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I've been avoiding any social media stuff with Sea of Stars (bar the merch I recently bought) to avoid spoilers, so I'm placing my bet right now that the fan favorite is probably Resh 'an.

He checks off a decent amount off of the Internet Darling list:

Face cloaked in so he is only vaguely human at best, but could conceivably be any other creature. Candidate to be ultra attractive to many folks as a result.

Generally straightforward, somewhat dignified manner in contrast to some of the more wackier, over-the-top personalities that in turn reduces him to a bit of an awkward, dorky state (ex. Teaks circling him while he clumsily endures her curiosity.)

Oodles upon oodles of a mysterious past with his hands having dipped itself into the greater lore. Probably caused a lot of untold damage that is a shoo-in for angst fic.

Wearing a mask and possessing a flowing robe, which is almost always a guarantee win. I'm vastly curious how close or far off the mark I am once I finish the game and look through the "Sea of Stars" tag.

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Resh'an's hands are tied lest Aephorul drops down from Planet Vegeta or whatever to lay waste to this world. They state this in the most serious tone, but then chose the word "prank", which makes me wonder if their cosmic spat is just one, big world-ending game. Which is such a horrifying thing for mere mortals to comprehend. The universe is but their playground and we're just figurines, is it?

...What the hell is this about another Dweller? I thought the Woe was the only one until Strife was revived. Has the Dweller of Torment just been secretly resting the whole damn time and not a single soul on this earth knew until Resh'an straight up admitted it?

Like I said, horrifying.

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done.

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So, what was the point of the baby gorillas and their matriarch? Like what did they add? Originally, I thought they were the price to pay for negligence over a system that screwed over hundreds of Solstice Warriors, proving maybe there was an inner-system working underneath their chosen status where they would allow children to be eaten if it meant for the greater good.

Sea of Stars quickly proved it's not that kind of game (which is fine), but it leaves the question on what even their purpose was. The mama did fix the nearby statue right after they were freed, but something else could have likely been intervened just from defeating the Dweller of Torment. I don't see why Zale/Valere and pals just couldn't go to Torment Peak and... beat the shit out of the Dweller without adding the gorillas.

Yes, the matriarch is the one who provided exposition why the Dweller of Torment had largely been forgotten, but shit, I would have just easily accepted, "Oh yeah, it's been a fucking millennia or whatever, so that knowledge has been lost to time and only I, Resh'an, knows about it."

The gorillas are kind of random, okay?

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Ahh, the obligatory Goddamn Bats.

These monster ant fuckers are terrifyingly annoying. It's best to kill them with attacks that hit multiple enemies; linger too long and these suckers will summon more of their kind. I've seen, at most, six of them on screen a couple of times and have died just as much during.

Sea of Stars is pretty damn brutal, though I'm not sure if that's just just because it's the beginning of the game and I'm still not at my most powerful.

Mind, it's a fair kind of brutal, never frustrating. You can also find Relics which can has different functions to make the game easier or harder for you. So far, I've seen one that can give you a 100+ HP, another that leaves a visual indicator for any successful timed attacks (that one I activated), and one where enemies have 60% more resistance with player characters taking 35% more damage. This seems like a really clever way to play the game since it lets you vary and tweak how you want it to be.

I'm sticking with what I got, but it's both a accessibility tool and challenger mode all in one. I love it.

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I know what happens to you guys...

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Final Fantasy VII, like a million others, is a big part of my impressionable childhood. FFIX is my personal favorite, but FFVII left a bigger impact in my life and some twenty years later, it still lives rent-free in my head.

I've played or thought about the game enough times that I still have distinct memories of its plot, scenes, musics, and characters.

...I do not like the Compilation and I never will. I acknowledge this is my unwilling, uncompromising hill to die on, but I admit to being such a loyalist to the OG game that anything beyond makes me shudder.

So, naturally, I've had reservations on the remake games. Of course, I'm gonna play them. Of course. OF COURSE.

I'm gonna slap a warning here for anyone who does prefer and/or enjoy the Remake (or the Compilation.) I'm gonna be that shitty nerd who will compare it to the original and depending on how much I enjoy Remake or not, will probably be obnoxious about it. Please consider this your one and only reminder of this.

Alright, let's mosey.

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The piano poster in Tifa's apartment is a really nice touch and a reminder of her life before, with hobbies and interests that she innocently pursued before everything literally burned down on her.