Fynn
is an EoFF Hero and/or Heroine
Radical Dreamer

I at least hope we can agree that moogles make lame black mages

Also, is Catch any good?

True, but I prefer the speed element to help make fights end quicker. Not to mention you can set the party up in a way where a Viera summoner can heal the party and damage the enemy.

That should work. Course I never used the Nu Muo too much.

Sage was always a weird class to me in FFTA. It just had a weird skill set that I wouldn't really attribute to such a class. The Seer from TA2 is closer to what I would expect. Anyway, I feel subbing White Magick is better for the class since most of it's magick is offensive based to start with so this should give it more functionality in gameplay unless you were going for a pure offense.

Heh, I do see the resemblance =P

I prefer my layering and build up in electronica pieces over orchestra. It works sometimes with orchestra but I feel Hamazu uses the technique too much, so it loses its specialty. He does do some good simpler themes but I often feel there are not enough of them on his soundtracks.

I think part of that is true but even with tracks from games I haven't played I'm just not feeling it.

I'm not feeling the leitmotifs, of anything they don't feel so much like leitmotifs as much as they just feel like arrangements of the same song. I was trying to figure out why I dislike the Sunleth Waterscape theme and besides being a bit too Pop for my taste, I realized when I was playing the Gran Pulse theme that it was basically the same theme as the Sunleth Waterscape just with a bit slower tempo and more strings.

I also feel he has the same issue as John Williams where he uses too many damn instruments. He does come up with some good melodies but the songs then start going full blown orchestra and the melody just feels lost in the cacophony of it all. Sakimoto has a similar issue if you ask me. I feel both overindulge in order to make the music feel more epic when I feel they should be showing much more restraint.

There are a few tracks in XIII-2 and LR that would have been great pieces if he had just not gone with the "go big or go home" and instead just let the simple melodies speak for themselves. It would be interesting to see him try to compose for an 8-bit or 16-bit sound card cause I feel he would be at a total loss since he would be stripped of so many of his musical tools.

I'm sure it will help to keep prodding her along.

After playing more of Theaterythm, I've come to the conclusion that I really don't like Masashi Hamauzu's style. X and the XIII trilogy have some of the weakest tracks for me to play. My issue is that I can't really place my finger on why I don't like it because whatever criticism I can think of, I know there is an example from another composer I like from the series, yet it doesn't bother me.

Yep, going to try and stay motivated. I have a coworker also doing this so I'm hoping we'll keep each other on track.

I'm starting a new project just to get it off the ground and take a break from my old things. Course I don't think my story will need to hit the 50k milestone to be finished so that kind of takes some of the pressure off of me. I'm hoping that working on something new will inspire me to go back to older projects.