Final Fantasy II: A War, Not a Fairy Tale
Quick reminder before we start: this series is spoiler-heavy by design, so if you’re planning to play FF2 clean, this is your out. I’m writing up the beats that actually landed for me and not a step-by-step walkthrough, which means I’m going to skip around and dwell on the stuff that stuck rather than march you through every dungeon. I closed the FF1 post by saying I’d heard FF2 was going to be a very different kind of experience, and yeah, that turned out to be an understatement. A Very Different Final Fantasy Right from the opening this is a far more cinematic game than FF1, and I mean immediately, because your village…
Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster – The Playthrough Begins
Heads up: this whole series is going to be spoiler-heavy. Unlike my Beyond the Beyond writeups, which were more of a chronological story walkthrough, the Final Fantasy series is going to lean into the moments that actually landed, the beats that made each game memorable, rather than cataloging every step along the way. If you’re planning to play these clean, consider this your out. Starting a Journey I’ve Always Meant to Take I’ve been putting this off for years. I’ve got a stack of classic JRPGs that I either never played or haven’t touched in so long that I can barely remember what made them stick with me, and every time I think…