Final Fantasy VIII remaster:
(image above is not from remaster.)
Okay. So I know it's being remastered. I think it's going to look wonderful and I'm going to buy it and max out the in-game clock with play hours because I just love the game so much.
But... It made me cry to see.
Because as impossible and stupid a dream as it was, a teeny tiny foolish part of my idiot heart wanted to see it remade like Final Fantasy VII. I KNOW. IT WAS DUMB TO THINK THAT. And that's not to say it wouldn't happen one day but... Right here, right now, I have to accept that there aren't and weren't and probably will never be a remake. I'm happy for the remaster. I am. But we all have that one game from the old days that we stupidly pray will one day get an upgrade that will just bring them even more to life. Yeah yeah. I should just get over it. But I don't wanna. I'm whining and I wanna whine because VIII is my favorite Final Fantasy of all of them and I love all the characters so much. So what if it was a simple love story? So what if the main character was a stoic hard to relate to guy at first? So what if it didn't blow everyone's mind with its narrative? IT REACHED ME TO THE VERY CORE OF MY HEART. Just as IV, VII, IX, and X did. I love this game so damn much. So yes I wanted what I couldn't have. Whether you liked it or not, it was a favorite for a lot of people. Final Fantasy as a series is insanely incredible and I love most of the entries. But VIII captured my heart from the day of release back in 1999 and I've never been able to let it go. So yeah I'm crying because I just want an hd remake that I'll probably never get. But even as I type this I know I'm still gonna hope more than anything for it. Just like I'll still pray every day for a remake of Threads of Fate. Because I love these games so much and I'm selfish and I want more.
Like y'all don't even know. I pray for it at every E3 premiere. I'm only just able to type this even though this announcement has been out for awhile because I couldn't stem the disappointment. Lame I know but I just can't help it. I feel very strongly about Final Fantasy VIII. As gamers we all have felt a significant impact from a game that touched us and made something in us explode in a shower of passion and love. I just... Ugh. I'm just unhappy and needed to get it off my chest. Rant (whining) is over now.
