I didn't replay the game but I am slowly but surely chipping away at that Platinum, gearing up for a Hard Mode run.
I just was reminiscing to early December last year when the Game Awards show was going on and Loren Allred performed "No Promises to Keep." I hadn't even thought about playing FFVII Remake let alone knowing I was gonna play Rebirth.
I think I had just started Persona 4 and was really taking my time with that.
I picked up Remake because I knew I was gonna get laid off from my job and I knew if I subscribed to Playstation Plus I'd be able to play a bunch of games through the subscription.
So I'm broke, I no longer have a job, I'm taking 5 classes and drowing in school work, barely able to make ends meet and for my birthday I received Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Truth be told, I'd have probably had to have waited to play this game if I didn't get it for my birthday. I tear through this game like it's my job, like it's my major. 20 days later I complete the game and I cannot stop thinking about it. Shortly after beating it I write my review and put it in my top 5.
A week later I can't stop listening to the soundtrack. I was just at a Comic Con and I spent what little money I have on posters from Final Fantasy VII. I'm constantly listening to what is probably now my favorite video game score of all time.
I'm brought back to "No Promises to Keep."
Some random song I heard while eagerly awaiting Baldur's Gate 3 to win GotY.
3 months later whenever I hear the song I am brought to tears. Remembering the time I sunk, the game I experienced, the characters that made this experience as unforgettable as it was.
I'm not even that excited for part 3, I'm just stuck on Rebirth. It's an experience I won't forget. One that I CANNOT forget. I haven't been this moved by a game since The Last of Us Part II. I cried when Joel died but I was able to move passed that. I was able to remember what that game made ne feel and it became a life changing experience. I am having a similar life changing experience with Rebirth. I don't know exactly why I am feeling this way. Maybe it's just how quickly I wrote off this whole Genre. This whole world of games. Persona 4 and Rebirth and two of the best games I EVER played. And I wouldn't dare even imagine playing them mere months ago.
I am literally applying to jobs right now not to pay for classes, but to be able to see the Final Fantasy Orchestra in August when they play in LA.
I'm not the same person I was and it is because of these games.
When people say that "games aren't art" or that "it's still a burgeoning medium" I am appalled. 10 years ago we got The Last of Us. 6 years prior to that we had Bioshock. Before that Half-Life 2, in 97 we had the original Final Fantasy VII. Games have always been art. Since their inception they have been the most superior way to experience characters and stories. If I watched this game I'd have hated it. But playing it, experiencing it, watching as the fourth wall itself dissappears and you are left feeling like you are in a whole new world is something only video games have ever done. This is one such game that reminds me of that, that inspires my creativity and gives me hope for the future of this medium.
Gaming is not dead. It has never been more alive
I just was reminiscing to early December last year when the Game Awards show was going on and Loren Allred performed "No Promises to Keep." I hadn't even thought about playing FFVII Remake let alone knowing I was gonna play Rebirth.
I think I had just started Persona 4 and was really taking my time with that.
I picked up Remake because I knew I was gonna get laid off from my job and I knew if I subscribed to Playstation Plus I'd be able to play a bunch of games through the subscription.
So I'm broke, I no longer have a job, I'm taking 5 classes and drowing in school work, barely able to make ends meet and for my birthday I received Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Truth be told, I'd have probably had to have waited to play this game if I didn't get it for my birthday. I tear through this game like it's my job, like it's my major. 20 days later I complete the game and I cannot stop thinking about it. Shortly after beating it I write my review and put it in my top 5.
A week later I can't stop listening to the soundtrack. I was just at a Comic Con and I spent what little money I have on posters from Final Fantasy VII. I'm constantly listening to what is probably now my favorite video game score of all time.
I'm brought back to "No Promises to Keep."
Some random song I heard while eagerly awaiting Baldur's Gate 3 to win GotY.
3 months later whenever I hear the song I am brought to tears. Remembering the time I sunk, the game I experienced, the characters that made this experience as unforgettable as it was.
I'm not even that excited for part 3, I'm just stuck on Rebirth. It's an experience I won't forget. One that I CANNOT forget. I haven't been this moved by a game since The Last of Us Part II. I cried when Joel died but I was able to move passed that. I was able to remember what that game made ne feel and it became a life changing experience. I am having a similar life changing experience with Rebirth. I don't know exactly why I am feeling this way. Maybe it's just how quickly I wrote off this whole Genre. This whole world of games. Persona 4 and Rebirth and two of the best games I EVER played. And I wouldn't dare even imagine playing them mere months ago.
I am literally applying to jobs right now not to pay for classes, but to be able to see the Final Fantasy Orchestra in August when they play in LA.
I'm not the same person I was and it is because of these games.
When people say that "games aren't art" or that "it's still a burgeoning medium" I am appalled. 10 years ago we got The Last of Us. 6 years prior to that we had Bioshock. Before that Half-Life 2, in 97 we had the original Final Fantasy VII. Games have always been art. Since their inception they have been the most superior way to experience characters and stories. If I watched this game I'd have hated it. But playing it, experiencing it, watching as the fourth wall itself dissappears and you are left feeling like you are in a whole new world is something only video games have ever done. This is one such game that reminds me of that, that inspires my creativity and gives me hope for the future of this medium.
Gaming is not dead. It has never been more alive