In light of Final Fantasy VIIs upcoming ten year anniversary, I wanted and have been trying to beat this game Finally and Fantastically for once (yes I know that was cheesy). To set up the story in this blogpost I should let known I have never ever actually finished to the end any Final Fantasy except for the very first one. Through PC emulation I have played 2-5. FF2 and FF3 weren't actually much memorable and I kinda stopped playing halfway through. I think I got into FF4 for a few hours and stopped. FF5 on the other hand I got really far, and enjoyed the gameplay and the exciting and diverse job system it introduced, but still got bored and stopped.

FF6 really has to be my most favorite. I have played through that game at least a half dozen times except up to the near end. Then I don't know what happens. For one of the first games to make me feel all tearing up halfway through, I get towards the last finale and just stop and give up. The same has happened to me with Chrono Trigger, my #1 Jap console RPG of all time, where I've played it through about eight times all the way to the last boss and just stop. Maybe I don't want to beat these games to keep some sort of legend alive? Is it just the journey that makes these games important and not the destination? The same happened with FF8, which is my last favorite Final Fantasy.

I've played FF9, got bored. I've only watched my friends play FF10, but didn't care to play it myself because "it didn't feel right". I've never played FF11, so that's the odd one out that I will never know what its about. I gave a good effort with FF12, but circumstance deleted my save file and it really wasn't worthit to start over again.

So now its nearing the 10th anniversay of FF7. Over the last two years I started playing it once every saturday for a few hours. My PSone broke, then I got my PS3 and started FF7 over again just a couple weeks ago playing everyday. I have been hooked into this game again as much as I'd expect from any current gen game. But eventually I got to the last battle. Sure my ass was wiped and I lost. Now I'm torn. I reallllly really want to beat this Final Fantasy, but it requires going to a save file 3 hours past (luckily I kept this file) and mindlessly leveling up to the point I'd feel comfortable to finish the game off with. Today I was hoping to finally do a full review on this game, but instead have to write this stupid blog to placate that.

I will beat this game though. It is a mission. Its not officially the 10 year anniversay yet. I've had 10 years to beat this game. It might take a little work and finally giving into searching online for the walkthroughs and hints (I hate game guides, would only buy them for collection value, but rarely open them), but I will finally beat another Final Fantasy, and the most epic Final Fantasy yet to exist.