final fantasy retrospective
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Final Fantasy 7Â Retrospective: Great Because It’s Weird
Illustration by Angelica Alzona Before I played Final Fantasy VII, I didn’t think it was going to be very good. I don’t remember how I was introduced to the game — maybe it was a store ad, or a magazine, or that wild 1997 TV commercial — but I do remember hating it.
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Final Fantasy 6 Retrospective: Simply The Best
Illustration by Angelica Alzona In the first few minutes of Final Fantasy 6, just when you think you’ve got a sense of the game’s rhythm, everything changes. Your amnesiac hero Terra, who you’ve been controlling for half an hour and are probably assuming will be your protagonist for the long haul, falls down a hole…
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Final Fantasy III Retrospective: Hope You Like Losing Progress
If you were to ask a Final Fantasy fan to describe the iconic Square series, they might rattle off a series of terms: crystals, classes, chocobos. Flying airships. Summoned monsters with mythological titles like Ifrit and Shiva. Somebody named Cid.