(Image source: Square Enix.)
Mr. Postman delivered Final Fantasy XII (ver. Greatest Hits) today. I skimmed through the manual (thick by today’s standards) and put the disc in the PS2 to confirm the region 1 title played flawlessly on my modded region 3 machine. Then I thought it would be nice to see the opening cutscene …
About 25 minutes later, I was saving my first savegame and 35 minutes after that, I saved for the second time. My spell of Impulse Control failed. Damn.
Comfortable with the basic controls by this point, I exited the eastern gates of Rabanastre, the starting city, and made for the desert where walking cactii, wolves and my prey, that dastardly scoundrel of a fruit, the Rogue Tomato, stalked the hot sands. Spotting my mark, I unsheathed my blade and began the battle. Man against tomato, no quarter asked nor given. Vicious blows were exchanged and ultimately, I emerged victorious. Tales will be told generations from now of this titanic conflict, I wager. Fruit-Bane, they might name me in those stories. Or the Tomato-Terminator. Killer of Killer Tomatoes, perhaps.
Though bloody after the struggle … no, wait, sorry, it’s just tomato juice … I returned triumphantly to the city gates and cast a spell of Save Game once again.
It’s a very good start to what promises to be a very entertaining game.
