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My relationship with Square-Enix.
Animated Trigger | 8:33 PM on 05.24.2008 5 comments




This morning, after 23 awesome hours, I beat the World Ends With You. Okay, I confess, I had to switch to Easy mode on the final boss battle after it killed me multiple times because I had two useless pins equipped plus my level dropped down, but I beat it nevertheless and it is one of the best effing DS games ever that every DS-owner should go out and buy because I said so.

But something hit me once the credits started rolling: This is only the second Square game I’ve ever beaten! Yes, I know they’re Square-Enix/Squeenix now, but I don’t know who these Enix people are and the portion of my brain that still thinks it’s the late 90’s keeps referring to them as Squaresoft, but bear with me here.

The only other Square game I’ve ever beaten is Kingdom Hearts 2, which is pretty bad considering just how many Square games I’ve owned and/or played in my lifetime.



I went over the list in my head: SaGa Frontier (the first Playstation game I bought with my own money as a kid, before I even had a memory card, stupid me), Final Fantasy IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, and Tactics, Chrono Trigger, Brave Fencer Musashi, Samurai Legend Musashi, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and probably some others that have slipped my mind.

I never beat a single one of those. I feel like a loser.



I don’t know what it is about those games. It’s certainly not because they suck, everything of theirs I play is pretty amazing! I mean, it is partially because I’ve never beaten a traditional JRPG and probably never will finish one to save my life, but then…why did I never finish Chain of Memories? I know I was close to the end! Same goes for Brave Fencer Musashi, and that was one of my favorite damn Playstation games ever! And FFXII, I’ve put over 50 hours into it and still haven’t finished it, mostly because I keep buying other games for my Wii and can’t be buggered to constantly unplug one system to play the other. Also possibly because I bought FFVI at the same time on the GBA and playing two Final Fantasy games at the same time is a horrible, horrible idea…

So it seems that Square-Enix and I have a bizarre relationship. I know now that with the exception of something truly unique like the World Ends With You, I can never finish any of their games. Is this some kind of curse? I’ve been well aware of this fact for some time now, actually, and yet I can’t stop buying their games. What is wrong with me? Is there some sort of cure?

I aim to get a PS3 some time in the future, after Team Ico’s new project and God of War 3 are released probably, and man, both those Final Fantasy XIII titles look shweet, but I know that those too would sit unfinished should I buy them…what am I to do?

I can’t be the only one with this problem, can I?

Also, go play the World Ends With You. NOW.



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Ezra's Destructoid Blog
you are not the only one :(. I've only beaten Final Fantasy 1 on the gba and ps2's kingdom hearts (with roommate help). I'm almost done with FF2 on the gba but this would be the 3rd out of 10+ square-enix titles i own/played. I started them then for some reason never finished, tried to go back and couldnt remember what happened before. juggling games is a bad idea especially if they both Final Fantasy or rpg titles. best bet is to go one at a time.
braulio09's Destructoid Blog
Tried playing The World Ends With You on my not M3. Sadly, it freezes so I'm gonna check it out when I go to the states this summer (I'm in Mexico).

Also, I've never finished a JRPG either. It's weird. I got to the end of Blue Dragon and stopped for no reason. Got halfway through FFVII and stopped. I forgot about FFX like 2 hours before I finished it. Truly bizarre.

I can't really seem to find a pattern in the games I do finish.
DynamicSheep's Destructoid Blog
"What a terrible night to have a curse"

In order to end this curse, you have to find Dracula's remains, resurrect him, and then kill him again.
ZanyIce's Destructoid Blog
I'm like that. Came so close to finishing FF9 and FF7 but just stopped. Okay so I didn't just stop in FF9, I got hopelessly stuck. I'm like this with all types of games though. I had to just about force myself to finish Doom 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect and a bunch of other games I can't think of at the moment. It's rare for me to actually enjoy playing a game from start to finish. Skies Of Arcadia and Jet Set Radio Future come to mind as a couple I've enjoyed.
Perry Simm's Destructoid Blog
When I invested some time in JRPGs i mostly finish them, mainly because I'm a sucker for epic final boss battles.

And yes, "The World Ends With You" is indeed amazing. Haven't finished it yet, but definitely will.


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