CraftyLoveWizard

During this COVID period and with me finishing university, it has created a lot of free time for me. I had always been a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise and decided “hey with all this free time at home, why not try playing all the FF games”. This led me to FFIII - which although I do not have the proper console, an emulator worked fine on my PC.

The gameplay is a nostalgic trip back to the past, with blocky and low-res graphics. If I were to have this back in 1994-2004 when it was released, I would say that the graphics was probably one of the best back in the day. The sound quality is also great with a few familiar tunes - all which matched the gameplay and on-screen action. 

The game centers around four orphans adolescents - ‘Warriors of Light’ - who has to restore balance to the world. The storyline and characters are cliche and lack personality - but honestly that did not bother me. What annoyed me was that the supporting characters who occasionally joins the party was... lets put it bluntly - useless. They join the party and rarely even engaged in battle, whether they helped or not made no difference.

FFIII employed the notable job system where characters can switch jobs at any time. There are 4 sets of jobs which are released after the player gains a crystal and a hidden job ‘Onion Knight’ obtained through the side quests. This was fun where you could test out different combinations and special abilities like Jump, Steal, Protect, Retaliate... However, to bring out the potential of the job you will need to train and level the job levels up. This meant that you do need to focus on jobs in the end as it does affect your battles.

There is the main character level and the job system level. The main character level can be tracked through the ‘status’, however the job system level is hidden. This meant that you will not know how many points is required for the next level. From the gameplay, I believe that job points are gained through the character’s action in battle. If the character had no actions, it meant it will not job level up.

My personal game ending line up consisted of all level 57 characters, with Luneth - Ninja Job level 36; Rafia - Geomancer Job level 96; Arc - White mage Job level 84; and Ingus - Monk Job Level 99.

Travelling and battling in FFIII was fun and unpredictable. I did try to explore all the areas and maps, trying to find hidden items and side quests. I believe there was only one side quest I did not complete as I could not figure out how to obtain the letters from the wise men. Through the side quests you will be able to obtain job-specific weapons from the legendary smith - which I did for Ingus. The side quests were fun, but it would have been more fulfilling if the job specific weapons had better stats.

The game itself is by all means not perfect, but it does provide adequate entertainment for several hours. I became invested in the game where I would think about the next dungeon or how to access the next side quest. It would have been more fun if I had the handheld console. One advice or quality about the game which really got to me was the fact that you cannot save data once you are in a dungeon - so make sure you save when you can! This is especially so before you enter the final game stage which has several “bosses”. I personally had to grind through 3-4 hours of gameplay to finish. If I died in the final stages I would have been very angry ahaha.  One must also watch the opening credits - it is beautifully crafted like all the FF games.

I am not a gamer, but a normal person finding entertainment. I am glad that I got to explore the FFIII world. Would I play it again though? Maybe, just so I could explore the job system even more and use different jobs to complete the game.

Hey Tumblr,

It has been a year and a half since I last came.

I hope that I have grown to be a better person since my last entry.

A new beginning. A new start. Hopefully this year I will be able to stick to my resolutions. Hopefully this year I will move towards being a better person.

1. Be organised and clean more.

2. Start believing that I am not damaged/second-rated goods.

3. Develop more tact.

4. Save more $$$. Spend Less.

O2Jam V3 - Just found out it was relaunched!!!!

Its been 10 years(?!) since I first played this game. I remember how disappointed I was when the game was closed down. Seriously can’t believe they relaunched it.

O2Jam is a online multi-player music game which is similar to games such as AuditionSea and GuitarHero. It is a rhythm game which uses 7 columns/keys. Like any rhythm game, you need to hit the notes. What I love about this game is the music. As well as how each note corresponds to the music note that you’re playing.

Anne with an E - 2017 Netflix series

Basically, I just binged watched this series. I was trying to find a light-hearted series after finishing both seasons of Terrace House on Netflix. I did not want a series where I get stuck in an emotional roller-coaster. After working all day, I just wanted to come home and relax on my couch. I never read the original books or watched other adaptations. However I was quickly absorbed into the story.

The series is based on the popular novel “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M Montgomery. The story follows Anne Shirley, an imaginative orphan who is adopted by elderly siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert. Having a tragic past, Anne tries to start anew at Green Gables. Instead of having a brand new positive start, she is faced with prejudice, bullying and discrimination due to her looks and personality.

Anne, Diana, Gilbert and Jerry are so adorable.

Black Clover 2017 - Manga to Anime

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

(Excerpt) - Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.

First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint.This is the mind’s way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.

Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying “time heals all wounds” is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.

Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the must leave reality behind.

Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told... - (End of excerpt).