Have You No Normal Enemies?
More thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI! I've just finished the batch of sidequests that becomes available at the start of the quest 'Across the Narrow'.
Clive looks pretty good when he's spattered with blood and has a sword held to his throat. Just saying.
Torgal carries my sword in his mouth when I don't have the strength to carry it myself! Good boy!
I think this game might have too many sidequests. A lot of the sidequests give interesting detail on the world or characters! But, every time there's a plot development, three or four sidequests spring up and destroy any sense of momentum. Clive needs to learn to delegate. I must be nearing the end of the game, but it doesn't feel like it when I'm still getting sent on fetch quests!
Clive is so fond of Mid. It's very cute.
Clive taking a moment to hug Jill before he rescues her is also pretty cute.
Nice vulnerability in this nude scene, but I'm very distracted by the fact that I thought Jill was suffering from the curse; surely we should be able to see signs of it when she's not covered up?
Also slightly distracted by the fact that it looks to me like Clive has been shaving his legs.
I love the item description for the spherical echo: 'No doubt the Fallen had some other purpose in mind for these contrivances than to stud them in a smelter, and would ridicule us for doing so, just as a man of the present day might laugh at a goblin using a carefully filed cogwheel to enliven his hat.' Tell me more about how people of this world think of the Fallen! I'm so interested in how they look back at this civilisation that they don't truly know or understand, but which has left inescapable marks on their world.
Ooh, I like this quest where L'ubor is exposed as a Bearer; that's really interesting. Invite him to the hideaway, Clive; he's fun!
I'm not sure how to express this in a way that doesn't sound horny, but I like it when Clive says 'fuck'. I just think 'fuck' on its own is a great curse; it conveys a lot! He fell into low health while I was battling, he said 'fuck', and that really got across the fact that this was a bad situation. 'Oh, God' is also a low-health quote of his I like. I suppose I just like feeling that the character I'm playing as is scared when I find myself struggling in a battle.
I think at some point I decided that Theodore was in love with his sister Eloise, but I cannot now remember where this impression came from. It's just a weird headcanon floating around during their scenes, making everything slightly awkward.
I was afraid the game would make me kill Theo in front of his sister. I'm glad I didn't have to do that, but this outcome is ALSO TERRIBLE.
This batch of sidequests feels like a tour of all the people we've met throughout the game, which makes me think it'll just be plot from here on. I'm ready for it. Of course, there's always the possibility I'm just going to get plunged into another fifty fetch quests after this mission, but we'll see!
Clive looks pretty good when he's spattered with blood and has a sword held to his throat. Just saying.
Torgal carries my sword in his mouth when I don't have the strength to carry it myself! Good boy!
I think this game might have too many sidequests. A lot of the sidequests give interesting detail on the world or characters! But, every time there's a plot development, three or four sidequests spring up and destroy any sense of momentum. Clive needs to learn to delegate. I must be nearing the end of the game, but it doesn't feel like it when I'm still getting sent on fetch quests!
Clive is so fond of Mid. It's very cute.
Clive taking a moment to hug Jill before he rescues her is also pretty cute.
Nice vulnerability in this nude scene, but I'm very distracted by the fact that I thought Jill was suffering from the curse; surely we should be able to see signs of it when she's not covered up?
Also slightly distracted by the fact that it looks to me like Clive has been shaving his legs.
I love the item description for the spherical echo: 'No doubt the Fallen had some other purpose in mind for these contrivances than to stud them in a smelter, and would ridicule us for doing so, just as a man of the present day might laugh at a goblin using a carefully filed cogwheel to enliven his hat.' Tell me more about how people of this world think of the Fallen! I'm so interested in how they look back at this civilisation that they don't truly know or understand, but which has left inescapable marks on their world.
Ooh, I like this quest where L'ubor is exposed as a Bearer; that's really interesting. Invite him to the hideaway, Clive; he's fun!
I'm not sure how to express this in a way that doesn't sound horny, but I like it when Clive says 'fuck'. I just think 'fuck' on its own is a great curse; it conveys a lot! He fell into low health while I was battling, he said 'fuck', and that really got across the fact that this was a bad situation. 'Oh, God' is also a low-health quote of his I like. I suppose I just like feeling that the character I'm playing as is scared when I find myself struggling in a battle.
I think at some point I decided that Theodore was in love with his sister Eloise, but I cannot now remember where this impression came from. It's just a weird headcanon floating around during their scenes, making everything slightly awkward.
I was afraid the game would make me kill Theo in front of his sister. I'm glad I didn't have to do that, but this outcome is ALSO TERRIBLE.
This batch of sidequests feels like a tour of all the people we've met throughout the game, which makes me think it'll just be plot from here on. I'm ready for it. Of course, there's always the possibility I'm just going to get plunged into another fifty fetch quests after this mission, but we'll see!