTH! All hail Sephiroth before he cuts you up into pieces, well either way, he will still cut you up into pieces. 



Make sure you listen to the epic 'One Winged Angel' played by Eminence Symphony Orchestra as you celebrate the epic domination of Sephiroth.

FFXIV releases tomorrow! It's on the way to my doorsteps now!!

I can't believe it has been more than 2 months since I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XIV, and the wait is nearly over!!!! I recieved and e-mail today, and it said...

'Your order of Final Fantasy XIV - Collector's Edition has been shipped.'
....

'Your order of Final Fantasy XIV - Collector's Edition has been shipped.' 
..........................

'Your order of Final Fantasy XIV - Collector's Edition has been shipped.' 

IT IS COMING TO MY DOORSTEPS WITHIN 24 HOURS!!!

ok a little dramatic here.. lol Either way, I'm half super duper excited, since it is finally coming, but... I won't be able to play it until I get a computer that will run it >.<;;;;;;;;; /sadface... 

so sad lol. But at least, I know I will have it and play it soon. 

Also, the new CGI trailer of FFXIV is truly epic. Adventure, friendship, epic fights, gorgeous graphics and sound... what a Final Fantasy should be like :D

Here it is! Watch it and you'll love it!

Badass needs to be loved!

The Badass villains strikes! And you know it, you love them! Who is your Favourite villain?!?!?!?!
dum dum dum...


Do you love Kefka's insane yet godly, crazy maniac personality?



Don't you just love Sephiroth's owning everything up as 'One-Winged Angel' plays in the background?


Or do you adore Kuja and his tail?!



Or you love that Seymour stole Yuna's first kiss?!?!?!?!?

Which villain is it that you love? Vote NOW!




Poll will close 27th September

Congrats Vaan!... uh I mean...

As my second poll closes, I want to firstly say thank you to all who have voted and visited the site :D

This time we have 2 times more people voting! Thats a major improvement! Good to see! Hope it will just get better and better :D

We have a winner!!! for being the least liked main character in the Final Fantasy series.... 

Is that a good thing? or bad thing?!?! well.. Here it is!

 

Ok I have to admit. This failed paint-job is pretty disturbing.. but as we can see, VAAN from FINAL FANTASY XII won in all his glory, 3 time more vote than all other characters that got voted and a whopping 50% of all votes went to Vaan. He should be happy! At least he was a character that everyone remembered because he... was useless in the game, so congrats Vaan! Majority of the people don't like you! (I myself don't particular like or care about him too XD)

I'm surprised that there are people who voted the retro Cloud and Zack as their least favourtie character. Good to see that not everybody is all Final Fantasy VII XD

Next poll will be coming up shortly! Hope to see you on here often!

New Poll! - Which main character do you hate the most?!?!

Muahahaha. A negative poll this time, Which Main character do you have the most in the Final Fantasies mentioned in the poll?!

Could it be that you hate Cloud's anti-socialness?

Could it be Squall's self centred views? 

Could it be Vaan's meaningless to the game? 

Could it be Lightning because she uses a more high-tech Gunblade than Squall?!





Could it be Terra because she ended up destroying the insane villain Kefka?! Who could it be... It's up to you to decide!


Poll will close on the 16 of September

Final Fantasy X is the winner! WOOHOO

My first poll, and in all it's glory, Final Fantasy X's ending won! (by a mere 1 vote over FFVII) I have to totally agree with you, it was the most memorable, most well presented, and of all, the saddest ending so far in my honest opinion. The music was unforgettable as well. The ending theme consisting of the melancholy tune of To Zanarkand and Hymn of the Faith, and Suteki Da Ne when the credits rolled were priceless.
The few words that was said in the ending was so powerful, it brought tears to my eyes, and I knew from that moment I would not forget about it. It was just an amazing ending, It deserves to win!



note:
Major SPOILER warning on the video. Don't watch it if you are playing FFX or want to complete it yourself.

More awesome announcements from Square!

Ok, two posts in one day. I just got excited! We all know that Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is going to be released tomorrow here in New Zealand, and that alone makes me super duper happy! but... Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura Has just announced the next DISSIDIA GAME!!! 

It will be called Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy. From the shonen jump preview, it will definately have Lightning from FFXIII and Kain from FFIV. As a Dissidia Final Fantasy fan, I cannot wait to play it and kick some ass! (thats if I ever find someone to fight with in New Zealand... lol)

It will be released in 2011 in Japan, but the release dates for other regions are unknown at this time.

Building a computer for FFXIV... Pricey..

As the release day of Final Fantasy XIV gets closer and closer... The excitement rises and I really can't wait to play! (I'm refraining myself from playing the Open Beta... so I don't get any sort of spoilers!) However, the real problem is... I don't have a powerful enough computer to run it! My laptop, which is 3 years old, won't be able to run it. It's only got 4 gig ram, 32bit Vista and a 8600 NVIDIA graphics card, and less than 5 gigs on my harddrive... I guess it can run it at low resolution, but the laptop will probably overheat... 

So here is the plan! Build a new desktop and hook it up to my HD TV and play it in Hi-Def! Muahahahaha. Thats if I can get the funds to get myself a new comp...

I'm comsidering getting these parts:

• Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz quad core
• 6 Gig DDR3 ram (3x 2 gig)
• 500 gig Harddrive (Only using it for general FFXIV, and I have plenty of portable HDDs)
• Sapphire Radeon HD5970 2gig Graphics Card
• Window's 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Possibly a Blu-Ray Writer but probably just a DVD/CD RW
• And a case to put all these goodies in and a mouse and keyboard.

That will cost me about.... $2700 NZD... Which I don't have at the moment lol. AHHH I can dream... But I really do hope I win the lotto or something and then I can build myself an ultimate FFXIV comp >.> 

Ohhh on the contrary, September is a good month! Not only FFXIV is coming out, but Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is coming out, and I have pre-ordered the Special Edition that should arrive tomorrow! That and uni should keep me busy until I build myself a nice computer for FFXIV! Hopefully...

My Final Fantasy Timeline - Continued

Continued from my previous post

After I have completed Final Fantasy VIII, I wanted more. When I had the chance, I went to the shops and asked if there were other Final Fantasies available, they said they had VII and IX, also X was about to be released on the PlayStation 2. I was sooo excited that I wanted to get them all. But as a poor kid back then, I couldn't afford games, and I didn't own a PS for myself, and the PS2 was way too expensive at that time, I think it was around the $1200 mark. I went home a little down but excited that there are plenty of Final Fantasies out there available for me to play and explore!

However it kinda stopped here. I had to return the PS and the games, and I didn't have any ways of playing Final Fantasy. Even though I couldn't play it, I still thought about it, the unforgettable scenes of Final Fantasy VIII... Squall rescuing Rinoa in space... The flash backs in Trabia Garden... The amazing ending... the music... everything. I just couldn't stop myself from thinking about what other Final Fantasies will bring me, the endless possibilities and thoughts. 

and time went on... and on... and on.....

It's now 2003 and Final Fantasy X has been out for almost a year. I finally got a hold of a PS2, and FFX, both which were borrowed as well. I started playing and instantly, it became my favourite game. I loved the characters, I loved the music, To me, an even better story line than VIII and I loved everything about the game. Literally everything. I could not believe that a game, that people play to enjoy would have such an emotional impact on me. I couldn't believe that I would shed tears over a game. FFX was more than a game. It was a journey, it was better than movies, better than TV series, it reigned above all games. It was simply the best. 

At the year of 2004, I finally own a PS2 for myself. I was able to get copies of Final Fantasy VII to X and played through them. I enjoyed every single one of them and Final Fantasy became an addiction, a good addiction. As time passes, my love for Final Fantasy didn't thin out, but grew stronger, and I know I will love it forever! It's Final Fantasy!

Summary:

1995ish: Played FFIII but didn't really know it was the 'Final Fantasy' lol

2001: Played and understood my first real Final Fantasy, FFVIII.

2003: Played FFX and it became my favourite story and game of all time.

2004: Bought myself a PS2 and finished VII and X-2.

2005: Replayed VIII and X, also started playing XI as Tacco on the Titan server.

2006: Finished XII and IX. Also got my hands on a PSP

2007: Finished Crisis Core in Japanese and finished FFII anniversary edition. 

2008: Stopped playing FFXI, Bought a PS3.

2009: Owning up in Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Finished Dirge of Cerberus.

2010: Finished XIII in Japanese, Getting platinum trophy late January. Playing through VI

Today: Waiting for more FF games especially Agito, Versus, and XIV!

Thats my general FF life in a nutshell!

I have played other Square games like Kingdom Hearts, Star Ocean and Valkyria Profile but this I will talk about them in another post since this is FF only!

My Final Fantasy Timeline - Where it all begins...

Hmmmm lets see... I think I was 4 or 5 when I first got in contact with a game... I personally don't remember, but when I was browsing through my old photo album I saw a little me holding an ancient GameBoy (I'm not so sure about posting that photo up... lol). It was one of those bulky grey ones that required 4 AA batteries and... somewhat heavy but unbreakable GameBoy. Pretty early I have to say. 

The first game I played probably was Tetris... or... PacMan... I honestly can't remember. Either way, I remember having one of those pirated cartridges with 20 games or something, and it had Final Fantasy I to IV on it. That time I had no idea what it was, I played through Final Fantasy III and since it was in Japanese, I did not understand a thing, but I think I managed to finish the game without understanding anything. However, I did remember enjoying the game but I did not know that it was a 'Final Fantasy' like... the totally awesome addictive Final Fantasy lol, if that made any sense. :P

Anyhow, about in the year 2001, when I was 11 this is where it all truly begins... I was able to get a hold of a PlayStation and a few games which I borrowed from someone. Among those games, there was Final Fantasy VIII. It caught my attention. It was sticking out like a lake in a desert! And before I knew it, I opened the case, and put the first disk into the PS. As the opening sequence rolled, my jaws literally dropped to the ground as Seifer and Squall fight it on the screen. It was the most beautiful game I've ever seen! I couldn't believe games evolved into something so... beautiful and realistic! (since the only sort of gaming I've had up till this point was the GameBoy and SNES) I couldn't wait to start the game, just to look at how beautiful it is! But thats not it! As i progress through the game, I found myself in love with the storyline, battle system, music... everything, and I could not stop playing. It took me about.... uhhh I think almost two weeks to complete the game (it would have taken me less if I didn't have school or had to fight for the TV >.>) and as the 'fin' rested on the screen, I was satisfied, in love and can't get enough of it. 

to be continued...

Thank you for visiting!

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