Somadude plays FFVI (day 2) *sluurp*
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Day two!
Today I learned a couple of things, 1. Edgar is awesome and 2. giant octopuses can talk!
But on to what happened in the world of FFVI today..
- After escaping from Kefka, the gang heads to the south figaro caves to get to the Returners hideout.
- But first we stop off at south figaro, a nice little town filled with treasure and shopkeepers. After a bit of grinding my party and gearing them up, I head to the pub.
- There at the bar I see a ninja, Edgar tells us that he is dangerous and that his name is Shadow. I hope to see more of this heartless assassin in the future.
- I then made my way to Duncans house north of south figaro, Edgar suspects that his brother Sabin might be living there. And on further inspection and a nice little chat with a random old man, it would seem that Edgar is on to something. The old man says that the owner of the house left for Mt. Koltz and he hasn't come back yet.
So of course that is my next destination.
- As I made my way through the mountain, I noticed a shadowy figure jumping from ledge to ledge. Could it be Sabin? or something more sinister?
Well, after some combat and loot hunting I get my answer, kind of. Turns out that the shadowy figure was a man named Vargas, who isn't happy to see strangers on his mountain. A battle ensues and when Vargas is on the brink of death, he decides that he will end it the easy way. But not before Sabin comes out of nowhere to throw some raging fist's at him. That seems to do the trick and Edgar and the gang are saved!
- After some small talk and Terra calling Sabin a "bear", Sabin joins the group and I continue on through the mountain.
- In no time at all, I'm standing at the entrance to the Returners hideout. A guard lets me in and I am quickly led to another room.
In this room I am introduced to Banon a grizzled looking dude. He goes on about how humanity is greedy and how a long time ago, man unleashed evil into the world.
He also tells Terra that she is the worlds " last hope." Edgar doesn't like how Banon is forcing this on her and Banon decides it would be best to just go out side and cool off.
- After talking with the rest of the party and taking any loose stuff I could find, I head outside to talk with Banon. He asks Terra if she would join the resistance, to which I replied "yes." But then all hell breaks loose when a guard comes stumbling in, saying that south figaro is under attack. Banon tells Edagar, Sabin and Terra to follow him to Narshe, while Locke heads to south figaro to help out.
- After making my way through a couple of tunnels, I find my self at the lethe river, raft in the water. So what do you do when you have a raft and a river? You...umm... use the raft...
- What follows is a pretty cool raft sequence where your only real concern is " stay to the left", oh and "don't let Banon die." At the end of the sequence a giant octopuss named Ultros attacks the party. Ultros likes long walks on the beach and "sluurping" his enemies. Once the fight is over, Ultros dives back into the water and Sabin in all his steroid induced rage goes after him.
And after a short bit of panic and Banon telling everyone " He'll be okay" Sabin flies out of the water and drifts down the river. Now the game presents three different paths to choose, See what Lockes up to, continue with Terra Edgar and Banon, or see what kind of trouble Sabin is in. ADVENTURE!!!
So, how do I like it so far?
Even more then I did yesterday, VI is a very impressive game even now. I like how the game moves and I also like Edgar's crossbow, Sabin's punches and Banon's praying. So far, so good.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's update and make sure to comment if you read!
Thank you.