Man, about to leave the house for class and I realize this was supposed to be posted....
I'm a little torn between two games to study for midterms. The first is the MMO-World of Warcraft. I have been playing this game for about a year now and think it would provide ample material to present. Tomorrow I will be transferring to a new server.
The other game I am interested in is Final Fantasy 1. Mostly for the nostalgic value. This was the first videogame I ever "beat". The ending blew me away as a child (I never had thought about the cause and effect nature of time travel) and I've been hooked on RPG's ever since.
I will mull these around a little longer and write another post with my decision. Any thoughts?
Comments (6)
you should kick it old school. Id go for FF1.
Posted by cavlin | September 17, 2007 12:11 PM
Posted on September 17, 2007 12:11
You're right dude. Old school it is. I will be focusing on FF1 for my midterm. Let it be shouted from the mountaintops.... and stuff.
Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2007 11:59 AM
Posted on September 23, 2007 11:59
Somebody else is doing WoW, but you can still do it if you like. I agree with Cavlin - FF1!
Posted by Andy Cox | September 26, 2007 11:21 AM
Posted on September 26, 2007 11:21
Somebody else is doing WoW, but you can still do it if you like. I agree with Cavlin - FF1 - if only because I couldn't get very far 'cos of the interminable cut scenes! What's your take on that?
Posted by Andy Cox | September 26, 2007 11:21 AM
Posted on September 26, 2007 11:21
Heh I hear that a lot from people, that the cut-scenes really turn them off to RPG's. The original FF, oddly enough, does not have any cgi cut-scenes. I'm not sure exactly when cut-scenes made their way into the FF series, but I think it was FF7. While it does have a lot of dialogue, you can move through that at your own speed.
Personally, I don't mind cut scenes that much. They push the story (usually) and serve mostly as eye-candy. What I don't like is when the cut scenes are highly rendered movies with graphics far superior to the in-game graphics. To touch on FF7 again the cut-scenes were gorgeous while the in-game graphics were so rudementary that the characcter had no facial features other than eyes and had cubes for hands!
It's jarring to switch back and forth and can break up the tempo of a story. I've noticed that as platforms become more advanced, a lot of games use the in-game graphics for their cut scenes. While these still turn people off I'm sure, I feel it allows for a more contstant state of immersion.
Posted by Timo | September 27, 2007 9:09 AM
Posted on September 27, 2007 09:09
Oops, yes. I must have been referring to a much later FF.
Posted by Andy Cox | October 1, 2007 10:47 AM
Posted on October 1, 2007 10:47