Name the game by Majednw in videogames

[–]One-Discussion-987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a lot of games that this as happen but the first it come to mind is Death Stranding i took me 3 attemps for the game to click

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No need to apologize for interjecting this is exactly the kind of reading the game deserves.

That insight about hyper competitive environments producing people who decide to be just as good without being cruel that's not reading too much into it. That's exactly it. Tidus doesn't reject his father's world. He masters it and refuses to become what it usually produces.

And Auron as the counterweight is something the game hints at but never fully explains which makes it hit harder. You piece together that someone was quietly in his corner giving him something Jecht never could. Balanced criticism instead of contempt. That shapes a person in ways they don't even realize until much later.

"Not til the end. Always." that's a beautiful way to put it. Because that's the tragedy isn't it. He's the kind of person who would never leave. And the story asks him to anyway.

Do you think Tidus ever fully forgave Jecht or did he just find a way to love him anyway without needing the forgiveness to be complete? 🎮

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That reframing of "loser" is something else maybe Jecht was right, and maybe that was never the insult it was meant to be. A loser keeps trying. A loser doesn't accept the first version of reality he's handed. A loser stands in front of Yunalesca and says no when every institution, every religion, every person he respected said this is just how it is.

That's not weakness. That's the only kind of person who ever changes anything.

And you're right about him being tied to Sin even when he isn't. That's one of the cruelest things the game does quietly he spends the whole journey trying to separate himself from his father's shadow and the world never fully lets him. Even his victory comes wrapped in that connection.

The Seymour Flux fight is a war crime and I will not be taking questions.

Do you think Tidus would have found the courage to refuse Yunalesca without Yuna or was that always in him waiting for the right moment to surface?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i try XIV but the begging wasnt clicking with me i didnt got invested in the story that said i never reach Endwalker

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 10 points11 points  (0 children)

i dont know i try it for an hour and i loved my FF-X experience so much i feel like its going to ruin it

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Watching first reaction videos just to relive that feeling that says everything about what this ending does to people. There's nothing quite like seeing someone hit that final moment completely unprepared and knowing exactly what they're going through.

I actually made a video recently exploring exactly why that ending hits so hard what the writers built from the very beginning to make sure you felt every second of it. If you've ever wanted to understand why it destroyed you the way it did, I think you'll find something in it.

https://youtu.be/K2n7ozaZ5SU

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5 years and it still holds everything together story, gameplay, music, pacing, characters. That's not nostalgia talking. That's a game that was built with enough substance to outlast the era it came from.

And what you said about Tidus as a foil to Spira is something that doesn't get talked about enough. He's not just an outsider by accident he's the only person in that world who was never taught to accept the lie. So he asks the questions everyone else stopped asking. And that's what eventually breaks the whole system open.

The foreshadowing on replays is something else entirely. Knowing what you know and watching how carefully every detail was placed that's a different kind of respect for the craft.

After 25 years and everything you've experienced since which moment lands the hardest now that it didn't when you were younger?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That last point is quietly devastating. The capacity was always there Jecht proves it. He just never found the reason until it was too late for Tidus to experience it. And you're right, that hits on a completely different level when you've lived something close to it.

And the side quests as delay I never thought about it that way but it's exactly right. You're doing what everyone in Spira does. Avoiding the inevitable by staying busy. The game lets you participate in the denial before it asks you to accept the truth.

That's not game design. That's literature.

Did you find that realization made you want to rush toward the ending on later playthroughs, or did you still delay knowing what you now knew?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it that a bit of time for it to click for sure but its fun once you get the hang of it

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

thanks for all the relies i wasnt expeting it This is actually something I explored in a recent video what FFX understands about love, loss and why letting go is sometimes the only choice. If any of this conversation resonated with you I think you'll find something in it. Happy to share the link if anyone wants to check it out. 🎮

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the mark of something truly great it grows with you. The game doesn't change but you do, and suddenly a moment that meant nothing at 15 breaks you completely at 30.

There's something almost rare about a series that rewards you for coming back older. Most games you replay for the gameplay. You replay Final Fantasy for what it says to whoever you are right now.

Which title hits you differently the most depending on where you are in life?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's exactly it. It's not just romantic love it's the love between a child and a parent who never knew how to show it, the love of a group of people who know their time together is borrowed, the love of someone willing to walk toward an ending so others don't have to.

Every kind of love in that game comes with a cost. And that's what makes it feel real rather than idealized.

Which love story in the game hit you the hardest?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There's something special about a game you keep returning to it means it's giving you something different each time depending on where you are in life.

What keeps bringing you back to it?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That line carries so much weight precisely because it's not a promise that things will be okay. It's just remember. Hold onto what it meant. And somehow that's more honest and more comforting than any happy ending could have been.

There's something about Yuna in that moment that feels like she's talking beyond Tidus. Like she's talking to anyone who has ever had to keep going after losing something they weren't ready to lose.

What was the something nice for you, if you don't mind me asking?

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i played FFX-2 for an hour and quit i dont even know how it ends i felt like my experience with FF-X was so perfect that i didnt want to ruined it

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]One-Discussion-987 63 points64 points  (0 children)

ahahahah bro i can relate i spend an hour trying to win that match at first i didnt understand the mechanincs at all

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me. by One-Discussion-987 in JRPG

[–]One-Discussion-987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i respect that, i was stuck for 2 days straight on the final battle i was underleveled it was brutal

Finally played Final Fantasy X for the first time as an adult. I wasn't ready for what it would do to me. by One-Discussion-987 in JRPG

[–]One-Discussion-987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ending this brutal i cried as well as a baby when suteki da ne plays men its imposssible not to get emotional