for whatever reason, i plan on playing the original Final Fantasy series from the NES/SNES era (FF's 1-6) and writing about it here. why not? i plan to do this until i get bored.
if you're unaware, Final Fantasy is a series of video game RPGs from Japan. it's influence on the video game world in general (and your humble author in specific) cannot be overstated. it spans four generations of video game consoles, and is one of the best selling franchises of all time. ironically, many of the games didn't appear in North America until much later (either on PS1, Nintendo DS, or Wii's virtual console), hence the series seemingly jumping from FF3 to FF7 (FF3 was actually FF6 in Japan; the original 3-5 didn't come over here until much later). i could ramble on and on about the importance of this video game legacy, but i won't. suffice to say, it's kinda a big deal (insofar as video games are a big deal to me; in the greater scope of humanity, probably not as important as other things, but whatever).
interestingly enough, i have never beaten a single Final Fantasy game. in fact, that i can recall, i've only ever beaten one RPG: Shining Force for Sega Genesis (tho i played it on an emulator, as i'll be doing with FF).
what usually happens is: i remember or hear about a video game, get it for an emulator, play it for a bit, and then it goes away. not this time. i plan to play each of these games solely, until they are beaten, and play them a little bit for a certain allotted amount of time every night (probably longer on weekends if i can manage it). i'll probably be checking in here and there with updates, etc. it'd be too long between entries if i just waited until i beat each game. P.S. this won't be the only thing i'm writing about here at The Dynamic Adventuring. no need to fret.
oh yeah, you might be asking "why stop at 6?" well, 7-13 are on much later consoles, and also i've actually played most of those. the NES/SNES years, which encompasses FF's 1-6 is really what i want to focus on. because it's rad. so, here's hoping all this goes well.
for more info, if you're interested, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_(video_game)
it's long, so just watched the first minute or so if you want to get a feel for it.
*Edit Face!*:
-i started FF1 last night. holy shit, it's hard as fuck! that's the thing though, old school games were harder. they had simpler graphics, which makes them look juvenile or whatever, but they were way more challenging. it's true. try playing Mega Man some time if it's been awhile. you're ass will be kick-ed right quick.
-above i stated it had been four generations of consoles. it has actually been seven generations. amazing.
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