I AM GOING GOING FERAL GOING APE OMG KILLING MYSELF IS POSTPONED ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD THE PLANETS HAVE ALIGNED THE STARS SHINES DOWN ON THE WORLD THE SUN IS GLOWING THE OCEANS ARE CLEAN THE ICE CAPS HAVE REFROZEN THE FORESTS ARE REGROWING
MY FAVOURITE GAME FROM MY CHILDHOOD HAS GOTTEN A REMASTER THIS GAME WAS EVERYTHING TO ME IT GAVE ME THE DESIRE TO ANIMATE AND DRAW THINGS OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IT LOOKS SMOOTH FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
On this day, 17 years ago, Final Fantasy XII was released in Japan.
I still remember trying to find all the pieces of information available, buying PS specialized magazines, in order to read and gathered as much knowledge about this game as possible.
it had been since after I finished playing FFX in 2003 that I was looking forward to it. I had such an amazing experience with FFX, I couldn't wait to lay my grabby hands on the next FF.
I still remember being so disappointed when I discovered that the character designer would not be Tetsuya Nomura, but instead Akihiko Yoshida (but oh dear gods, if only bebe me knew how much she would grow to love his work).
Then, when it was finally released in Europe in 2007, I still remember running to the Games store as soon as school was finished in order to buy it immediately, because goddamnit I had worked so much on the side just to be able to afford it on my own, i would not wait for it to go on sale.
And then, when I started playing, it was love at first sight.
The music (oh dear gods, the music. THE MUSIC. IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECTION. P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N), the story, the lore, the places, the characters.....I fell so in love with this game, it's without exaggeration the one I have poured the most hours in and my favorite among all the games I played.
I think, another reason as to why I am so attached to it, is connected to the fact that, with this game, I made a "creative jump" in terms of development for my original characters connected to it and the depth and intricacy of a story connected to them.
It kept me sane in times when I felt alone, sad, and lost.
this literally never stops being funny like dog they made starship troopers with the Baby's First Satire cranked up to 11 and these people are still fucking dumbfounded that the creators don't share their politics
Everyone has been focusing mostly on Snow shitting his pants when he heard "The Hanging Tree" sung by Katniss but if I remember correctly, that clip of her singing wasn't transmitted in the Capitol so it's unknown if Snow saw it. But there is another clip of Katniss singing one of Lucy Gray's songs that Snow definitely saw and it definitely haunted him.
The Meadow Song.
And you know what probably made him shit his pants even more? How Katniss not only sang one of Lucy Gray's songs but she also honoured a dead tribute. In that moment he wasn't only haunted by Lucy Gray's ghost, he was also haunted by Sejanus'.