2021-05-28 18.00.14
Baten Kaitos...
Few games touched me as strongly as this one and up to this day, it remains one of my all time favorite experiences.
And interestingly, the sequel fascinated me just as much, perhaps even more, as the combat system was even better.
And more interestingly, despite me loving that game so, so much, I never finished that sequel. I stopped playing in the final dungeon I think. And I don't really know why. Maybe it was some kind of sadness ? Knowing that this adventure was about to end ? Which I didn't want to ? So I preferred to leave it unfinished ? I can't tell. Can't remember anymore. It's been so, so many years... 15 years actually... daaaaaaaaamn...
And this has been a stain on my mind during all that time. I really, really wanted to finish this story.
And this has been bugging me since then. Ever now and then, me just wanting to replay those games.
And so I finally did it. I started playing the first game some time ago, and came to it's end today. It still holds up. Brilliant game. Beautiful game. And I'm satisfied, as I am now ready to return to the sequel, and finally, finally... finally, finally... come to closure.
Can't wait to start this adventure again.
But for now, I shall just contemplate all those pleasant sensations that the first game brought back and left inside of me. Gifts carried by the ebb and flow of the Ocean :)
[update : Oh got that sequel... ! The combat was dogshit and so much worse ! The story was extraordinary, the gameplay NOT ! I tried replying it, and all of a sudden all the distant memories of the first experience came back, and oh boy did I hate it ! No idea where these idealized memories of better combat came from !]
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