Terra uses magic.
No big deal, right? She's a magic user; what else is she supposed to use? In your average game, no one would have batted an eyelash. Luckily for us, Sakaguchi and the cats at old Square show remarkable attention to detail and quality. Remember... Locke and Edgar haven't seen Terra use magic yet, and in this game, magic is KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
Their reactions are hysterical. They have a conversation about it right there during the fight, and both swoon when Terra gives them an uncharacteristically coquettish wink.
Empowered by the prospect of Terra tang, the boys jump back into the thick of things and make short order of the bosses. We race past a seething Kefka. Haven't seen the last of him! Gameplay returns to show me now riding a Chocobo in the overworld. This looks a lot different. It actually looks a lot more 3D-ish than traversing through the overworld on foot, and is a bit more confusing for me. Sure I'll get the hang of it.
With little else to do here, we head for a cave that cuts through a mountain and into the village of South Figaro. I enter the cave, taste its healing waters, uncover its booty, emerge out the other side, and enter the small town. I explore a bit of South Figaro before finding a save point and calling it a session. Might do another late night session, but probably not.
Things are going pretty well so far. I don't like it as much as Chrono Trigger, but I'm certainly not disappointed. That Terra magic cutscene really caught me by blissful surprise. Best part of the game so far. I hope there's more of that, because once again, stuff like that is the old-school gaming charm that's so hard to pull off nowadays. I love it.
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!