this is me being a completely retarded homer about ff6 earlier this year. much sperging about the nuances of the game to be found here
>sigh, you are such a fool, girardfag
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>eco-warrior
i don't want to think about how much that game imprinted itself on me. it's true though. the aesthetics, the setting, everything. i've just been playing catch-up with it ever since. finally deleuze cracked the code and linked it up. at fucking last.
i used to sneer at 7 b/c it was so popular (doesn't everyone do this?) but it's got a shit-ton of interesting stuff happening too, especially involving the cities, the kabbalistic references, Jenova (nick land Outside, anyone?) and much more. there's really no point in getting too prickly when you have balls-out masterpieces like that. and the *music* oh my god the music
there used to be on youtube a really good version of the guitar hero cover of decisive battle by someone called killer dokko. i think it must have been taken down, or i'd include it here. anyways
pic rel is another one of these games that deals with themes that are quietly *really fucking interesting* but, because of the medium, they're overlooked.
>that apocalyptic ending tho
>horry jebus
ah, okay. that was an interesting conversation too!
>well, fou-lu is compelling because he's essentially this god being pestered by humans, and he's not necessarily evil in any sense, he goes through the weakness of being separated from ryu, who is another half of the Yorae dragon
yes. this is the stuff, isn't it? evil. it's complicated. good and evil aren't always black and white, but relative forces of being and becoming...
>Anyway, it's mostly interesting because you often play from his perspective, and people get wrapped up by the powerful flow of his aura, just as those who meet Ryu. I would say for chaotic evil monster, Kefka has him beat simply for his no nonsense betrayal, mockery, and the fact that he literally succeeds in transforming the world into a hellish wasteland. but for a villian that is only villainous in the sense that he is a central antagonist that has his own semse of purpose that isn't personal, but directly conflicts with the purpose of the protagonist.
*exactly.* this sounds great! exactly this kind of stuff. cornball evil is ridiculous (unless when, like the joker, it's way more complicated than it looks). but fou-lu's characterization is tied to the protagonist's in these ways that seem *way* more interesting than just Good Guy/Bad Guy. whatever the next emulation/console game i go look into is, it's going to have to compete with this one.
>i also wish i hadn't been such a minipleb and spent all that time reading instead of gaming
the gaming stuff really doesn't get less interesting. in a way, reading only makes you appreciate it more. and even then you'll only really absorb the reading if it's actually *more interesting* than games.