Oh yes. And also, you care alot. Followed a fantastic walkthrough.

I had been playing it a lot on my handheld. Easy way to level up when you are standing in lines and sitting in traffic. I had the day off today (long weekend of working) and I’m making a general effort to finish up all the games I’ve started.

I got to level 40 in the final dungeon which I think is way ahead of the curve. I think the 1st dead give-away was the fact that the walkthrough mentioned that the warmech was nearly impossible to kill … but I managed to kill him 3x for some really decent experience. To the right is a party that suffered a fate that I did not fighting the *Warmech*.

The entire game was completely an exercise in completion and nostalgia. The music is so incredibly simple. The plot is decent. The dialog boxes and conversations are really, really old school. Obviously this is true, considering that this game was released in *1987*.

I’d really like to check out Final Fantasy Origins now since I’ve seen the original.

Final Fantasy 7 had some weapons to fight that were actually more difficult to beat than the final boss. This is certainly not the case with 1. The last guy was definitely the hardest. He cure4′d himself and then I just said screw it and beat him to death with physical attacks. I love how big this guy is on the screen. Really makes you feel self-conscious. Maybe I’ll buy a sports car. Oh wait.

I found the entire experience a fabulous break from work, playing FFXI or actually trying to better myself by actually learning something.

My white mage got killed fighting the fiend of air the second time around. :( I cursed and tried to WARP back through all the levels. Unfortunately, I was pretty deep in the dungeon. I ran out of WARP spells and had to reset and reload. The second time through, I unleashed everything I had and whipped his butt. Like other people have said, a lot of the final moments have more to do with luck than skill or preparation.

Before I knew it, it was over. The End was on the screen and the music stopped. It was pretty sad. The total silence and seeing the roots of the Final Fantasy series. The end of the beginning of Final Fantasy. Sad and pretty.

I really picked it up late since 7 was my first FF. I was late into the game. That brings my list of Final Fantasy titles beaten to FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, FFI (in that order).