What? RUNNER Is Evolving! PRESS B IMMEDIATELY.

[rionaleonhart]

TERRIBLE FIC IDEA: The Last of Us/Pokémon crossover, in which the Paras line are the cause of the outbreak. Runners have little Paras mushrooms on top of their heads; Clickers have the large Parasect mushroom. Possibly there is some sort of glowy Runner-to-Clicker evolution sequence, rather than a gradual transformation. Ellie has a Rattata. NOBODY

Comments

[milliebee]

I did start watching that Let's Play of FFXIII, so I at least sort of know who you're talking about now! Unfortunately, I just couldn't get past the beginning. It's stupid of me, because I haaaaate the beginning of FFVII as well, and I know XIII probably gets better and the characters get more interesting and the plot makes more sense later on, but ... euuuhghhhh it means watching the beginning.

When I have time over the summer, I will sit down and watch the whole thing in a week and probably love it. Until then, I will remember it entirely as being about pink-haired Jehova's Witnesses. As opposed to VII, which is about silver-haired Jenova's Witnesses.

[rionaleonhart]

That's fair enough! The beginnings of Final Fantasy games do tend to be a bit on the slow side. I think the opening of XIII managed to hold me because it was the first PS3 game I'd ever seen, so I spent the entire time overwhelmed by how amazing everything looked.

(If you want a game that gets straight into things, I can recommend The Last of Us, although there is a slightly pointless section after the excellent prologue. IT'S OKAY, I'LL STOP DROPPING UNASKED-FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON YOU NOW. I'm basically a videogame evangelist, which is sort of appropriate, given the concept of Lightning Returns.)

The plot will indeed make more sense! I keep looking back with sad longing at the relatively understandable plot of XIII as I'm playing Lightning Returns, because it's incredible how little sense the sequels make. The original game is actually largely about being the opposite of Jehovah's Witnesses.

[milliebee]

The spectacular PS3 graphics don't come across quite so well on a Youtube Let's Play. XD

Isn't The Last of Us a zombie survival game? I don't generally get on with zombies, but I could give it a try, if just in Let's Play format. :D

[rionaleonhart]

The Last of Us is a bit zombieish, it's true. It's not a horror game, though, if that's a concern for you. It's very violent and not very happy, but it has possibly the best writing I've ever seen in a videogame, and Ellie is one of my favourite characters ever. Here's a link, if you want to give it a try!

[milliebee]

Thank you! :)