Fantasy On The Brain

It seems as though all the games that are exciting to me these days are truly Final Fantasy games. I guess to anyone else, I might even sound a little obsessed these days. I can't help it, I mean I've literally grown up with the series and the game that I intend to write about was the very first fantasy I ever encountered.

Final Fantasy IV that is (or Final Fantasy 2 as I knew it back then. Pictured below is the FFIV - FFII I remember as a kid.)

I remembered the first time I started up in that game. Truth be told, I hated it and I actually didn't even bother with it until maybe a few years later. Back then I was more into Super Mario games and stuff like that, so RPGs were entirely foreign to me.

But man, once I got into it and really began to understand what was happening... talk about taking the bait, hook, line and sinker.

It was because of this game in particular, that I've actually stuck to playing video games for all of these years. Every single time I swear that I was done and through with games, a new fantasy would be released and I'd all too quickly find myself buying whatever was necessary and before long, I'd be playing like an addict that desperately sought his fix.

What has me so amped up about this game (all over again) is it's re-release and totally make over for the DS. While yes, I was initially getting jittery upon learning about this remake's existence, it wasn't until I had a few encounters with the remade Final Fantasy 3 (for DS) that really showed me what lies ahead for FFIV.

Talk about bombardment of fantasies here! I think after Crisis Core and Final Fantasy 7, the next phase is to finished off, once and for all, FFIV & FFVI and then onto FFIII. Hell, maybe I'll even give Final Fantasy Tactics another go, just for old time's sake.

Yes, yes... I think I am beginning to sound as though I am lightly obsessed with this series. But like I said, I just can't help myself anymore! And to top it off, there is always Final Fantasy XIII looming at the ending of this year!!