Shortly before the end.
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kageotogiSo I think I might be almost done with Final Fantasy XII.
...probably about half of you, who know how long I've been playing this game, are rolling your eyes and going "FINALLY. God. I beat that a week after it came out, and you've been playing for, what, a year? Omfg. Net speak lol". And I don't blame you. But it's so pretty. ♥
In any case, I've been playing for 118 hours, I believe, though it doesn't feel that long at all (did I mention it was so pretty?), and I still have a mess of hunts to do and levels to earn and such, but so far as the actual game-plot is concerned? I feel like it's almost done. Not because I looked up the game timeline and was all "Oh-hoh, this next area will be the last one!" or anything (because I'm refusing to cheat at all, as much as I've been tempted to every now and then), but because I'm familiar with the Final Fantasy format and, hey, this is starting to feel like the end. The story is beginning to wind down. I'm learning more about the characters. Really, I just have to figure out why Vaan sometimes sees ghosts, why Ashe is such a tool, and why Balthier thinks he's going to be kicking it at some point (untoward? Balthier, I love you and you're absolutely lovely, but "untoward"? Really? I'm going to question your wordchoice on that one, love). Other than that, I think the story is almost done. I'm guessing I have maybe... Two more areas to go through after the Pharos. Maybe three.
I'm dying to learn how the game ends, but I also want to Do It Right. My characters are averaging around level 52, and I still have a whole list of hunts to finish (I keep putting them off because I don't like to use Teleport Stones and, well, there's not really any other way to get places except for walking, and that can take forever. Then again, I have the Strahl now. Maybe it won't be such a big deal after all). I know if I go ahead and play the end, just because, I won't go back and redo the things I neglected to do before. So the potential of finishing the game in an hour or two? Has just gone up to finishing in ten hours or so.
Maybe I need to reevaluate this whole "Doing It Right" thing.
Anyway, that's my video game rant of the moment. I hadn't done one in a while, so I figured I was due. Live with it.
Why don't I have any icons for Final Fantasy? The closest I have is Reno from Advent Children, and I'm not sure that counts. Clearly I need to reevaluate my icons, too. That'll be a project for another day. When I'm not supposed to be working. Maybe.
...probably about half of you, who know how long I've been playing this game, are rolling your eyes and going "FINALLY. God. I beat that a week after it came out, and you've been playing for, what, a year? Omfg. Net speak lol". And I don't blame you. But it's so pretty. ♥
In any case, I've been playing for 118 hours, I believe, though it doesn't feel that long at all (did I mention it was so pretty?), and I still have a mess of hunts to do and levels to earn and such, but so far as the actual game-plot is concerned? I feel like it's almost done. Not because I looked up the game timeline and was all "Oh-hoh, this next area will be the last one!" or anything (because I'm refusing to cheat at all, as much as I've been tempted to every now and then), but because I'm familiar with the Final Fantasy format and, hey, this is starting to feel like the end. The story is beginning to wind down. I'm learning more about the characters. Really, I just have to figure out why Vaan sometimes sees ghosts, why Ashe is such a tool, and why Balthier thinks he's going to be kicking it at some point (untoward? Balthier, I love you and you're absolutely lovely, but "untoward"? Really? I'm going to question your wordchoice on that one, love). Other than that, I think the story is almost done. I'm guessing I have maybe... Two more areas to go through after the Pharos. Maybe three.
I'm dying to learn how the game ends, but I also want to Do It Right. My characters are averaging around level 52, and I still have a whole list of hunts to finish (I keep putting them off because I don't like to use Teleport Stones and, well, there's not really any other way to get places except for walking, and that can take forever. Then again, I have the Strahl now. Maybe it won't be such a big deal after all). I know if I go ahead and play the end, just because, I won't go back and redo the things I neglected to do before. So the potential of finishing the game in an hour or two? Has just gone up to finishing in ten hours or so.
Maybe I need to reevaluate this whole "Doing It Right" thing.
Anyway, that's my video game rant of the moment. I hadn't done one in a while, so I figured I was due. Live with it.
Why don't I have any icons for Final Fantasy? The closest I have is Reno from Advent Children, and I'm not sure that counts. Clearly I need to reevaluate my icons, too. That'll be a project for another day. When I'm not supposed to be working. Maybe.
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:10 pm (UTC)...apparently gaming makes me capslocky. :P
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-27 08:25 pm (UTC)HOORAH RECREATIONAL TOPOGRAPHY.
It is an oft overlooked aspect of gaming.
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:29 pm (UTC)Maps are vital. End of story.
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:39 pm (UTC)Really, come to think of it, it's kind of a pity there's no genre devoted to mapmaking. THERE IS AWESOME GAMING POTENTIAL HERE.
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-27 09:09 pm (UTC)Then I couldn't figure out another one, because I'm the only person in the whole of the interweb who doesn't even write crackfic. I AM SO ALONE IN MY LACK OF CREATIVITY. Sadness.
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Date: 2007-11-28 01:35 pm (UTC)