Final Fantasy X - Part Six
After months of continued procrastination, BFF Matt came back to town and was all, "okay for gods sake just try that boss battle seriously". I protested weakly with some excuses about lack of Level 3 keyspheres for my sphere grid, but apparently that just didn't cut it.
Did I talk about that problem at all? I didn't find a single Level 3 keysphere in this whole play-through, which is bad because I need one to undo Level 3 locks on the sphere grid. In other words, I couldn't level up by going forward on the grid, so I had to backtrack to previous branches of it in order to get anything done. The lame thing about this is that moving on the sphere grid requires levels, basically, so I was grinding just to go backwards. You can understand my lack of motivation, I'm sure. 8[
(Ridiculously enough, I have a bunch of level 4 keyspheres, but they're not doing me much good since I can't reach the level 4 locks.)
Anyway, the dragon boss posed no real problems, and Matt kicking it in the face on my behalf yielded some more Level 4 keyspheres, which is something, but didn't really solve my level 3 keysphere drought. This segment was followed by cutscenes pertaining to Yuna's now-approaching time to summon the Final Aeon. There are plot twists, and you meet your new BFF, Yunalesca. Apparently clothes thousands of years ago were even skankier than Lulu's, which is mildly alarming.
She tells the party that the final aeon is actually... one of the summoner's friiiiiends. The obvious solution is to use Wanker as the sacrifice, but no one agrees with me. (Slightly unrelated, but I dunno what's up with RPGs hating the idea of sacrificing one person to save the world, especially since that person is usually being a good sport about it.) But Yuna and co. decide the cycle of Sin and the final aeon will just go on forever. Sin will always re-appear, and people will just go on dying in the terrible cycle until the end of time. Aside from appeasing the many loathers of Tidus, sacrificing him--or any of the party--won't do any good.
:C
Screw that, they say. Let's punch Yunalesca in the face and find some other way. I don't know why they didn't decide to keep her alive as a back-up plan. That doesn't seem very smart to me. Cue boss battle. I was a lot more afraid than I should have been, since apparently despite my fears, I was over-level. Uh.
Holy really helps. 9999 damage!
The hardest part of this fight is not knowing what will happen next in terms of the big attacks launched on your party, but since I already know how this fight goes down, I know what to expect. Hahaha. Thanks for the healing! Well... except on Zombie!Auron. That wasn't too great.
I'm slightly freaked out by some of Yunalesca's other forms (Giant Medusa head attached to the bottom half of her body? Really?), but as long as she never decides being a double-sided bondage mummy (lol unintentional ironic pun) is stylin', I'll live. One Anima is enough.
You know, it just occurred to me that some people reading this might not actually know what Anima looks like. Please feast your eyes on its unspeakable beauty.
I'm sure you're all speechless (if not irreparably scarred).
Anyway, Yunalesca dies, and it turns out that the final aeon always becomes the new Sin. Since Braska's final aeon/sacrifice was Jecht, Jecht became Sin, which explains that rather significant piece of the plot. You can stop bawwing, Tidus. Daddy became Sin while doing something he thought was useful.
We recieve a nice flashback of this moment in time, which also includes Jecht telling Auron to go protect his loser son for him. Sure took him long enough to go find him, didn't it? Ten years? You'd think the bad shorts would be enough of a stand-out, but I guess not.
We also see that pitiable young(er?) Auron loathed the idea of his friends being sacrificed (though he was powerless to stop them), so after the fact, he went to beat the tar out of Yunalesca.
Guess what happened.
Aaaaaaaah more spoilers:
Auron died. I can see why this plot would be compelling if you had no idea what happens, but since Tidus, Seymour (well, Anima), and Auron's major plotpoints were already known to me for the past several years, all I can do is wonder if anyone didn't see this stuff coming.
I mean, when you go to the Farplan, Auron's all, "Uh, I'm just going to chill out over here, not because I'm dead and unsent or anything." Pffff.
Anyone remember the Hercules portion of Kingdom Hearts 2? This gets so much better if you do. Auron is hanging out with Hades for some reason, and Hades is like, "So tell me again why you're here. 'Cause I actually don't remember," and Auron says in a srs voice, "I exist. That is my crime."
When I heard that line back in tenth grade, I laughed so hard I cried. It's like in KH canon, Auron completely forgot the reason he died. I get that his continued existence shouldn't even have happened, but that line was so hilarious. Come to think of it, is it even possible to be living-except-dead in KH canon?
All that aside, I still like and admire Yuna's perseverance and determination. She even gives Tidus's ego a nice punch in this portion of the game, since when he tries to go "blah blah my story herp derp" she interjects by saying it's her story, too. Darn right it is, Yuna. You're more pivotal to the scheme of things than Tidus's bawwwing. Can't wait until he--um, spoilers. We'll get there.
Next post, I may have to whine about my continued quest for a PSP.
Did I talk about that problem at all? I didn't find a single Level 3 keysphere in this whole play-through, which is bad because I need one to undo Level 3 locks on the sphere grid. In other words, I couldn't level up by going forward on the grid, so I had to backtrack to previous branches of it in order to get anything done. The lame thing about this is that moving on the sphere grid requires levels, basically, so I was grinding just to go backwards. You can understand my lack of motivation, I'm sure. 8[
(Ridiculously enough, I have a bunch of level 4 keyspheres, but they're not doing me much good since I can't reach the level 4 locks.)
Anyway, the dragon boss posed no real problems, and Matt kicking it in the face on my behalf yielded some more Level 4 keyspheres, which is something, but didn't really solve my level 3 keysphere drought. This segment was followed by cutscenes pertaining to Yuna's now-approaching time to summon the Final Aeon. There are plot twists, and you meet your new BFF, Yunalesca. Apparently clothes thousands of years ago were even skankier than Lulu's, which is mildly alarming.
She tells the party that the final aeon is actually... one of the summoner's friiiiiends. The obvious solution is to use Wanker as the sacrifice, but no one agrees with me. (Slightly unrelated, but I dunno what's up with RPGs hating the idea of sacrificing one person to save the world, especially since that person is usually being a good sport about it.) But Yuna and co. decide the cycle of Sin and the final aeon will just go on forever. Sin will always re-appear, and people will just go on dying in the terrible cycle until the end of time. Aside from appeasing the many loathers of Tidus, sacrificing him--or any of the party--won't do any good.
:C
Screw that, they say. Let's punch Yunalesca in the face and find some other way. I don't know why they didn't decide to keep her alive as a back-up plan. That doesn't seem very smart to me. Cue boss battle. I was a lot more afraid than I should have been, since apparently despite my fears, I was over-level. Uh.
Holy really helps. 9999 damage!
The hardest part of this fight is not knowing what will happen next in terms of the big attacks launched on your party, but since I already know how this fight goes down, I know what to expect. Hahaha. Thanks for the healing! Well... except on Zombie!Auron. That wasn't too great.
I'm slightly freaked out by some of Yunalesca's other forms (Giant Medusa head attached to the bottom half of her body? Really?), but as long as she never decides being a double-sided bondage mummy (lol unintentional ironic pun) is stylin', I'll live. One Anima is enough.
You know, it just occurred to me that some people reading this might not actually know what Anima looks like. Please feast your eyes on its unspeakable beauty.
I'm sure you're all speechless (if not irreparably scarred).
Anyway, Yunalesca dies, and it turns out that the final aeon always becomes the new Sin. Since Braska's final aeon/sacrifice was Jecht, Jecht became Sin, which explains that rather significant piece of the plot. You can stop bawwing, Tidus. Daddy became Sin while doing something he thought was useful.
We recieve a nice flashback of this moment in time, which also includes Jecht telling Auron to go protect his loser son for him. Sure took him long enough to go find him, didn't it? Ten years? You'd think the bad shorts would be enough of a stand-out, but I guess not.
We also see that pitiable young(er?) Auron loathed the idea of his friends being sacrificed (though he was powerless to stop them), so after the fact, he went to beat the tar out of Yunalesca.
Guess what happened.
Aaaaaaaah more spoilers:
Auron died. I can see why this plot would be compelling if you had no idea what happens, but since Tidus, Seymour (well, Anima), and Auron's major plotpoints were already known to me for the past several years, all I can do is wonder if anyone didn't see this stuff coming.
I mean, when you go to the Farplan, Auron's all, "Uh, I'm just going to chill out over here, not because I'm dead and unsent or anything." Pffff.
Anyone remember the Hercules portion of Kingdom Hearts 2? This gets so much better if you do. Auron is hanging out with Hades for some reason, and Hades is like, "So tell me again why you're here. 'Cause I actually don't remember," and Auron says in a srs voice, "I exist. That is my crime."
When I heard that line back in tenth grade, I laughed so hard I cried. It's like in KH canon, Auron completely forgot the reason he died. I get that his continued existence shouldn't even have happened, but that line was so hilarious. Come to think of it, is it even possible to be living-except-dead in KH canon?
All that aside, I still like and admire Yuna's perseverance and determination. She even gives Tidus's ego a nice punch in this portion of the game, since when he tries to go "blah blah my story herp derp" she interjects by saying it's her story, too. Darn right it is, Yuna. You're more pivotal to the scheme of things than Tidus's bawwwing. Can't wait until he--um, spoilers. We'll get there.
Next post, I may have to whine about my continued quest for a PSP.