Final Fantasy X is a particularly special game to me. It was a beginning and an end. It was the pinnacle of a franchise, but also signaled the swan song of that franchise. It was the pinnacle of an entire genre, but also signaled the swan song of that genre.
Swan song, you ask? Please keep in mind the my personal opinion weighs heavily on the topic.
It is also the game that I was playing when I almost lost my mother.
My mother and I used to play Japanese RPGs together, especially the ones by SquareSoft. I would play, she would watch.
Final Fantasy X was a particularly heavy game for me. Yuna, being one of the greatest characters in any game, seemed innocent and light at first. But then it became clear during the game that her summoning ability would come with a tragic cost: the sacrifice that Yuna would take her own life.
As we came closer to the final chapters of the game we reached Mt. Gagazet. The haunting Hymn of the Fayth began to sink into my soul. We climbed the snowy trails of the mountain. Everything felt cold and difficult.
Soon, around the time of this part of the game, my mother grew extremely ill.
As I went back on forth to the hospital, I went back and forth in the game with Tidus and Yuna, grinding levels so that I could beat that final boss. It was a healthy, but at the same time extremely disturbing, distraction from my real life.
My mother began to recover, and returned home weary. To keep her spirits up, we continued to grind through the game.
And we met Lord Braska's Aeon.
The boss battle was difficult to say the least. I heavily used Yuna's summons rather than other methods, particularly because of my adoration of her character.
But nothing seemed to work. Finally, I backtracked in the game to obtain the Anima Aeon, practically the embodiment of death itself.
As Yuna summoned Anima, she made a small sound as if she herself was afraid of the Aeon that she had summoned.
With Anima, Yuna beat back Lord Braska's Aeon.
Cloister of Trials indeed.
Epic sadness. Epic loss. Triumphant return. Triumphant against the Ultimate Boss. All in a game called Final Fantasy X.
from Game Informer Magazine http://ift.tt/1PvmToF
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