Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 7hTimber TV Station done - meeting with Edea the first time. My expectations are tempered. (I know what the deal is with Edea and that the final boss is regarded as "wasted potential" narrative-wise) So far def giving Ansem-Riku vibes with Seifer, looking forward to how the sorceresses 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026plus clothing and hair physics (plus long hairstyles) *is* genuinely impressive and something I hope makes it to other games with styles and gameplay loops I actually like XD 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I downloaded Aion 2 just to check out the character creator (it's free to play at least) and while I neither like Aion's gameplay style, the strict division into factions, the focus on PvP and the Unreal Engine graphical style, I *do* have to admit that the sheer amount of customization options 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm bad at committing terrorism attacks... Despite being on an assassination mission, the game's tone lightens up considerably upon becoming involved in Rinoa's schemes! Gerogero down! 030
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The resistance leader trying to shake Squall's hand, Squall just standing there, and the leader awkwardly shuffling around him to shake Selphie's hand instead is some nice humour XD 020
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Selphie is providing valuable contributions "I love trains :)" "Laguna is hot! :D" Thank you, Selphie. 120
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026turn that character into a no-damage-but-status-inflicting sword mage. (which is cool, but often impractical) Spellblades mean you can attack, but also inflict debuffs that feel annoying to set up otherwise, like casting blind and then attacking -> attack that blinds. 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Having said that: for status effect magic that's nice! Older games often have a mid-game weapon that can inflict e.g. sleep and you think "hey, that's nice", but then stronger weapons get introduced and you either go "well, it's outclassed now..." and switch for a stronger one or 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Since you infuse your weapon with an element and attacking doesn't take away charges, the game kiiinda wants you to turn the entire party into Mystic Knights with Spellblades, I guess. ...Which requires you to know the weaknesses of enemies before you fight them. 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026...oh! So the junction increases in strength the more magic you draw, which means: suck an enemy dry of magic until you have 100 of all the magic you can get from that enemy and then never actually use that magic, cause doing so decreases the junction strength. Now I get the jankiness complaints. 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So *that's* the famous ballroom scene - much earlier and low-stakes than I thought! Rinoa is basically, as expected, a combo of Aerith and Tifa. XD 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Conduct 30 (Did not hide from the X-whatever very well... Judgement 60 Attack 50 Spirit 50 Attitude 80 SeeD Rank 6 Pretty good for a guideless first time, I think? 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The polish is noticeable not only in the tutorials that actually teach you some stuff, but also in the dialogue that changes often, even for minor NPCs. Departing from Dollet gives different dialogue from the Balamb Garden gatekeeper than arriving, feels nice... 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pushing "J" as Squall's attacks land to deal guaranteed crits is already satisfying (close enough, wb Paper Mario) - the encounter rate is... very high. Took me way too long to find the Ifrit cave and meandered around in Balamb Town first lol - guideless playthrough going well i guess XD 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I took 4 weeks vacation, so I'm locking in for FFVIII for real now... 100
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Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Puella Magi Madoka Magica Homura's theme Puella in Somnio/Inevitabilis has a prominent three-note motif (in the transcription by Stelarinna C-A-F#) that also features similarly in the Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi Soundtrack (e. g. OST1-Track 34 2:14-2:17) and I can't figure how much the sequences differ... 030
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Oh, appearantly Advent Children was actually pretty succesful, interesting... And I guess there's Kingsglaive for FFXV. Hm, hm, well, I'll have to check it out when I get to that game... 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026It's a shame the movies weren't thaaat successful. Now that video game movies, and yes, animated ones, are kinda booming again, I do wonder: what if they did another FF movie? But both Sonic and Mario have different vibes from FF - would an FF movie work today, I wonder... 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Near the end I diiiiid get a bit of action scene fatigue and that somewhat lessened the climax, but it was still good! Although the solution to FFVII was "Aerith supercharges the lifestream" and for this it was "Aerith supercharges the lifestream even more" plus, I guess, hope. 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Advent Children: Really nice beginning - sure, a lot of "remember that scene? with that character? and that music?", but I'm glad to watch a piece of media that actually expects me to know the characters in it and that gets right into it. 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026that it's FFVII, but with the cyber aesthetic cranked up to 11 - with a lifestream, but with a more ambiguous Jenova analogue. CGI was in the intermediate stages, but looked mostly fine! 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026woo! the fact that state-sponsored TV doesn't have ad breaks is almost daunting sometimes. XD Well - at first Spirits Within seemed to be more of a Mass Effect movie than Final Fantsay, with the exception of name staples like Cid and Hein, but as it continues it becomes clear 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026ehhh whatever, still hyped. It's starting, let's goooo 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026uh-oh, looks like it's the OG version, not director's cut. Well, guess I'll have to watch that on, well, Blu-Ray, it seems like 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Final Fantasy Spirits within and Advent Children on TV as a double feature tonight, exciting! 210
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"Students who engage in sexual promiscuity may be expelled from Garden" So much for the yaoi doujins... 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026oooooooohhhhhh, you can choose to keep attacking instead of using your Limit Break, yeeeaaaahhhh. ...Now let's see if I can figure out the junction system 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026...that's it, I think. The vibe of the starting city is completely different already - is this Solarpunk? XD Will just start and play till the first save point or smth today ^^ 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Decided to just start FFVIII after talking with my brother about FFVII and Revelation yesterday - things I know already: - Ultimecia and time compression - Squall is in a coma and Rinoa is Ultimecia lol 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Heavy spoilers, but there's no spoiler content warning - oh well, with these txt documents it's not like you can read a lot without clicking on it anyway. Next up... hmmmmm, FFVIII or No Sleep for Kaname Date... 000
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Well, that's it! Finished FFVII - final cast: Cloud - Rivard Tifa - Sarra Aerith - Sophie Barrett - Kett Red XIII - Yowl Yuffie - Enki Cid - Quid Cait Sith - Ollo Vincent - Fallow I was planning to do a ROT13 thread, but it got too long lol 100
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026until I remember that I can use Barret's double-digit damage to wake Cloud up, who then can contribute. Okay, back to being locked in! Just some main story left, some sidequests, and then point of no return time! 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Hojo attacks Tifa with his combo attack. Tifa wakes up, activates her counter, punches Hojo in the face, then immediately gets put to sleep again. XD This repeats for several turns (me frantically searching the item menu for something that wakes people up) 110
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026...Okay that was funny. Hojo fight, (I don't think it's a spoiler to say that you fight Hojo XD) Cloud and Tifa permanently asleep - Barrett only swapped in to get his ultimate weapon which only appears when he's in the party, so basically doing no damage. (but has ribbon, so no status effects) 110
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Looking forward to your reactions! (Also playing it for the first time rn, roughly halfway through disc 2) 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The rest is pretty random, but I do like that I don't have to decide on a "canon" loadout and just equip and level the materia on whoever and then later decide who I *actually* want to give it to. End of disc 1 and the Pursuit act is still going on - probably until the end of Northern Continent... 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I wasn't too sure about the Materia system when I started (part of me always wants that traditional "I just want to learn spells" feeling lol) but I'm kinda getting into it! Giving Cloud the Comet materia for maximum psychic damage. Cover and Counter for Tifa. Stuff like that. 110
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I was kinda thinking the ~big thing~ happened at the end of the temple, but guess not lol. Hopefully reaching the ~big thing~ tomorrow then. Let's see what's the deal with Cloud... 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I didn't expect the Temple of the Ancients to be an Escher painting lol. Also nice QoL: status effects don't persist after battle (meaning that poison enemies change from annoying to borderline harmless) and Odin, famous for his instant-death attack, uses a different attack on immune enemies. 110
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Well! Almost got to the end of disc 1 yesterday. Including Wutai, but I'll save the pagoda battles for later. Next up it's limit break grinding time for the ~temporary party member~ and then Temple of the Ancients... 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Ooooooh, it's *that* line - that's where it's from, waow XD 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026although that *does* make it a bit annoying when you want to conserve both limits and MP for bosses. (though they're still easy enough that you don't have to worry about that anyway - still, they're starting so hit somewhat harder now) Recruited Vincent, too - goal for today is Mount Nibel... 010
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026but I'm sure I can play dress-up with my characters a few games later. XD Interesting how the Attack changes to Limit Break btw - unless you use magic, the game "forces" you to level up your limits this way so you don't have to grind for them later I guess... 110
Greener Pastures @violetbismuth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026My package that was supposed to arrive on Saturday and that I was looking forward to didn't come. :( ...So more progress on FFVII - today: Cave of the Gi and modern Nibelheim! I just found out that the weapons you equip are visible on your character - neat! Armour's still not changing, 120
