Sunday, September 26, 2004

Now Playing #59

	Anime: Cowboy Bebop Track: The EGG and YOU Time: 1:42 Size: 12.8 KB Really, I only have vague recollections of where this song appears in the series, but I like it nonetheless. It's the one song that really stood out to me -- a funky piano track with a catchy tune. And that's pretty much it, heh. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anyway, to keep this post from being totally pathetic, I'll talk about Final Fantasy Tactics. Right now I'm on chapter 1 with eight hours of play time, and I'm just starting to really get into the game. I'm starting to open up some more advanced jobs and I'm moving my characters away from being boring Squires, so the combat is becoming more fun. Which is good, considering the main reason I enjoyed FFTA was the combat, and while FFT's story is already about ten times better than FFTA's, I doubt the story would be able to hold my interest if I didn't enjoy the combat very much. One thing about the combat that annoys me in FFT, though, is that you permanently lose any fallen party members when a battle ends. To me, this just doesn't make sense. I mean, sure, if the party member's body disappears after the set amount of time, then I can see them being gone forever. But if their body is still there at the end of battle, what's stopping the other characters from reviving them afterwards? There are no more enemies to deal with, meaning they could do it right away (providing you have the necessary magic/items in stock), so I don't see why you can't just choose to use a Phoenix Down or Raise spell after the battle ends to keep the character alive. And something I miss from FFTA are the different character races. They added a lot of variety to the battles, since each had their own race-specific jobs as well as their own natural strengths and weaknesses. In FFT you get male and female characters, sure, but that's not even close to the level of variety that having five different races in FFTA provided. Still though, I think FFT is going to provide me with many, many hours of fun. FFTA lasted 182 hours, so if FFT lasts me anywhere near that long, it'll have been well worth the purchase. No regrets so far.

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