Lightning Returns should've just been a movie :)
Nobody can make me hate this series. Even after the 4th time playing the first game, I was still gaining a better understanding of the characters and story lore. When its all put together, it all sings beautifully. Janky gaming mechs aside ofc 👼
Nobody can make me hate this series. Even after the 4th time playing the first game, I was still gaining a better understanding of the characters and story lore. When its all put together, it all sings beautifully. Janky gaming mechs aside ofc 👼
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lightning Returns should've just been a movie :)
Nobody can make me hate this series. Even after the 4th time playing the first game, I was still gaining a better understanding of the characters and story lore. When its all put together, it all sings beautifully. Janky gaming mechs aside ofc 👼
Nobody can make me hate this series. Even after the 4th time playing the first game, I was still gaining a better understanding of the characters and story lore. When its all put together, it all sings beautifully. Janky gaming mechs aside ofc 👼
Lightning has a wonderful character arc learning to be vulnerable and to lean on others. It really drives home the message from the creators TO the players, at the end, in the new REAL world, "Hope is a part of our humanity". It's all encompassing, all powerful, and enough to rival even God himself.
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lightning has a wonderful character arc learning to be vulnerable and to lean on others. It really drives home the message from the creators TO the players, at the end, in the new REAL world, "Hope is a part of our humanity". It's all encompassing, all powerful, and enough to rival even God himself.
And the third game contextualises everything into a battle between the greatest powers that be, and the human spirit (The power of heart and friendship, will truly never get old).
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
And the third game contextualises everything into a battle between the greatest powers that be, and the human spirit (The power of heart and friendship, will truly never get old).
Playing them in succession really drives home how fundamental Hope and Despair are to it's core. The first game wonderfully encapsulates this push and pull within each character individually. The second game expands it's scope to a universal scale of fighting a deterministic end.
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Playing them in succession really drives home how fundamental Hope and Despair are to it's core. The first game wonderfully encapsulates this push and pull within each character individually. The second game expands it's scope to a universal scale of fighting a deterministic end.
Side note, finished FF13 for the 4th time right before this, and not only have I grown a stronger love for it, but it definitely enriched the 13-2 gameplay. I feel without playing in quick succession, it would be easy to forget lore details and would be lethal for the sequel's success
May 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Side note, finished FF13 for the 4th time right before this, and not only have I grown a stronger love for it, but it definitely enriched the 13-2 gameplay. I feel without playing in quick succession, it would be easy to forget lore details and would be lethal for the sequel's success
I won't go so far as to say it's a great game, it mostly feels like a really good fan game made by people who genuinely love the fantasy.
Even the bad FFs are for somebody, even if this game had less magical girl transformations as X-2, this also has its place in my heart.
Even the bad FFs are for somebody, even if this game had less magical girl transformations as X-2, this also has its place in my heart.
May 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I won't go so far as to say it's a great game, it mostly feels like a really good fan game made by people who genuinely love the fantasy.
Even the bad FFs are for somebody, even if this game had less magical girl transformations as X-2, this also has its place in my heart.
Even the bad FFs are for somebody, even if this game had less magical girl transformations as X-2, this also has its place in my heart.
The trap with the modern installments is that half the best stuff and most important story lore is all hidden in databases and fragment descriptions. But, if you're willing to nerd out, it really delivers on the character and story progression.
May 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The trap with the modern installments is that half the best stuff and most important story lore is all hidden in databases and fragment descriptions. But, if you're willing to nerd out, it really delivers on the character and story progression.
It's literally just a kingdom hearts game moulded into the shape of the 13 battle system. The wacky doctor who-esque timey wimey gubbins, combined with the loose understandings of hope, spirit, dreams, life etc is part of the fantasy I adore so much.
May 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's literally just a kingdom hearts game moulded into the shape of the 13 battle system. The wacky doctor who-esque timey wimey gubbins, combined with the loose understandings of hope, spirit, dreams, life etc is part of the fantasy I adore so much.