Final Fantasy

Thoughts on beating the game for the fifth time across all its versions, from the original PlayStation, to the PSP, and now the modern remake.

There’s the recommended way to play Final Fantasy Tactics. And then there’s the way I play it.

I like to think of the Monster Hunter series being set in the same world as the Pokemon games.

A throwback to the classic JRPGs set in handcrafted dioramas, Fantasian Neo Dimension is a love letter to the Final Fantasy series.

We didn’t find much in our latest dive into the local retro game store scene, but we’d found a couple things. Mostly.

You’re down at K-Mart or Sears, looking at all those shiny new PlayStation 2 games in the sharp glass case; which one is the lady behind the counter going to bring out for you?

Just some AI art inspired by Shaher’s death and Eleanor’s sacrifice in Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis.

It’s a tale of love, loss, betrayal, alliances, war, peace, redemption, and a young knight’s journey to discover his place in the world.

Square Enix is coming out with a sourcebook and game master’s guide for a table top version of Final Fantasy XIV in May. I wonder what playing that would be like…

While I can see how some folks think this is the worst of the Final Fantasy games, I really liked it… mostly.