Bup
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TSM Episode 382: The Fartbutt MegaBup
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Fumunshu
Great podcast this week! Good to see Bup, as always, I dig his sense of humor.
One subject that came up during the podcast, was when you all were talking with Adeki about what final fantasy’s were essential to play. Now, I grew up during the NES/SNES era. When I heard that FF9 and FF7 were the go to games, I for the most part concurred, but I felt like I would be betraying my past by not mentioning the older SNES era final fantasy RPGs. Then I thought “wait for a second…”– how much am I attributing nostalgia and the “rose tinted glasses” concept to my old favorite?.
Probably the biggest final fantasy game of my youth was FF6. It brought more a life to the table narrative wise, than the previous final fantasy games. It was incredibly immersive, and for the time, had a great intricate character building system. However, though I have loyally stood by the game, it doesn’t quite stand the test of time as perhaps FF7 and FF9 have, with just the ability of the ps1 had as a system to create a better story visually, as well as deeper and more applicable game mechanics. Though my experience with FF6 may have been more rich, because it set the standard for my young grade school mind, I feel like Square really perfected what they were trying to do with the PlayStation era games. It seemed like to me, though now it seems like a lot of people feel like the ps1 era had a deformed/cartoonish visually displeasing style, that square reached the apex of what they were trying to do with the jrpg style. Now, it’s like they are trying to soup up the narrative/cinematic aspect, while disengaging from the people who loved the game mechanics Square originated with during the Nintendo era.
I suppose I was just wondering, if anyone else was been able to compartmentalize the games they love from their youth, with the whole concept of “looking back with rose colored glasses”? Any old favorites by anyone not quite stand the test of time?