Summary:
Further in the depths, the bosses are really new, really hard, and
really, really weird. The strangest Final Fantasy boss yet in Gilgamesh,
a super robot named Omega, and a crystalline beast called Nova Dragon
that flat out defeats me. I lose. I do not beat it. This is a first.
Further down, we go through “Twisted Space,” and fight what is probably a
gate to Yog-Sothoth and his buddies. We beat the gate, Atomos, and move
on.
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Depths – B13
-Dragon central down here. Fiend Dragons, Crystal Dragons, you name it.
-OH GOD, DUKE MALBORO. If we keep going up the Malboro hierarchy to their royalty and their gods, I’m quitting.
-Chimera Geist. OW.
-How to Rosa and Cecil not have a Band attack?
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Depths – B14
-The unassuming Catoblepas came back from prior FFs to haunt me. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like a bull with tiny wings anymore.
-Another crystal? Are we now moving onto bosses, like Chaos and Dark Cloud?
-“Gilgamesh”? WTF? Like, the guy from the Babylonian (or some ancient near east) epic?
I repeat: wtf
-He’s dressed like a knight with a clown’s fashion sense. This is weird as hell.
-“This is all my fault. My stomach was hurting.” IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT MY BRAIN IS HURTING. WHO ARE YOU
-“I can’t reach my full power… just kidding!” SERIOUSLY WTF WTF
-Then he fired lasers at me. The Babylonian clown knight just fired lasers at me.
-So far past the point of normal human confusion.
-His dying word: “Bartz?” I have to imagine this is either referencing a future Final Fantasy or the ancient epic, which I haven't read. My money’s on another Final Fantasy, since “Bartz” doesn’t really sound like an ancient word/name.
-He drops a weapon, that given the name and the difficulty of the fight, I expected to be awesome. Maybe some kind of super Excaliber!
I should’ve seen the “poor” in the name. It sucks.
-The party members all kind of like him for some reason.
-Rest. Ceodore and Kain. Kain can relate to Ceodore’s issues with his family/father.
-Aw. Rosa thanks Kain for helping out.
-Monster in a box: “Nova Dragon.” Very cool sprite!
Like a spiny, crystal, seahorse-dragon-thing. I especially like the bony ribcage.
-Less cool: how it ONE SHOTS my entire party with Tidal Wave before I can do anything.
-Four more attempts, and I get one shot each time before I can act.
-Yeah, I give up. May you live a long and peaceful life, Nova Dragon.
-Backtracking before moving on, since I skipped a bunch of rooms and treasure chests.
-Back to Depths – B13 for missed paths and chests.
-Big place.
-Hm.
A wandering robot sprite.
-“Omega.”
Perhaps Evil Moon Girl’s robot puppy. Kind of cute.
-Ow. Many, many, many deaths.
-It’s weak to lightning!
-Edge’s Blitz hits well, and Lightning Brain Buster band attack between Rydia and Luca helps.
-More deaths.
-FINALLY YES HFHDJKFSHLSFJKLDSH HAHAH I WON BEAT YOU I BEAT THE GAME
-Not really, but finally beat Omega.
-Moving on.
-Ok, I reached a lost woods-style maze, but eventually found a door unlike the others out of here. A glowy cave door.
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Depths – Twisted Space
-No random encounters here.
-Weird.
-Another crystal…
What could well be the unholy god worshipped by Trap Doors in the Sealed Cave.
-Atomos. A purple hookah-door that looks like something straight out of Lovecraft.
-Immediate meteor.
-Lightning Brain Buster works wonders.
-Meteor is its ONLY ATTACK.
-And… it dies. Not as bad as I would’ve expected, since the Meteors didn’t come that quickly.
-Totally not ashamed to run from the Proto-Death Masks I encounter. Those are scary beasts.
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Next time: Continue out of Twisted Space further into the Depths. Perhaps more monsters that mean little to me without having played future FF games, that will blow my mind in a variety of ways.
---
Depths – B13
-Dragon central down here. Fiend Dragons, Crystal Dragons, you name it.
-OH GOD, DUKE MALBORO. If we keep going up the Malboro hierarchy to their royalty and their gods, I’m quitting.
-Chimera Geist. OW.
-How to Rosa and Cecil not have a Band attack?
---
Depths – B14
-The unassuming Catoblepas came back from prior FFs to haunt me. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like a bull with tiny wings anymore.
-Another crystal? Are we now moving onto bosses, like Chaos and Dark Cloud?
-“Gilgamesh”? WTF? Like, the guy from the Babylonian (or some ancient near east) epic?
I repeat: wtf
-He’s dressed like a knight with a clown’s fashion sense. This is weird as hell.
-“This is all my fault. My stomach was hurting.” IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT MY BRAIN IS HURTING. WHO ARE YOU
-“I can’t reach my full power… just kidding!” SERIOUSLY WTF WTF
-Then he fired lasers at me. The Babylonian clown knight just fired lasers at me.
-So far past the point of normal human confusion.
-His dying word: “Bartz?” I have to imagine this is either referencing a future Final Fantasy or the ancient epic, which I haven't read. My money’s on another Final Fantasy, since “Bartz” doesn’t really sound like an ancient word/name.
-He drops a weapon, that given the name and the difficulty of the fight, I expected to be awesome. Maybe some kind of super Excaliber!
I should’ve seen the “poor” in the name. It sucks.
-The party members all kind of like him for some reason.
-Rest. Ceodore and Kain. Kain can relate to Ceodore’s issues with his family/father.
-Aw. Rosa thanks Kain for helping out.
-Monster in a box: “Nova Dragon.” Very cool sprite!
Like a spiny, crystal, seahorse-dragon-thing. I especially like the bony ribcage.
-Less cool: how it ONE SHOTS my entire party with Tidal Wave before I can do anything.
-Four more attempts, and I get one shot each time before I can act.
-Yeah, I give up. May you live a long and peaceful life, Nova Dragon.
-Backtracking before moving on, since I skipped a bunch of rooms and treasure chests.
-Back to Depths – B13 for missed paths and chests.
-Big place.
-Hm.
A wandering robot sprite.
-“Omega.”
Perhaps Evil Moon Girl’s robot puppy. Kind of cute.
-Ow. Many, many, many deaths.
-It’s weak to lightning!
-Edge’s Blitz hits well, and Lightning Brain Buster band attack between Rydia and Luca helps.
-More deaths.
-FINALLY YES HFHDJKFSHLSFJKLDSH HAHAH I WON BEAT YOU I BEAT THE GAME
-Not really, but finally beat Omega.
-Moving on.
-Ok, I reached a lost woods-style maze, but eventually found a door unlike the others out of here. A glowy cave door.
---
Depths – Twisted Space
-No random encounters here.
-Weird.
-Another crystal…
What could well be the unholy god worshipped by Trap Doors in the Sealed Cave.
-Atomos. A purple hookah-door that looks like something straight out of Lovecraft.
-Immediate meteor.
-Lightning Brain Buster works wonders.
-Meteor is its ONLY ATTACK.
-And… it dies. Not as bad as I would’ve expected, since the Meteors didn’t come that quickly.
-Totally not ashamed to run from the Proto-Death Masks I encounter. Those are scary beasts.
---
Next time: Continue out of Twisted Space further into the Depths. Perhaps more monsters that mean little to me without having played future FF games, that will blow my mind in a variety of ways.
