[ SECRET POST #233 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #233 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Have some more random bite links! Devilbats. ♥

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 131 secrets from Secret Submission Post #034.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] too big.
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Comments

Re: 3 & 11

[cephiedvariable.livejournal.com]

I had the exact same experience as you. XDD I had a choice between an N64 and a Playstation when I was about ten years old. I very nearly chose the N64 BUT THEN I SAW THAT OLD FFVII COMMERCIAL THAT USED TO PLAY ALL THE TIME and was just like: "OH SHIT, IF I DON'T PLAY THAT GAME MY LIFE WILL END."

It wasn't the graphics that blew me away, it was the fact that it has *SO MUCH* story. I'd never experienced anything like that. I was all: "Video games can be like books!?!?!?!? THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REVELATIONS OF MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD OMGWUT."

The only other game that's really hit me the same way was the original Metal Gear Solid and maybe Xenogears (oh shit, I haven't been wowed by a game since 1999 D:).

So, well, maybe that's it. I still don't think that FFVII's story is "trite" or "old newz" since compared to 90% of the RPG's I've played, it still has one of the most distinct and individual (dare I say original!) storylines of all of them (and I have played a lot of RPGs). But people who play the game years after have a hard time seeing through the hype, especially now that the anthology's gained so much popularity. I talk to so many people who have an incredibly warped view (both negative and positive) on the original canon I sometimes feel like no one even remembers the actual game anymore. *sigh*

Re: 3 & 11

[debchan.livejournal.com]

The hype has been a not good thing. It makes me sad, because with every new release of the compilation my first reaction is "Yay, new canon!" and everyone else's seems be, "Groan. Let it DIE already."

(oh shit, I haven't been wowed by a game since 1999 D:)

I gotta plug the Suikoden series, assuming you haven't already played it. 1 and 2 are incredible, and 5 is a close runner up. 3 and 4 were all right, but I can't, in all good conscience, recommend them.