new friends and old ones

[amovingtarget]

God of War
2nd September - 16th October
This is a really good game and I really enjoyed playing it. The graphics were amazing and the environment design was gorgeous. I love Kratos, and I love Atreus -- so much so that during the portion of the game when he lets godhood go to his head...I was really upset by it. I loved watching mythology unfold in front of me -- I was pretty surprised by the adaptational villainy of the norse pantheon, but I found that more of a curiosity than something that actually bothered me. I was constantly going, oh, of course, that's Freya! Of course, that's Baldur! right up until the end even though everything was also a complete surprise. Especially Faye's identity! and Atreus'! Now I desperately want to know her story -- did she love Kratos at all? Was this all a big con? Did she know the prophecy herself or did the rest of the Jotun keep it from her??? I loved that the only way Kratos could really connect with his son was by forgiving himself first. I knew literally nothing about the franchise, and only learned about his past during my inevitable tvtropes binge -- and holy shit, the tropes pages for this game are so long?! -- and that gave me even more feelings. I have a soft spot for characters who hate themselves, I guess. Looking forward to a sequel. I'm ready to kick Thor's ass with my boy. Odin can get in line too.

Final Fantasy 15
20th October - ongoing
In fairness, I do have a reasonable excuse this time? I have three fics that are kind of gnawing on me, and two of them are for this game. One is a sort of fix it, and the other is...an overambitious idea that I can rewrite the game as I think it could be, which I briefly mentioned over here when I played it last July and it hasn't let go of me since. I don't know if I'll manage it, but for now I'm having a good time replaying the game and taking lots of notes about my thoughts. I can't say I don't get frustrated with this game, but somehow I still keep wanting to play it twice a year? I don't know, okay, I just like it.

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[enemyofperfect]

It's a really hard thing.

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[amovingtarget]

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