FFVII: Battle square
After some crazy twists and turns in the plot, and after Cloud returned to the party, I decided to kill some time in the Battle Square at the Gold Saucer. My brain needed a break. The story is not...
View ArticleFFVII: the end is nigh
There is no greater boon for gaming than two days of moderate sickness. As I am sure you recall, the last week or two I’ve been avoiding the game out of my contempt for battle arena and chocobo...
View ArticleFFVII: Breaking through the wall
I think it’s been apparent to anyone reading my posts over the past few weeks that I felt like I’d hit a wall in Final Fantasy VII. I’d been playing the game for more than two months, and it felt like...
View ArticleFFVII: Game over
I can’t do it. I just can’t beat Ruby Weapon without the Knights of the Round. I mean I know it’s possible (I’ve done it before), but the amount of work required is absurd. A finesse win with low...
View ArticleFFVII: So close
Like many people, I’ve played more Final Fantasy games than I’ve finished. I’ve spent significant time playing Final Fantasies I, III, IV, VII, X, X-2, and XIII, but I’ve only beaten I, IV, X, and X-2....
View ArticleFFVII: Wasting time
I'm glad I had my camera phone handy. I put in a decent amount of time over the weekend. But, I probably only progressed in the story about maybe an hour. You’re thinking, “huh?” or more likely,...
View ArticleFFVII: It is finished
Well, sort of. Real men, as a friend quipped, kill Emerald Weapon, not Sephiroth, for old time’s sake. And, I suppose, he’s right, considering how easy it is to bear Sephiroth, but it doesn’t make me...
View ArticleFFVII: Now that’s an ending
As promised last week, it’s done. Sephiroth has gone down. The logistics: I’ve been playing with the final battle party, and while my last go-round might have worked if the game hadn’t frozen up on me,...
View ArticleFFVII: The end
At last. This experiment is finally at an end. Sort of. By sort of, I mean I defeated the game—specifically Sephiroth in all of his forms—and watched the end movies. But am I finished? Hardly. There is...
View ArticleClearly, the time was right
For all you Final Fantasy junkies, just as the Gamers’ Club playthough of Final Fantasy VII has wrapped up, Kirk Hamilton and Leigh Alexander at Paste are working on a playthrough of their own. You can...
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