final fantasy vii: remake update
hm.. i just beat final fantasy vii: remake, which was technically against my restrictions (playing games on my backlog), so i wanted to make a quick post here to make note of some things on my backlog that i'd like to play next.
oh, before that, final fantasy vii: remake: owns. everything was good, i loved every second, excited for papa's second (third? (fourth??)) helping. anyway..
i started this blog with a visual novel (phoenix wright: ace attorney: dual destinies (yes, that many colons)), and before that had been focussing on other textually-dense games (trails in the sky fc and disco elysium... i'll get to you soon..), so my transition to nier: automata and now final fantasy vii: remake has been super great as the two have been a nice mix of interesting narrative and compelling gameplay (the action in nier being a level above casual while remaining engaging, where ffviir has had more in the way of strategic action). so i'd like to keep that going for now, heading into even lighter narrative as i continue to get my fill from books and movies (i'm not good at balancing all three mediums at once... just a personal preference). so i'm gonna make note of some stuff with light(er(ish)) narratives and denser gameplay:
- vagrant story (haven't completed since 2007.. need to go back. have some stuff in particular i'd like to write about, about logging onto forums in 2007 to ask for help, about a man who tried to help me and lost his teeth..)
- crimson shroud (would love to just revisit a yasumi matsuno world right now, i find them fertile fields for my writing inspiration. but this one may be a bit too heavy in narrative..)
- misadventures of tron bonne (still haven't played a mega man game.. hell yeah? this looks like it's real good)
- ico/shadow of the colossus/last guardian (picked up ico several times before putting it back down, wondering if i should play lg before sotc. been thinking of these for a while and what they could offer me in my creative writing.)
- star fox 2 (this would be too quick.. maybe?? i really loved the first one for snes, so i'd really like to try out the allegedly better sequel)
- kirby's dreamland 3 (only ever played kirby 64 in a mcdonald's playplace.. which was rad, but that's it. i love the look of dreamland 3, like it was made with crayons..)
- celeste (got to about chapter.. 6?? and then put it down, when it came out, so i'd have to start all over to regain my skillz)
- ape out
- astral chain
- bloodborne (this would take much more time than anything else on this list since i spend more time wandering in fromsoft games than completing them, but i'd like to get this under my belt all the same)
