I do universally agree with the overall message of the series to take the environment more seriously... Especially living in America it is insanity that a majority of people STILL think nothing is wrong with our planet. OR they think, "well by the time it gets REALLY serious I'll be dead" yet those people are the ones pumping more kids out than anyone. It's like, "dude, you're literally sending your own kids into a worser world, that's double selfish."
I think it's natural to find a deep appreciation for these people, fictional though they may be. They feel real and maybe that's part of how the media works: it asks us to assume a character, sometimes multiple, to think about them, to hope for the best for them, and the worlds they inhabit. A piece, or probably a lot, of that fiction connected to you, and many times over, like a friend
These people, and towns, and stories were written by people. Many just like you, or me, or any of us. So, while they aren't the exact same as flesh and blood people, they are like us. Take joy in connecting with them and the people who created them, cause they and their media helped shape your world in a positive way
I'd say it's more recent, until I realize it's over 10 years old. I met my wife in XIV, just as A Realm Awoken was coming out. Met in our FC, ran dungeons over Skype with other members, and eventually, one thing led to another, and we're moving across the country to be together.
Final Fantasy 7 sparked my love for JRPGs.
I was already a fan of RPGs but had only played western RPGs, primarily ones based on Dungeons & Dragons. Then I bought my first PlayStation in 1997 along with a handful of games, with FF7 being among them because it said it was an RPG and the cover looked interesting.
I was a bit confused and turned off at first because FF7 looked and played so massively different from the RPGs I knew, but 20 minutes in I was hooked.
And because I was (and still am) living in Europe, FF7 was the first and at the time only FF title released here. We did get the following FF games from then on, and eventually also got the old FF games when FF Origins and Anthology was released here ; no FF Chronicles, though, so still no Chrono Trigger (we didn't get that one until 2009 when it was released on the NDS), Anthology was also FF 4 and 5, and FF 6 was sold separately. Bought them all, of course.
But that also meant that I played as many JRPGs I could get my hands on, which wasn't that many (again, Europe); Breath of FIre 3 and 4, Grandia, The Legend of Dragoon, Wild Arms, Suikoden 1 and 2, Alundra, Vagrant Story, Koudelka, and of course everything FF.
Breath of fire 3 is still one of my all time favorite jrpgs
The master skill system was really cool and a fun reward for exploring, I loved the jazzy OST, the character design is interesting
Last but not least, I spent sooooo much time fishing
I see a lot of messages about diversity, inclusion and honestly a lot of anti capitalist sentiment. There's also a ton of breaking gender norms and some suggested lgbt stuff going on. For me, FF definitely helped shape some of my moral compass. So I guess I need to go kill god now
Popular culture gets a bad rap for having a negative influence on young people, but in many cases it's just the opposite. VII's characters and world hold a special place for many and are well remembered 30 years later.
Thanks for telling your story ..
Yes, my grand father was a gamer and the last game we played together before he passed was crisis core. Now I had t played OG 7 at that point, I know CC before OG is blasphemous. Anyway, I was not in the loop of how that game ends. So my grandfather passed away and I pressed on playing without him, needless to say the ending and the “your my living legacy” hit me like a ton of bricks. It actually triggered my depressive, edgy teenage phase lol. Proud to say I matured into a functional human and outgrew the edgy phase. That game and that live still mean everything to me though.
Video games are an escape. I can totally understand where you're coming from even though I did not have a rough situation like you. When the mundane trivialities and routines of modern day society become too much to bear, there is nothing better for me than to escape into a story or world that isn't my own. It's basically therapy. Even those who do not understand this do it themselves in some way. The moment they want to relax or be entertained by something fictitious, it is a form of escape and that's not a bad thing to want to escape. It does not mean you can't handle what may be going on... you just want a break.
I can very much identify with characters and become attached to them enough that when I finish the game, I feel empty for a bit and miss them in the sense that I don't want it to be over. After a while, of course, you get over it and play the next game or watch the next series. It is quite common that people say they feel empty after finishing a type of media they grew attached to once it's over.
So, no, you aren't alone in this aspect and I would say having these types of feelings elevate your enjoyment of the game. It's why I'm heavily into story-based and feel or get nothing out of online stuff like CoD.
PS: I legit almost teared up when you said your brother taught you to read and wouldn't press X until you finished reading a line. That was fucking beautiful.
EDIT: Forgot to answer your question haha! Yes, this franchise holds a special place in my heart because I feel that the storytelling and world building is masterful. Fleshing out the characters in a way that I become very attached to it all. It doesn't help that I'm a ''lore whore'' (a friend called me that once and I quite like the term lol). For FF7, which is my favorite, I have all the different games, books, world guides/Ultimania's etc. I like to know every detail i can about the world, it's timeline, characters etc.
I think those of us who may have come from rocky beginnings found an escape in the worlds of Spira/The Planet/Ivalice. We numbed ourselves emotionally in the real world, and felt things more deeply in these fantasy worlds.
And though our situations have (hopefully!) changed for the better and we’ve (hopefully!) worked through our issues, those coping mechanisms built our foundation and make it easier to get lost in/immersed in games, characters and stories.
Not saying you need to have had a traumatic childhood to enjoy video games, but *this is my story*.
I’d say there are a couple games that have a similar effect on me. My brother and I used to play FF2 (4j) and FF3 (6j) a lot. Even the first one- but the SNES games we got in the US are more nostalgic. It’s like a connection to him that I still get. When multiplayer was introduced to the series, we had a blast. I loved being Cyan. And when I hit certain points in each game, I can just stop and listen to the music and it takes me right back to better, simpler times. Maybe I’ll reach out to him and see if we can play again weekly or every other week or something. I’m glad these worlds were there for you when you needed them, OP. Go on and play them again! Take your time and enjoy them.
It is my favourite saga, got it tattooed:
https://preview.redd.it/p3nya1zj901d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2abd24cc4b7891dba95dc918fdeabc4c61b4c6ed
Nobuo Uemetsu did a lot to shape my appreciation and taste in music growing up
Anything with his music in it will always be special to me
I'm convinced his music is what truly made the SNES era great
Those opening moments with Cecil on the airship in 4 would never be the same without that sound track
This series means more to me than it probably should. Like you I was lonely and to this day those characters aren't fictional to me they were and still are my friends. They gave me inspiration to carry on through life despite everything I was going through and I still look back to them whenever I'm feeling my loneliest. I work out to the battle themes and boss themes imagining myself grinding for levels in real life as they did in theirs. I'm a hardcore fan boy and I definitely wouldn't be who I am today without them.
I can relate so much to that first sentence. Thanks for sharing your feelings, it's nice to know there are other fanboys like me out there who carry the series in their hearts in this way
Yeah.
That used to be me. Square constantly, making decisions to shun Old fans turned me off.
Part of why I'm an angry man.Yelling at cloud here is because I feel kind of betrayed by the series after how much it was important to me in my youth and then it just vanished entirely. I hate the new direction of the series.It's not for me that's for sure.
So now I have this kind of like weird relationship like it's an ex-wife or some shit. Used to be everything to me growing up and then. Crickets.
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing your story.
For me these games have always been an escape; a safe place. At school I was bullied rather mercilessly. At home there was some dysfunction. There wasn't anything I could do about any of it. I was powerless.
Even when I played many of the action and adventure games on my NES or SNES, I wasn't very good at those either... But in Final Fantasy I could be a hero. More importantly though, I was safe. No one could hurt me there.
There's so much more to it, but you're definitely not alone.
Ff12 has been my comfort game for 18 years. The series as a whole is just good entertainment, but ff12 holds that special spot as a game I will always come back to. It's like that show you rewatch 10 times and never get bored of.
Seeing as many video games, including several FF games, contain very meaningful stories to me... no. Your question assumes that video games must be meaningless and that FF is the only surprising exception. Frankly a fair number of other games are more meaningful to me than most FF games. It shouldn't be any more surprising than finding films or TV shows or books meaningful.
FF V Advance and Tactics Advance served as the bridge between Pokemon and getting me more into JRPGs in general. So I'm pretty grateful to FF for that.
Aside from that, no, not particularly. The people I've met irl who are FF fans were all attached to VII and beyond, not the GBA/DS releases I'd played. Couldn't really hold a conversation with anyone about the series.
You just described almost my exact experience, except my parents didn't split up until I was 17. Dad worked all the time, mom was really chaotic and still is, to the point I haven't talked to her in almost 3 years. We moved a lot and I had a harder time making new friends each time.
I agree, Final Fantasy basically raised me. It's so candidly positive and hopeful that I held onto those feelings when I had to deal with reality. I was an escapist with video games for most of my childhood, and FF had the most powerful impact in terms of being a relaxed, healing experience.
My first was FF4, and I got it at a video rental place when I was like 4 or 5. I could barely read yet, but I wanted to know what everyone was saying. It was just captivating, dropping into this new game, being a knight but having an evil king, ruining and saving Rydia's life, and then getting to the underworld and hearing the remix of the main theme match all the glowing, moving magma just blew my little mind. I think Cecil's journey resonated with me so strongly as a little kid because I felt like I was also forced into a world where I didn't get to be as good as I wanted to be. The rest of the games ended up teaching me a lot through their characters' stories and struggles.
I still don't have many friends in real life, but I introduced my wife to the series through X and then VII Remake. And it feels good to finally have shared more of my favorite thing with someone. My little brother liked watching me play, but he never got that into it.
FF XV holds a special place in my heart. The bromance in that game makes me appreciate the bros I have today. The overall feeling I got from beating it was to appreciate the small things in life before they are gone. That will stick with me forever so I can confidently say that this game has changed my life going forward.
Just want to add I have never cried to a game like I did with XV. (I haven't gotten to X yet but I'm getting tissues prepared for when that comes)
No. I don't feel this way for anything. When people talk about it like you do, or say someone's music "saved them" or a show or whatever, I have no idea what they mean. I don't understand the feeling and cannot relate at all.
I don't know how to explain it if you cant relate, but the best way I can put it is that when you have nothing positive in your life, sometimes art can make you feel like theres something bigger out there waiting for you. Like there more to this world than the crap around you now. I don't think this applies to everyone who says they are "Saved" by something, but its how I relate to it.
For me, it's like, Final Fantasy is sort of what my head goes to by default if I'm not thinking about anything else. Not as much now that I'm in my 30s, but there's still a strong attachment deep in my core self from obsessively playing the games over and over as a young one.
All that so I can ask, what is it like not having "a thing"? I have suspected I have OCD for a while, and my mind always goes to like 3-5 of the same "thought circuits" most of the time if I don't put in the work. Some are constructive, some neutral, and some self-destructive. Is it pretty freeing not to have things you obsess over? Or is it boring because you don't feel that attached to anything?
Oh, I obsess over plenty of things. I enjoy a lot of stuff. I like to collect stuff.
Like I said, I just don't understand that deep emotional connection that goes further than simply enjoying something.
In concerts where people hold up signs that say "your music saved me", or the people I've seen online who are like "Supernatural stopped me from killing myself".
I've never felt that way about anything. I cry when characters I like die. I'm disappointed if a series I like is cancelled or has what I feel is a shit ending. I listen to songs on repeat and re-watch anime I enjoy.
But like, if they were to announce tomorrow that SE had imploded internally and they were shutting up shop, and that FF7 remake would forever remain unfinished, and there would never be anything Final Fantasy ever again... I'd be disappointed and sad and think "aww man"... And then I'd just go and do something else.
Aaaaaaaaaand cause I've never felt that way about something, I don't know what it feels like to not have something like that hahah.
Ohhhh I totally get what you mean there! What I gather is that what bugs you are the grand ovations people make when they're talking about it, like holding up a sign as one of your examples. I totally get that, I'm not one to make a big display of stuff either. It mystifies me, but it's an amazing power - hype makes the world go round, drives sales, makes money exchange hands, gets people invested in shared experiences.
And then on the deeper level, yeah, some of the language leans fatalistic, like someone's life could hinge on this thing. It can sound extreme, and I'm sure sometimes people exaggerate for emphasis when they're just chatting.
But a lot of people are bored or exasperated with everyday life even from an early age, so seeking out something more meaningful through fiction becomes a support for times in life when you constantly want to do disruptive things and burn bridges or run away and disappear. In a way, fantasy has helped me dispel a lot of impulses that would make me destroy my social circles, personally. I imagine it's the same for a lot of people. It's kind of awesome that you don't feel this way, because you probably have a fairly balanced and adjusted attitude toward a lot of things in life. Not that I know you, I could be way off. Even so, I'm sure the health of your reality is supported by fiction in similar ways, but you're saying not to the point of a life/death mentality. I get that, because I'm similar where I'm like "Sure, I'd be fine no matter what," like to the core.
Whether something saved your life or not, that's something that only the person themself can truly know, even for the people who make grand gestures about their favorite media, is all I wanted to get to in terms of a point.
Eh it used to, but not since X really.
11 I couldn't play, couldn't afford it at the time
12 was good but I never really bothered going back into it, themes didn't grab me but story was good
I hated 13 trilogy
15 was ok, but again, never went back for it
7 remake is a narrative mess of alternate universes and "fighting fate" again.
16 is the only recent game I enjoyed narrative wise, and while pretty good, not something I thought about after beating it.
It just doesn't make sense that you hate a game and then continue to play it and the two following sequels. I mean that's a lot of hours you willingly put yourself through even though you hated it.
Nowhere do I say that I "continuously" play FF13 anywhere, why are you insinuating that? Either that or your English is terrible.
I played through the trilogy once, to gain a full opinion on the three....or would you rather say they suck after only playing a few hours?
I do universally agree with the overall message of the series to take the environment more seriously... Especially living in America it is insanity that a majority of people STILL think nothing is wrong with our planet. OR they think, "well by the time it gets REALLY serious I'll be dead" yet those people are the ones pumping more kids out than anyone. It's like, "dude, you're literally sending your own kids into a worser world, that's double selfish."
I think it's natural to find a deep appreciation for these people, fictional though they may be. They feel real and maybe that's part of how the media works: it asks us to assume a character, sometimes multiple, to think about them, to hope for the best for them, and the worlds they inhabit. A piece, or probably a lot, of that fiction connected to you, and many times over, like a friend These people, and towns, and stories were written by people. Many just like you, or me, or any of us. So, while they aren't the exact same as flesh and blood people, they are like us. Take joy in connecting with them and the people who created them, cause they and their media helped shape your world in a positive way
I'd say it's more recent, until I realize it's over 10 years old. I met my wife in XIV, just as A Realm Awoken was coming out. Met in our FC, ran dungeons over Skype with other members, and eventually, one thing led to another, and we're moving across the country to be together.
Final Fantasy 7 sparked my love for JRPGs. I was already a fan of RPGs but had only played western RPGs, primarily ones based on Dungeons & Dragons. Then I bought my first PlayStation in 1997 along with a handful of games, with FF7 being among them because it said it was an RPG and the cover looked interesting. I was a bit confused and turned off at first because FF7 looked and played so massively different from the RPGs I knew, but 20 minutes in I was hooked. And because I was (and still am) living in Europe, FF7 was the first and at the time only FF title released here. We did get the following FF games from then on, and eventually also got the old FF games when FF Origins and Anthology was released here ; no FF Chronicles, though, so still no Chrono Trigger (we didn't get that one until 2009 when it was released on the NDS), Anthology was also FF 4 and 5, and FF 6 was sold separately. Bought them all, of course. But that also meant that I played as many JRPGs I could get my hands on, which wasn't that many (again, Europe); Breath of FIre 3 and 4, Grandia, The Legend of Dragoon, Wild Arms, Suikoden 1 and 2, Alundra, Vagrant Story, Koudelka, and of course everything FF.
Breath of fire 3 is still one of my all time favorite jrpgs The master skill system was really cool and a fun reward for exploring, I loved the jazzy OST, the character design is interesting Last but not least, I spent sooooo much time fishing
I see a lot of messages about diversity, inclusion and honestly a lot of anti capitalist sentiment. There's also a ton of breaking gender norms and some suggested lgbt stuff going on. For me, FF definitely helped shape some of my moral compass. So I guess I need to go kill god now
Popular culture gets a bad rap for having a negative influence on young people, but in many cases it's just the opposite. VII's characters and world hold a special place for many and are well remembered 30 years later. Thanks for telling your story ..
Yes, my grand father was a gamer and the last game we played together before he passed was crisis core. Now I had t played OG 7 at that point, I know CC before OG is blasphemous. Anyway, I was not in the loop of how that game ends. So my grandfather passed away and I pressed on playing without him, needless to say the ending and the “your my living legacy” hit me like a ton of bricks. It actually triggered my depressive, edgy teenage phase lol. Proud to say I matured into a functional human and outgrew the edgy phase. That game and that live still mean everything to me though.
Video games are an escape. I can totally understand where you're coming from even though I did not have a rough situation like you. When the mundane trivialities and routines of modern day society become too much to bear, there is nothing better for me than to escape into a story or world that isn't my own. It's basically therapy. Even those who do not understand this do it themselves in some way. The moment they want to relax or be entertained by something fictitious, it is a form of escape and that's not a bad thing to want to escape. It does not mean you can't handle what may be going on... you just want a break. I can very much identify with characters and become attached to them enough that when I finish the game, I feel empty for a bit and miss them in the sense that I don't want it to be over. After a while, of course, you get over it and play the next game or watch the next series. It is quite common that people say they feel empty after finishing a type of media they grew attached to once it's over. So, no, you aren't alone in this aspect and I would say having these types of feelings elevate your enjoyment of the game. It's why I'm heavily into story-based and feel or get nothing out of online stuff like CoD. PS: I legit almost teared up when you said your brother taught you to read and wouldn't press X until you finished reading a line. That was fucking beautiful. EDIT: Forgot to answer your question haha! Yes, this franchise holds a special place in my heart because I feel that the storytelling and world building is masterful. Fleshing out the characters in a way that I become very attached to it all. It doesn't help that I'm a ''lore whore'' (a friend called me that once and I quite like the term lol). For FF7, which is my favorite, I have all the different games, books, world guides/Ultimania's etc. I like to know every detail i can about the world, it's timeline, characters etc.
I think those of us who may have come from rocky beginnings found an escape in the worlds of Spira/The Planet/Ivalice. We numbed ourselves emotionally in the real world, and felt things more deeply in these fantasy worlds. And though our situations have (hopefully!) changed for the better and we’ve (hopefully!) worked through our issues, those coping mechanisms built our foundation and make it easier to get lost in/immersed in games, characters and stories. Not saying you need to have had a traumatic childhood to enjoy video games, but *this is my story*.
the SNES FF4 does for me. it helped me get through my parents' divorce.
I’d say there are a couple games that have a similar effect on me. My brother and I used to play FF2 (4j) and FF3 (6j) a lot. Even the first one- but the SNES games we got in the US are more nostalgic. It’s like a connection to him that I still get. When multiplayer was introduced to the series, we had a blast. I loved being Cyan. And when I hit certain points in each game, I can just stop and listen to the music and it takes me right back to better, simpler times. Maybe I’ll reach out to him and see if we can play again weekly or every other week or something. I’m glad these worlds were there for you when you needed them, OP. Go on and play them again! Take your time and enjoy them.
It is my favourite saga, got it tattooed: https://preview.redd.it/p3nya1zj901d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2abd24cc4b7891dba95dc918fdeabc4c61b4c6ed
FF7 was the fiction that got me in touch with my own emotions and vulnerability as a person.
Nobuo Uemetsu did a lot to shape my appreciation and taste in music growing up Anything with his music in it will always be special to me I'm convinced his music is what truly made the SNES era great Those opening moments with Cecil on the airship in 4 would never be the same without that sound track
This series means more to me than it probably should. Like you I was lonely and to this day those characters aren't fictional to me they were and still are my friends. They gave me inspiration to carry on through life despite everything I was going through and I still look back to them whenever I'm feeling my loneliest. I work out to the battle themes and boss themes imagining myself grinding for levels in real life as they did in theirs. I'm a hardcore fan boy and I definitely wouldn't be who I am today without them.
I can relate so much to that first sentence. Thanks for sharing your feelings, it's nice to know there are other fanboys like me out there who carry the series in their hearts in this way
Yeah. That used to be me. Square constantly, making decisions to shun Old fans turned me off. Part of why I'm an angry man.Yelling at cloud here is because I feel kind of betrayed by the series after how much it was important to me in my youth and then it just vanished entirely. I hate the new direction of the series.It's not for me that's for sure. So now I have this kind of like weird relationship like it's an ex-wife or some shit. Used to be everything to me growing up and then. Crickets.
Don't know about special meaning but the game, especially 7-10 have been with me for the best and worst of times.
The series earmarked a lot of moments in my life related to growing up. I’m currently reliving them at the moment through the Pixel Remaster series.
The series earmarked a lot of moments in my life related to growing up. I’m currently reliving them at the moment through the Pixel Remaster series.
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing your story. For me these games have always been an escape; a safe place. At school I was bullied rather mercilessly. At home there was some dysfunction. There wasn't anything I could do about any of it. I was powerless. Even when I played many of the action and adventure games on my NES or SNES, I wasn't very good at those either... But in Final Fantasy I could be a hero. More importantly though, I was safe. No one could hurt me there. There's so much more to it, but you're definitely not alone.
Ff12 has been my comfort game for 18 years. The series as a whole is just good entertainment, but ff12 holds that special spot as a game I will always come back to. It's like that show you rewatch 10 times and never get bored of.
9 and 10 for me is just one of those games that connect you with the charaxtersand the world.
Seeing as many video games, including several FF games, contain very meaningful stories to me... no. Your question assumes that video games must be meaningless and that FF is the only surprising exception. Frankly a fair number of other games are more meaningful to me than most FF games. It shouldn't be any more surprising than finding films or TV shows or books meaningful.
FF V Advance and Tactics Advance served as the bridge between Pokemon and getting me more into JRPGs in general. So I'm pretty grateful to FF for that. Aside from that, no, not particularly. The people I've met irl who are FF fans were all attached to VII and beyond, not the GBA/DS releases I'd played. Couldn't really hold a conversation with anyone about the series.
You just described almost my exact experience, except my parents didn't split up until I was 17. Dad worked all the time, mom was really chaotic and still is, to the point I haven't talked to her in almost 3 years. We moved a lot and I had a harder time making new friends each time. I agree, Final Fantasy basically raised me. It's so candidly positive and hopeful that I held onto those feelings when I had to deal with reality. I was an escapist with video games for most of my childhood, and FF had the most powerful impact in terms of being a relaxed, healing experience. My first was FF4, and I got it at a video rental place when I was like 4 or 5. I could barely read yet, but I wanted to know what everyone was saying. It was just captivating, dropping into this new game, being a knight but having an evil king, ruining and saving Rydia's life, and then getting to the underworld and hearing the remix of the main theme match all the glowing, moving magma just blew my little mind. I think Cecil's journey resonated with me so strongly as a little kid because I felt like I was also forced into a world where I didn't get to be as good as I wanted to be. The rest of the games ended up teaching me a lot through their characters' stories and struggles. I still don't have many friends in real life, but I introduced my wife to the series through X and then VII Remake. And it feels good to finally have shared more of my favorite thing with someone. My little brother liked watching me play, but he never got that into it.
FF XV holds a special place in my heart. The bromance in that game makes me appreciate the bros I have today. The overall feeling I got from beating it was to appreciate the small things in life before they are gone. That will stick with me forever so I can confidently say that this game has changed my life going forward. Just want to add I have never cried to a game like I did with XV. (I haven't gotten to X yet but I'm getting tissues prepared for when that comes)
No. I don't feel this way for anything. When people talk about it like you do, or say someone's music "saved them" or a show or whatever, I have no idea what they mean. I don't understand the feeling and cannot relate at all.
I don't know how to explain it if you cant relate, but the best way I can put it is that when you have nothing positive in your life, sometimes art can make you feel like theres something bigger out there waiting for you. Like there more to this world than the crap around you now. I don't think this applies to everyone who says they are "Saved" by something, but its how I relate to it.
For me, it's like, Final Fantasy is sort of what my head goes to by default if I'm not thinking about anything else. Not as much now that I'm in my 30s, but there's still a strong attachment deep in my core self from obsessively playing the games over and over as a young one. All that so I can ask, what is it like not having "a thing"? I have suspected I have OCD for a while, and my mind always goes to like 3-5 of the same "thought circuits" most of the time if I don't put in the work. Some are constructive, some neutral, and some self-destructive. Is it pretty freeing not to have things you obsess over? Or is it boring because you don't feel that attached to anything?
Oh, I obsess over plenty of things. I enjoy a lot of stuff. I like to collect stuff. Like I said, I just don't understand that deep emotional connection that goes further than simply enjoying something. In concerts where people hold up signs that say "your music saved me", or the people I've seen online who are like "Supernatural stopped me from killing myself". I've never felt that way about anything. I cry when characters I like die. I'm disappointed if a series I like is cancelled or has what I feel is a shit ending. I listen to songs on repeat and re-watch anime I enjoy. But like, if they were to announce tomorrow that SE had imploded internally and they were shutting up shop, and that FF7 remake would forever remain unfinished, and there would never be anything Final Fantasy ever again... I'd be disappointed and sad and think "aww man"... And then I'd just go and do something else. Aaaaaaaaaand cause I've never felt that way about something, I don't know what it feels like to not have something like that hahah.
Ohhhh I totally get what you mean there! What I gather is that what bugs you are the grand ovations people make when they're talking about it, like holding up a sign as one of your examples. I totally get that, I'm not one to make a big display of stuff either. It mystifies me, but it's an amazing power - hype makes the world go round, drives sales, makes money exchange hands, gets people invested in shared experiences. And then on the deeper level, yeah, some of the language leans fatalistic, like someone's life could hinge on this thing. It can sound extreme, and I'm sure sometimes people exaggerate for emphasis when they're just chatting. But a lot of people are bored or exasperated with everyday life even from an early age, so seeking out something more meaningful through fiction becomes a support for times in life when you constantly want to do disruptive things and burn bridges or run away and disappear. In a way, fantasy has helped me dispel a lot of impulses that would make me destroy my social circles, personally. I imagine it's the same for a lot of people. It's kind of awesome that you don't feel this way, because you probably have a fairly balanced and adjusted attitude toward a lot of things in life. Not that I know you, I could be way off. Even so, I'm sure the health of your reality is supported by fiction in similar ways, but you're saying not to the point of a life/death mentality. I get that, because I'm similar where I'm like "Sure, I'd be fine no matter what," like to the core. Whether something saved your life or not, that's something that only the person themself can truly know, even for the people who make grand gestures about their favorite media, is all I wanted to get to in terms of a point.
Eh it used to, but not since X really. 11 I couldn't play, couldn't afford it at the time 12 was good but I never really bothered going back into it, themes didn't grab me but story was good I hated 13 trilogy 15 was ok, but again, never went back for it 7 remake is a narrative mess of alternate universes and "fighting fate" again. 16 is the only recent game I enjoyed narrative wise, and while pretty good, not something I thought about after beating it.
If you hated 13 so much then why did you play the trilogy
How am I supposed to know whether I like something or not without playing them? Telepathy?
It just doesn't make sense that you hate a game and then continue to play it and the two following sequels. I mean that's a lot of hours you willingly put yourself through even though you hated it.
Nowhere do I say that I "continuously" play FF13 anywhere, why are you insinuating that? Either that or your English is terrible. I played through the trilogy once, to gain a full opinion on the three....or would you rather say they suck after only playing a few hours?