Anduran

Great write-up as usual!

FF1 sure is a difficult game to approach from a modern point of view (and that was true even the first time I tried it back in 2003-2004ish).

I never got further than just past the Elven town, if I recall correctly an enemy with petrification got me one too many times and fuck that noise.

The only reason I could imagine for wanting to complete it is to get any references in 8-bit Theater, which I managed to enjoy just fine without it.

It's not a new facination, but I've listened to 50 (!) episodes of the History of Rome podcast over the last week.

The Total War series might be a good fit. They're all on steam and the older ones should run on most things.

@clagnaught:Love the Persona idea!

My dream games:

1. A grand strategy game with Crusader Kings II real-time-with-pause and character mechanics, Total War style battles and Stronghold/Simcity city-building tools.
2. A memory deletion device, so I can play Planescape Torment for the first time again.

A great post as always!

I just realised that FFX2 is a watershed for me. It was the first FF I didn't finish, and I've not finished any of the following FF-games either.

I've found that to grind overdrives for Aeons + Yuna is a good way to defeat some bosses, if a bit tedious. Go through the Aeons and blast their overdrives one by one and fight with them until dead, the exception being Bahamut who you'll dismiss right after using his overdrive and resummon with Yunas overdrive to get another blast.

This brings me to one part of FFX that I really like, but that I don't think gets appreciated enough; you get fully healed at savepoints. And this makes grinding much easier.

In previous FFs (particularly in the SNES era) I always felt some trepidation in long late game dungeons. Did I have enough healing items? Ethers? Tents? Or were I going to get stuck on the last save point to the boss without enough stuff to get further? And not all of those games made it easy to exit a dungeon and get more supplies (I think exit magic only existed in FF4 but i might be wrong).

There is no need to worry about this in FFX. You stuck on a boss? Grind around the save point for as long as you need with no concern for healing items or money.

Honey, I Shrunk the Muder Island.

Yes, it is possible to be embarrassed by an entire continent.

I'll use my own name. Because I wish there was more anime in my life.