every artist is a cannibal

So much for spending the day being artistic. I went into town this morning (after having woken at the ungodly hour of half past seven), and happened to noodle into Morrisons in search of bread. I idly glanced at the games and saw that The Four Heroes of Light is out.

(Morrisons is actually responsible for most of my FF collection, and I wouldn't have Anthology if it wasn't for them).

So I bought it, because it is an FF game, and I appear to be a Squeenix Ho (I actually found and bought a copy of The Bouncer a while back. I've heard it's not so great, but I haven't played it yet). Even my mum now realises that if it has anything to do with Final Fantasy, I am on it like it's going out of fashion tomorrow.

ANYWAY. It's going nicely, although it plays to me like Final Fantasy for people who've only ever played Dragon Quest (I shouldn't be surprised, I guess it was only a matter of time). I mean, it feels like an FF game, but there are certain elements that definitely DQ (passage of time, the way monsters are introduced in battle, certain items). At the moment though, it is not as annoying or boring as I found DQ (look, I'm sorry to anyone who likes it but...I just didn't).

Also there is comedy potential with all those hats (which is the way the job system works in this game). Although because of FFIII (DS version) being a pain re: changing jobs, I am a little wary of actually making anyone anything other than a Freelancer. Which is probably stupid, because nobody's learning anything, and I'm two bosses and three jobs in.

I think Yunita might end up being my favourite character, but that's just because of my Knight kink, no doubt.

So yeah, so much for a chilled out artistic weekend, because it's more than likely that I'm going to spend tomorrow playing it as well. (I'm also spending the mornings next week commuting on the bus, so I will be playing it then, too).

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From FFVII's High Octane Nightmare Fuel page:

One of the worst bits has to be in the Temple of Ancients, just before he attacks Tseng. You're having some sort of vision of the past, seeing the Turks search the temple, and then Sephiroth shows up, and he looks straight at you. You're not sure if he's just able to see Cloud & co., or if he can actually see you playing the game.

(Emphasis mine)

(Also one of the things I do love about FFVII is basically how much it fucks your shit up. There is so much creepy stuff going on. So, so much).