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I beat Final Fantasy VII yesterday after getting to the North Crater and basically forgetting about it for 3 months. I hit no obstacles fighting Sephiroth, though my main party seriously outclassed my other characters. I love this game and feel like I really accomplished something gamerly in beating it. Now I just need the gold chocobo and all that bullshit.

I started a new file on Final Fantasy Tactics Advance since my 40 hour save I exploited for a bunch of awesome shit got deleted under mysterious circumstances. I'm going to play the game normally with a 7 member team of a human illusionist (I lucked out on a random recruit after my 2nd or 3rd mission), a Nu Mou Black/White Mage, A juggler moogle with Black Magic, 2 Hunters/Ninjas (Marche/The Jesus being one of them) A Bangaa for melee murderating and support (somehow started with 138 speed which is very good for any class but rare for Bangaa and makes it invaluably murderous) and a Viera Sniper/Assassin because those are the only good class. I really like this game especially after absorbing so much spergtastic information about stat growth and exploits. I find the remake of the original FFT a little bit too slow for my taste (it literally slows down to like 3 FPS when you use any attack).

And while not necessarily a game a friend and I got RPG Maker VX Ace which is wayyy different from the PS2 version from thousands of years ago. It's about as straightforward as MSpaint provided you understand the menus. Very easy to use but bloated with really generic anime artwork. Luckily you can import your own pictures of Gorillas, Marmosets and Weasels as placeholders for your characters. We're taking suggestions on stuff to make with it.