That’s an interesting take, since Felix is as silent in his game as Isaac is in his. Granted, he is one of the antagonists in game 1, so maybe that’s where that comes from. It is interesting, however, how most vignettes in the first game are about helping people, while in The Lost Age you never really care about the plight of the townsfolk (though honestly, they lead far better lives, which really kind of makes this perspective flip make a ton of sense since Isaac gets to see many people’s lives become much more difficult due to the deal on Alchemy breaking, whereas Felix sees people be fine if not prosper in this new reality). Honestly, the perspective flip is one of the most unique and cool things about this series. Still, aesthetically speaking, Felix does remind me of Squall a bit, so that might be a factor Lol don’t worry about it, it was a long time ago and I dig this dude’s work. An SMT piano collection is something I never knew I needed. Will listen to the new music you linked in a sec! It’s always fun to read your research notes on the various FFs, so I’m definitely looking forward to your write-ups
Did you? I always feel bad when I accidentally recommend something back to someone who recommended it to me first. I think my GF said I'd like the main character from Lost Age because he's more of an asshole than Isaac. As for the Let's Play, I'm trying to stay on top of that one, but I feel my posts will be a bit more condensed going forward. I feel if I want to make headway on the retrospectives I need to finish replays a bit faster. I may experiment with recording video to use for it. We'll see how ambitious I feel like getting. Oddly, I almost wish I could skip over VI and VII and go to VIII, because some of the interviews I've been reading have given me some interesting information to speculate on.
As for the casts, I think there’s at least one character in the Lost Age that you might enjoy more? But overall, really none of the characters are anything th write home about. They’re never really the point
Ooh yeah I have yet to read your latest FFV entry. Sorry, I was writing today. And yep, I’ve listened to that I think I linked you the whole playlist several years ago.
I'll get back to them eventually. As I said, my GF loves the series, so I do plan on playing through them. My GF even said I'd probably like the cast of GS2 better. Still, if I was going to go back to a cliffhanger ending title and finish it up, I'd probably hit up Digital Devil Saga 2 since I didn't play it due to serious MegaTen burnout at the time. Oddly enough, I've been more in an FF mood lately and really planning out the future retrospective articles. I've dug up some really fascinating old interviews concerning FFVI and VIII that will be really interesting to talk about. Right now I'm kind of trying to punch out the FFV one since I'm in the midst of playing the game now. Also:
So coming back to Golden Sun a bit, I’ve been replaying the third game lately. Wanted to do a full run but I don’t have my GBA copy of the second game, never had a copy of the first, and even though the VC versions on the Wii U are dirt cheap, I still can’t afford them. I was very negative on the game my first time around, but now I find it easier to appreciate it for what it is and am having a much better time. The big flaws are still there - it has these inexplicable points of no return that make getting all the Djin a case of guide dang it, the game is way too easy and looks nowhere near as good as the 2D games, and then the main story pretty much feels like one of the town vignettes got bloated to a fifteen hour run time, with what felt like the actual main plot ending in a gigantic cliffhanger which will never be resolved because this game didn’t sell well enough - but those flaws are much easier to stomach knowing that they’re there. I still really appreciated how the world grew and once again, how rich the worldbuilding here is. Plus, some of the new party members are very refreshing.
Yeah, some of these arrangements have been interesting. Some like Dark Dawn don't sound much different from the Myth album version, but others have some an interesting additions to them.
Yup. Still not as powerful as the original, but good
