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Name a game game: "...and then it ends with you fighting A GOD." (lemmy.world)

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Trope or not, gods just end up being a common target for games about heroes escalating in power while fighting increasingly world-destroying consequences.

So, for each post, name a game and describe it, with the assumption being that every description automatically ends with the phrase:

"...and then it ends with you fighting a god."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh! Forgot which event happened after which other event in that long cutscene after the final boss battle.

FF8 spoilers

I thought Squall met the younger Edea after receiving Ultimecia's powers. I only remembered the fact that Squall implanted the idea of SeeD into Edea, but I couldn't remember how exactly it happened.

As for Rinoa, back when I first played the game, I was a bit younger than Squall is, and Rinoa annoyed the hell out of me—far more than I got annoyed with Selphie, supposedly the annoying one. Younger me would have preferred if Squall fell in love with someone else, heck, even Seifer would have been a better love interest for Squall as far as younger me was concerned. I guess then, their love story worked nicely, and younger me was just too stubbornly edgy to appreciate that.

I think Laguna and Raine's love story resonated with me far better because it's far less "abrasive" and in-your-face. It might be a more bland and ordinary love story, but it's a nice foil to the main love story between Squall and Rinoa.

EDIT: failed my spoiler formatting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

FF 8 Spoiler Response

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If I recall, Squall sees a defeated Ultimecia staggering and ready to pass her powers on before dying, but Edea stops him from finishing her off They sort of have a conversation and SeeD is mentioned and young Squall comes running to Edea

Rinoa grew on me, at first hated the brattiness but over time she grew on me as a character who acts a blunt force determined to break Squall out of his shell. The Ragnarok scene and her becoming a sorceress locked her in as she matured and leaned on Squall for support in a reversal of her wanting to be his support and Squall being more "human"

The real love story is Zell and Hot Dogs (oh, almost forgot, Pig-tail girl)

Laguna and Raine was a lot more wholesome and mature with it not having any internal drama. The drama is more external elements leading to a more bitter sweet tale of Laguna accomplishing his mission but living with guilt of his failures