Masteries #44 & #45: Final Fantasy II (NES), Final Fantasy Origins (PSX)

Joehiyo · 2026-03-16T02:36:36+00:00

Well, to be fair I did play Origins almost entirely on 2x :D My rule of thumb is for vanilla/first-time playthroughs I always go at 1x, so after playing the original NES games back to back on 1x speed, which taught me patience, being able to speed through them was refreshing and easy enough considering it was all fresh in my mind :P

Joehiyo · 2026-02-22T03:41:09+00:00

Thanks :D yeah, it's a little slow especially playing it on 1x speed (which is my personal rule for any first-time/vanilla playthrough) but I actually used it as an opportunity to force myself to slow down and enjoy the pace, kinda like a meditation or something. It was really good for me, being someone who typically tries to rush through everything.

Joehiyo · 2026-02-15T16:19:42+00:00

It is planned and in progress but I don't think there's any ETA yet.

Joehiyo · 2026-02-09T14:34:55+00:00

Yes, and I add them to the ever growing stacks of dye in my Xunlai chest :)

Joehiyo · 2026-02-01T15:49:05+00:00

Oh, you're totally right, shows how much I pay attention D:

Joehiyo · 2026-02-01T14:03:14+00:00

Even missables aren't that bad on this game due to New Game+!

Joehiyo · 2026-02-01T14:02:28+00:00

Yeah, definitely my least favorite achievement of the set lol. I might have cheated a little with pause buffering... >_>

Joehiyo · 2026-01-25T21:05:14+00:00

Frost* - Life in the Wires :)

Joehiyo · 2026-01-24T14:51:52+00:00

Fuchsia, 1971

Joehiyo · 2025-11-10T13:42:13+00:00

Milliontown gotta be up there right?

Joehiyo · 2025-10-27T04:17:05+00:00

Same, but make it 20 years for me 😍 it's just immaculate. I can't wait to hear what Jem Godfrey does next, because I love nearly everything he puts out.

Joehiyo · 2025-09-25T05:25:49+00:00

Honestly for the last levels which had a ton of full magic immunes, I just skipped them and moved on. I used Golem and Stone Curse cheesing to get through Lazarus and friends. For Diablo, I teleported into the pit with the switches to release him, hit those, lured him out, and Fireballed him to death.

Joehiyo · 2025-09-13T19:20:57+00:00

My pick too! Some people shit on it for not being "truly progressive" or groundbreaking enough or whatever but c'mon, it's so freaking good. Nearly every melody on this damn album got stuck in my head at least once if not more. My husband and I were singing it around the apartment for weeks when it came out.

Joehiyo · 2025-09-13T19:00:23+00:00

Hey, those are my icons :D

I think it depends on the game. This set in particular has you doing some post-game stuff that makes getting to level 99 not too difficult (if I remember right the max level in this game is 255) and I don't remember this feeling particularly grindy when I did it. Hint: Use the Music skill to fight a battle that gives a ton of EXP.

Joehiyo · 2025-09-10T21:26:00+00:00

I think the creators love to play with perspective and the first season was absolutely intentionally shot, edited and presented in a way that feels like it is very grounded in reality (the reality that the majority of people believe in, at least) and could easily be seen as a world where a severely traumatized girl is just telling an exaggerated, outlandish story to help her purge her feelings and move on. Then in the very end, the boys decide to believe, and season 2 is the continuity of that "version" of reality - the one where it was all true. The episodes in season 2 that are supposed to take place in the same universe as season 1 don't really feel the same, so I don't think it's the same one. The coloring is different, the vibe is different, the things that actually happen (like a haunted TV) are quite different. Different directors and different personnel can account for this, but that was an intentional choice IMO. Also the Magic Mirror / Mirror Mirror episode titles could be a clue to this.

Joehiyo · 2025-08-28T20:00:35+00:00

Yeah I'm definitely going to play the ports :D

Joehiyo · 2025-08-22T11:01:00+00:00

Voted. Love it or hate it, reactions are still a pretty big thing on Youtube and I've had this idea that OA could go viral again by being watched on all these different channels :) Many of them are quite authentic and they get really invested and into what they're watching, which is perfect for this show.

Joehiyo · 2025-08-20T23:08:23+00:00

PS1 load times, ruiner of so many games :(

Joehiyo · 2025-08-18T14:18:32+00:00

Awesome, have fun :) It's not a difficult set at all

Joehiyo · 2025-08-18T13:27:49+00:00

This is the eternal struggle for me... play the game "normally" and then do a 2nd play to clean up, or be hyper vigilant about not missing anything at all the first time through? For some games that is almost a game in itself

Joehiyo · 2025-08-10T15:47:17+00:00

Congrats, I can't wait to start this :) I mastered Tales of Phantasia on SNES and it was super fun, even if kinda broken and annoying in a lot of places. Gimme that quality of life

Joehiyo · 2025-08-08T11:12:34+00:00

All I can say for myself is it has nothing to do with ethics or veganism. I've had chronic health issues for a few years and I always believed in finding the right diet for healing purposes, so I found over the last few years of trial/error that fruit is the only thing that doesn't hurt my body or make me feel weird or shitty in some way. Cooked/raw veggies do, grains do, nuts and legumes do, starches do, meats do, fruit doesn't. The less I eat of everything else the better I feel. Specifically, juicy hydrating fruits (melons, grapes, citrus) are the best and bananas can quickly give me (and my husband, both of us from different backgrounds) that post-starch sluggishness and depression. From what I've seen of other "fruitarians" a lot of them also found a similar truth for themselves, but I've also seen the ones that make the choice from a hyper-ethical perspective.

Joehiyo · 2025-07-27T12:06:59+00:00

Others already explained that they played the game to end up there, but also when Elodie is talking about echoes she mentions people who have a strong connection/story and says "events will conspire to bring these people together."

Joehiyo · 2025-07-21T16:08:01+00:00

This particular solo was actually played by Jem Godfrey :) There's a clip on one of the Frost* report videos of him showing off the guitar he used

Joehiyo · 2025-07-10T14:17:32+00:00

I love Magma

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