So after a couple hours of screwing
around with this and not really getting anywhere, I figured it was
just time to finish this off and be done with it. The basic plan
here is to just make the trip to the moon's core as quickly as I
could while still getting everything I need to finish the game
properly. I probably won't make too much note of just what's
happening this time unless something out of the ordinary happens.
Of course, that's just what did happen
on the second part of my weapons and armor gathering stage of this
most likely last entry. A Red Giant dropped something called a Rune
Axe. It's a two-handed weapon for Cecil and Kain, I'm assuming,
that's effective against magic using foes. I was not aware that this
particular enemy had a rare drop like this, so it came as a pleasant
surprise. I don't think I'll actually be using it, though, since
just about everything else I'll be getting is better.
Part of what took getting this last bit
up so long is that I kept getting lost and forgetting where I was
supposed to go. It's not because I'm bad at this game or anything.
Quite the opposite, really. I've been through this often enough to
go through it without really thinking about it, and that caused a few
problems. Easily solved of course, but still problems.
The last two, maybe three sessions of
this were a fairly standard playthrough for the end of this game.
The only real difference is that my levels were higher than I usually
have them in what is a more typical run for me these days. I suspect
this may even have been by a substantial amount, in the mid-60s
range. Of course, it's been quite a while since I've put as much
time into Final Fantasy 4, as well. I do believe the total time was
somewhere in the area of 35 by the end.
As a result, I did wind up getting a
few monsters to drop things I didn't know they dropped, in part
because I didn't know they dropped anything at all, really. I had
another Red Giant drop an Ogre Axe at one point, and I had a Red
Dragon drop a Dragoon Gauntlet. I don't recall having either of
those monsters drop things before, let alone those items.
The final fight with Zeromus was also
much easier, as well. I suspect it was because of that levels thing
again. I've gotten used to it being a much harder fight with the
lower levels I typically have.
Otherwise, this time was pretty much
the same as all the other times I've beaten this game. There's a few
other things I want to cover, but I think I'll save those for a
wrap-up post like I usually do for these things. I'll try to have
that out quicker than I managed with this one. See you then, folks.
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