Bluejay's Choice Review #6 - 2020

This was my first experience with a "Final Fantasy" title, and I'm so glad that this is the one I started with. I had never seen a world like this before, nor have I experienced a story told in this way. Truly, I was gripped by the character Tidus, and the struggles he endured and continued to deal with in terms of the relationship he had with his father. I related to that in a big way, and with how the game ended, I found this game to be a gateway of reconciliation, as it helped me work through some of the struggles I had with my own father, since he is no longer with us. I never got to experience true closure with him, so the way things resolved in this story allowed me to not only work through that, but helped me cry a real good cry for the first time in years since his passing. I cried at the marvelous beauty of this game. I cried at the grace and radiance of Yuna's character, and how her story came to a close. I cried at the reconciliation shared between Tidus and his father Jecht. I cried at the completion of an amazing journey, and an impactful story. I hope that the next time I play through this title, I can feel the exact same feelings I felt playing through it the first time, and I hope I can finish it feeling just as impacted, if not more so. I'm so blessed to have played it now, as opposed to before. I was able to experience it blind with a very unique and heavy perspective, and from that, it brought healing and light into my life.