Smiles' Crazy Blog

I spend way too much time playing this game. Yet of course I have much fun in doing so. It is kind of the reason that I have not been keeping up on my blog, and that I have really nothing to write about except this game. So I will write about it now.

First off, this game is different from any other FF game that I have ever seen or played. It is no longer turn based, it is real time. I like how you can customize your characters, and while I am not finished with the game, I am genuinely involved in the games story. I am interested to see what I do with my characters and how I choose to save the world in this game.

I am interested to see what happens with the empire, Larsa, Vayne, and Gabbranth. At the same time I am wondering how much of a role the Occurians will play in the end of the game. Or how Ashe will handle the commission she has from them.

One thing I cannot stand though, is the Techniks and the Magics. First off there is only one water spell, and it is completely weak sauce. Why no Watera or Waterga? Sorry if that spoils the game for anyone. And the techniks, besides steal and libra, are useless. Even libra is kind of useless unless you are determining which enemy to attack first.

Then there are the Mist powers. Espers and Quickenings. I like the Quickenings. It is fun to string as many as I possibly can together and see how much damage I can do to my foes. On the other hand, I have not really harnessed their power. They don't seem able to do much of anything but die and confuse you. I don't understand how their abilities work, and then they use an ability and they just disappear? It kind of sucks, unless of course I am not using them correctly.

Anyways, I really enjoy this game. I have wasted three days of my life on it so far, and I plan on finishing the game so that I can see what happens.

Overall, this game gets Wo0 out of a Wo0t. It may go up if the last battle isn't as dissappointing as FFX.