Final Fantasy 13

Final Fantasy, like a lot of people, has a special place in my heart. It was the first RPG series that I had played, and it was a very confusing and strange game to me at the time. Now I understand that the series is tied to tradition (or technical limitations) but as a kid it was very strange to think that my entire party was compiled within one character, or that I would get into random battles with enemy's I could not see. A lot of imagination was required.

Every RPG I've enjoyed has given me a certain feeling; this is the exact feeling i seek when i purchase one of these games. There is this moment, many hours into the game where your party faces a difficult foe; you feel the weight they carry, their problems and goals, and every strike they make to the enemy is felt ten-fold as though you yourself are making the attack. The music crashendos and you feel completely apart of their goal. This is a moment i have never felt in a movie or in a book, it is exclusive to this genre of games.

This moment is rare and it requires more than just a well orchestrated game, you have to be willing to open yourself up to the story or be captured by it. As i grow older it becomes harder for me to do this but every now and than a game comes along that tickles just the right parts of my brain.