Well, I did it.
I 100%ed Stranger of Paradise (all of the achievements anyway).
This epilogue to my initial experience taught me a lot of things, mostly that the Soul Shield is an incredible ability and something I should have touched upon more in my initial review is that it allows you to steal certain enemy abilities for instant use.
This technique essentially makes every class in the game have the subclass of Blue Mage, whose signature ability was copying enemy attacks. I love the Blue Mage and being able to basically always be that class is one of the most fun experiences I've had.
I played a lot of the Sage class and I have to say that Magic is extremely good in this game, I think the charging time is a good balance for just how powerful fully maxed spells are, and you can always cancel the charge into a Soul Shield or Dodge in the heat of battle, so you're never truly locked.
This is definitely the most fun I've had this year, and though the final achievement of grinding a single job to Level 99 was exhausting, I still think this entire experience was worth it.
I apologize if this review is a little less on the in depth side, but this is more of an epilogue than anything.
Jack, you are truly my favorite Final Fantasy protagonist, and it's unfortunate that this game has not been selling well.
Please, please give this game a shot. I swear, it's not just an ironic memefest, it is artwork at its purest form. A genuine, truly mystifying experience.
I 100%ed Stranger of Paradise (all of the achievements anyway).
This epilogue to my initial experience taught me a lot of things, mostly that the Soul Shield is an incredible ability and something I should have touched upon more in my initial review is that it allows you to steal certain enemy abilities for instant use.
This technique essentially makes every class in the game have the subclass of Blue Mage, whose signature ability was copying enemy attacks. I love the Blue Mage and being able to basically always be that class is one of the most fun experiences I've had.
I played a lot of the Sage class and I have to say that Magic is extremely good in this game, I think the charging time is a good balance for just how powerful fully maxed spells are, and you can always cancel the charge into a Soul Shield or Dodge in the heat of battle, so you're never truly locked.
This is definitely the most fun I've had this year, and though the final achievement of grinding a single job to Level 99 was exhausting, I still think this entire experience was worth it.
I apologize if this review is a little less on the in depth side, but this is more of an epilogue than anything.
Jack, you are truly my favorite Final Fantasy protagonist, and it's unfortunate that this game has not been selling well.
Please, please give this game a shot. I swear, it's not just an ironic memefest, it is artwork at its purest form. A genuine, truly mystifying experience.