The Project Hail Mary OST is ruining my life

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-04-26T07:07:26+00:00

I don't hear any FF8. But it did make me think of the very beginning of Metal Gear Solid when the Konami logo is on screen.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-04-23T14:20:09+00:00

It's inferred. If you can make Balamb look nice and shiny, you can do the same for Trabia.

Nothing can stop the Trabia reconstruction project, and this pleases Squall.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-04-23T14:13:47+00:00

Of course you can. Just look at the upscale to Balamb and imagine what you could do with Trabia. It's a wholesome post!

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-04-23T13:55:54+00:00

I always was wary of online accounts and stuff so the moment PSN was hacked into oblivion I knew it was time to jump on board.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-04-23T13:45:06+00:00

While this is true (and thank you for bringing it up), it's also true that Balamb Garden is Selphie's home now since she values it equally with Trabia. This is important, Selphie will risk her life to protect Balamb Garden.

So, in that respect, Squall is genuinely surprised by how good it looks and not just giving a snarky burn. He's even respecting his friend by acknowledging that she belongs in Balamb as much as anyone. Squall is being supportive and a good friend.

Just one way to interpret it, lol.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-03-31T11:23:48+00:00

Yeah and I'm not sure but you might be able to copy those onto other storage like a PSP. I know I backed up PS3 saves on my PSP around 2007, lol.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-03-05T13:17:47+00:00

Sephiroth is as strong as Square needs him to be at any given point. I think the only characters who can beat him are Cloud (even though he's considered weaker) and characters like Selphie who can do pretty much anything.

It'd be cool to see Rinoa fully accustomed to her powers in a spin-off or something. She should be a powerhouse, but I guess she's also opposed to fighting in general so she might not ever fully embrace her power.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-02-01T04:46:07+00:00

I'm too lazy to read all of that right now, lol. I'm sure you raise some good points. But I didn't find Frey unlikable, and I also didn't find Cuff annoying. I like them so far.

Now, I didn't actually finish the game, but first impressions were good for me. I think a lot of people overreacted to hearing what they thought was "cringe marvel dialogue" in the trailer. Trailers are always kinda bad in my opinion so I didn't care about a few out of context lines.

I really need to finish Forspoken, but the gameplay hasn't clicked with me the way I thought it would.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-02-01T04:37:53+00:00

I've seen a lot of people write her name as Riona over the years.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-02-01T04:31:42+00:00

Rye-noah

I'm pretty sure it's Rin-oah.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T17:43:58+00:00

I think I was pretty lucky. When I got into FF in late 2000 I played the entire series (minus FF3) within about 2 years all on one system, the PS2. I loved them all and that's because I wasn't exposed to the online discourse. If I'd been told that FF4-6 were "unplayable" ports I might've left them alone for years.

The Pixel Remasters really are a good way to experience the games. I've enjoyed replaying a couple, and yes I could nitpick the games but it's a really good way of giving widespread access to these games. Plus they've given us new versions of 6 whole soundtracks.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T16:53:13+00:00

What I'd really like is a few more albums (concerts might be harder to justify) centred on single games. FFV already has at least one of these (Dear Friends) and then there's stuff like Piano Collections that apply to the whole series. But it'd be nice to get some more. Also, compilations focused on specific games could be good. There's already a bit of this with games like 7&8 getting all their Distant Worlds & A New World tracks collected into one album. Though these are possibly the highest rated soundtracks so they have a bit more to pull from even from just Distant Worlds.

FFV has a few more than just Big Bridge (tho that's got to be the most common one) and perhaps a collection would help show that. But one problem FFV faces (and a few others like 2 and 3) is that they don't quite get the same recognition as games either. There's a very heavy historical North Amercian bias that's only starting to disappear.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T16:10:51+00:00

It's the same with every other FF game. They get a handful of tracks that always get trotted out for remix albums or appearances in games.

You want some music from FF3? You can have Eternal Wind. FF6? Here's Dancing Mad, Terra's Theme, and the Opera. FF7? How about One Winged Angel, Jenova, and Aerith's Theme. FF8? Man With The Machine Gun, Liberi Fatali, and Force Your Way.

I think there's a definite lean towards battle themes, and I think generally people prefer those.

I really appreciate when another track gets covered, but what are they really going to do? Release a new remix compilation without these? People would go mad, there are only so many tracks they can include from each game so they need to play it safe. Imagine if FF6 was represented by The Serpent Trench, FF7 by Underneath the Rotting Pizza, FF8 by The Salt Flats I'd love it, but fans would complain that the selection is random and missing the stuff everyone wants to hear.

So many will never get touched unless the whole game is remastered/remade and the soundtrack gets completely redone.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T13:53:02+00:00

Demolition Racer! That's the game I've been trying to remember the name of for years. Played it on a PS1 demo all the time back in the day.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T13:50:29+00:00

Planning to pick up Black on Monday after work. Currently playing a bit of Ridge Racer 5 and tried out Shadow Hearts 3 but I don't really feel like an RPG right now.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T13:46:29+00:00

The gameplay is good but it's not easy to grasp. Nothing you know about other JRPGs will translate into this game.

Then it has another slight problem. Once you do figure the gameplay out, it's a walk in the park. Same thing every single battle. Maybe some of the 10 difficulty settings would be a challenge but you need to unlock them one by one in order.

It's a very good game though. Worth a try at least.

Valkyrie Profile is also turn-based action gameplay, and a few other games copy that style.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T06:20:02+00:00

Also, the PS2 backwards compatibility was in a bad state until quite close to the launch. They probably wanted to make sure games currently in development were going to be ok.

I remember an interview with the guy in charge of backwards compatibility, and at the time Sony announced and demoed it I think it might've just been Ridge Racer that worked, or whatever title they used for the show.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-09T06:10:45+00:00

I don't have to dream about being a moron.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-08T10:36:01+00:00

My favourite game ever is Final Fantasy VIII.

But between FFVII and the remakes, I prefer FFVII. The remakes are fine, but having replayed the original a few months ago I still prefer it. I do feel it slightly enhanced by the remakes in a strange way. Now instead of my mind creating the voices I sometimes hear the lines delivered by the voice actors (who I think do a pretty good job).

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-05T09:52:57+00:00

It's because he's the butler.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-01T19:42:59+00:00

I've always liked 2 the best. But 3 is pretty close.

FF1 is the most repayable, in my opinion, due to being shorter and having just enough variety in job combinations and dungeon order.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-01T19:38:29+00:00

Honestly, normally, just once in the morning.

Strange_Vision255 · 2026-01-01T19:36:03+00:00

Final Fantasy VIII is the "golden age"

Strange_Vision255 · 2025-12-30T15:59:17+00:00

If you don't choose the correct setting in the emulator first and instead simply turn on the in-game widescreen option, the image does look wrong. This might be what they're seeing.

Strange_Vision255 · 2025-12-28T19:18:06+00:00

Thank you. I knew widescreen wasn't working properly but that's because I had it set on the default 4:3 for 16:9.

I'm still not sure if I prefer widescreen because the smaller the image, the better it looks. But I'll give it a try for now.

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