Final Fantasy VII - Restart

That's right, I've restarted FFVII too.

One of the best games ever created for use on a Sony console is also one of the biggest time consumers. You just don't realise how long you play for, and as a game originally on three discs it is exceptional in its longevity.

Poor Cloud. All he wants to do is to make a bit of quick cash and he gets his band of freedom fighting mercs all attached to him. Barret, Biggs, Wedge and Jesse of Avalanche just wont let him keep to his own devices, they jabber away about how he has to help them save the planet. You might think that he's hard enough to deal with this - being a former member of the elite fighters known as SOLDIER, but then they have their secret weapon - his childhood friend (and potential sweetheart) Tifa Lockheart. Such emotional ties aren't good for business ;)

So, Cloud is busy trying to prove that he's not the bleeding heart they all seem to want him to be, but then he gets separated from the group, and falls through the roof of a particularly flimsy church, landing on some particularly resilient flowers.
This would be the part in the story where you say, well if Tifa's not the love interest he's very lucky and may be able to become the badass he wants to be. Of course, he's landed at the feet of a girl. A pretty little young thing named Aeris (or Aerith - but then who is Cloud to judge about names and identities? More on that later!) who has, shall we say issues. The most immediate of which is that she is being hunted by the Turks (not the whole nation from Earth, a group of dirty deed do-ers, Mafia style if you will).

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More as the story unfolds on the playstation, as its been a while ;)

Final Fantasy VIII

So FFVIII comes to the Playstation 3 and after the excitement of VII's return this was, needless to say, a very happy day. Not only that but it did something spectacular - it made me want to play it again.

Not that the game wasn't fun initially but it just wasn't right in its timing before. By which I mean that I had both VII and X to play at the same time, both of which are exceptional games. So my playstation now sports the game in its entirety and I intend to complete it this time.

The opening sequence of the game - for those who haven't seen it or are feeling nostalgic - was exquisite on the ps2. From the water making its way up the beach, to the 'training' fight between Squall and Seifer, everything about it said that this was a game with attention to both detail and story. A friend of mine adores the game and because of her I *will* play it from start to finish.

More updates will follow on this, but right now, I'm rather excited by this fact.