Open the box, they said.. it'd be fun, they said.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Last night I was pretty much glued to my VITA, playing FFIV complete collection. Cecil becomes a Paladin! Check! He gains mass ammounts of levels before heading to Baron! OKAY~! He kicks the ass of Baignan and Cagnazzo! HURRAH!

NOW WE HAVE AN AIRSHIP.

Sure we're supposed to go to Troia but~

ALL THE THINGS, ALL OF THEM.

We visit shiny Agart full of promise, we spend ass amounts of time gaining levels so that we can afford all the nifty new gear that Mythril offers. And then we go into Eblan to poke around, because look EDGE'S MYSTERIOUS DESERTED CASTLE. We don't know the guy yet so why don't we loot it.

Loot loot loot!

Let's open this box!

MONSTER!

MONSTER. KICKS. MY. ASS

Rocks fall; everybody dies.

RESTART. Aw damn, I hadn't saved until just before Baignan.

And then I realized that this happened MY VERY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH way back when I was a teenager and didn't know any better.

Obviously I STILL DON'T! It was lowering to think that TWENTY YEARS-- and STILL COMMITTED THE SAME EPIC FAIL.

Now I have something new to add to my list of things to go back and tell my younger self if ever I'm given a time machine...

DO NOT OPEN THAT. DAMN. BOX

Comments

[breyzyyin]

It always amusing whenever that moment where you realize you didn't save occurs: go through so many hours without even thinking of it and then bam--the dreaded Game Over screen pops up and you realize you hadn't saved at all beforehand...I can understand the appeal of auto-saving whenever that happens very much. 0_0; Granted, it usually never is when it happens (as usually you're cursing, screaming, or crying at that point--I've done all three at once a couple of times, orz)...but it can be on reflection later. XD

Sorry that it happened again though. *pats shoulder consolingly*

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Aww thank you! Well I've gotten well past that point, I didn't want to be brought down by it. I saved WELL before I went into Eblan. But yeah, I can't count the amount of times that has happened to me where suddenly 'dead' and then no save.

[blm]

Monsters in Boxes have always been the biggest jerks ever.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I KNOW! But other monsters in a box, I was somewhat prepared for (being approximately the right level), Eblan though is like 10 levels over what I'm supposed to be AND I don't have the benefit of a dedicated healer. really it's punishment for me not staying where I was supposed to and directing RIGHT to Troia.