Thanks for this series. It's been fun revisiting this game through these updates, and I'm also a little relieved someone else has dedicated this much written attention to this game. Now, if only we could convince more people to throw away their sanity to explain what's going on here.
It's definitely underappreciated in the FF canon but given you gotta play the first two to get anywhere with its story I can understand why it hasn't found a huge audience. Maybe more folks will discover it via its rad soundtrack through the new Theatrhythm.
@noboners: I've updated the review with my thoughts on the different passengers. Overall I don't think my feelings on the game changed too much since writing the above; the game might be a little overlong, especially with the new content added on top, but it didn't really suffer too much from diminishing returns either. They made sure there was always plenty to do, old and new, throughout that runtime.
This is going to be quite the wild week, looks like. Strap it on in.
Best of wishes for Jeff Gerstmann and whatever he does next. I'll do my part to ensure old games still get their due around here (if only in the written format).
@imunbeatable80: I got pretty lucky with next episode's random selections, so this adherence to the results sometimes pays off. My good fortune won't last I'm sure.
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