# 25

[temples]

I was wrong. I am covered for a doctor's appointment. I guess I really do have no excuse now!

ANYWAY. sincere made the whole video game liveblogging/liveplay thing seem so cool, I had no choice but to be a sheep. So here it is.

Liveplay! Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

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Where I last left off!

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+ Pretty opening scene-- Zack why do you have to ruin it by talking

+ Surprise Sephiroth, training simulation

+ Mission? Genesis?

+ HEY ZACK LET'S GO TO SECTOR EIGHT OKAY NOW THAT WE'RE HERE I'M WALKING AWAY BYE

+ Angeal went missing, apparently crushed his mother the weight of his enormous honour, then we blew up a town :D

+ Jes decided that this game is dumb

[temples]

I didn't do one of these when I first started.

I should have.

Re: Where I last left off!

[mydarkrosaline]

Angeal went missing, apparently crushed his mother the weight of his enormous honour

i'm dying

DYING

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I go to the training room!

Some grunt is literally all, "top secret experiment, but I'm scared of you, so I guess you can go in if you want to."



I'm totally going in.

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> Validate Hojo's data?

>> I'll show you what SOLDIER is made of!
>> Fighting against data can't be very exciting...

I got distracted by the capital letters.

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"Now, my precious data... destroy this study sample and prove my greatness!"

He means Zack, by the way.

Zack is the study sample.


Awesome.

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I kicked ass.

Hojo thinks it's a fluke.

Zack thinks it's his natural amazingness.

I think I rock at the combat system.

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Now Hojo is tilting to one side to tell me about his EXTRA SPECIAL PROGRAM.

I assume it's in his pants.

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I am abusing the random icon button for these, by the way.

[sincere]

Random icon button! I wish they existed on IJ so we could do a random button meme where you have to random icon and then write a tag that goes along with the icon, and then the person you tag has to random icon and then write a tag that goes along with that icon.

For instance, I apparently regret wishing this!

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The characters may only say a few words, but their lips keep moving until you press X to continue.

Why?

Because!

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I did the first three easy battles, now I'm trying to get under Hojo's lab coat again. I mean-- EXTRA SPECIAL PROGRAM :D

I'm going to kill it twice as hard because it beat me the first time.

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or not

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Zack has agreed to go on a mission with babby Cloud.

I mean, with SOLDIER 3rd Class Level 1.

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Kunsel, what is your deal.

I mean, seriously. You're lower on the totem pole than Zack, right? It would have been much smoother, story wise, to introduce Kunsel as the rookie Zack had to explain everything to. The player would have still learned the vital parts of gameplay. But no, Kunsel is Mr. Exposition for Zack.

Sigh.

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"Thanks for crushing my dreams!"

Exaggerated body flop.

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Zack made 1st Class.

He's staring at his gloves in sadness.

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But he got a new outfit.

It's in black.

:D

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I'm surprised that I'm actually using magic-- sorry, materia. I just finished (read: quit) playing Final Fantasy VIII and the way that combat system is implemented, actually using the magic you have in your possession is a lot less rewarding than junctioning it to your stats and letting it gather.

I guess it's more similar to the FFs that came before it, where magic was really the only good thing.

I miss the Toad spell.

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Prove your honour to me.




This DMW system doesn't even make sense.

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I mean, what it is.

Is it some kind of casino roulette wheel occurring in Zack's head? Is he having a schizophrenic episode in the middle of combat?

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LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MATERIA FUSION.

No, seriously. I'm not letting you leave the room until you sit through my lecture.

I guess Zack never learned the theory in basic training?

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"Are you done changing your outfit yet?"

Game, you're not even trying.

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Angeal Hewley - Killed in action

Genesis Rhapsodos - Killed in action

See, I know it's not true... but even if I didn't, there is a distinct lack of caring. I don't even know who Genesis is! In theory. There is to be no LOVELESS here, okay.

[temples]

Subject: Went to see LOVELESS

From: Kunsel


GAME.

WHAT DID I JUST SAY.

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I just got paid 5000 gil to keep the fact that two Shinra employees were boning in the training room a secret.



Zack Fair: Blackmailer. :3c

[temples]

Okay, that was pretty cute.

DMW flashback scene! Zack is bragging about how much he's improved. Angeal summons his data from last month for a spar, and they're clearly using the exact same moves on each other. Angeal lets this go on for about five seconds, and then ends the training by... hitting the floor with his fist, because yeah, and then contemplates leaving Zack alone with Sephiroth.

I guess the DMW is not a terrible way to show us Angeal's character.

That's all you're getting, game.

[sincere]

I do like the DMW character-building scenes.

[temples]

Sephiroth: HOLLANDER MUST BE BEHIND THIS.

Jes: :D :D :D

Hollander is the entire reason I bought this game. Maybe.

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Tseng: "We're looking for a man named Hollander. Try and track him down."

I'm anticipating no difficulty.

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Hoshit, Reno and Rude.

Finally. This game gives me--

CISSNEI

sincere! sincere!

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Tuuuuurks. :D

I wanted to be a Turk when I grew up.

And as I still have yet to grow up, I still want to be a Turk.

I could wear the suit. I was born to wear suits.

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Why do people keep giving Zack jewelry?

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And in that vein, is it possible for Zack to take a single fucking step without hearing the words, "MODULATING PHASE."

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IF PEOPLE HAD WINGS, THEY'D BE MONSTERS.


You tell her, Zack.

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Now I'm at Mako Reactor 5!

Sephiroth was bizarrely endearing buuuuut sincere has something to tell me so I'll pick this back up later. :D