Apr 12 2009
Dabbling in Final Fantasy III
I went to Seattle this past weekend for Sakura Con (which by the way, had a cosplayer dressed up as cross-dressing Cloud! Best costume ever!!) and I brought along my DS for the four hour flight and for any downtime I had at the con. Good thing I did it pack it, because I sat in lines far more often than I thought I would. I know I’m in the middle of Phantom Hourglass, but I wasn’t in a Zelda mood. It’s also difficult at times to just simply stop playing Zelda. If I’m in a dungeon and I save and quit, I’ll be kicked back to the beginning.
So I tried out Final Fantasy III, which kind of breaks one of my New Year’s resolutions, but that’s a blog for a different post. For starters, the quick save feature makes the game far more interruption friendly. If anyone is looking for a good game to play while waiting in lines, this one is it.
I’m only three hours into the game, but I’m liking it so much better than any Final Fantasy game I’ve played before. 1) My spikey protagonist doesn’t get stuck. 2) The NPCs actually give decent hints as to where you’re supposed to go next. 3) I’m starting to really dig traditional turn-based combat, which this game happens to feature. I think the graphics style looks a bit like the Tactics branch games, and I’m not that fond of the cutesy style. But so far, that’s all I have to complain about.
But like I said, I’m only 3 hours in, and I have at least ten times that to go.
