February 3, 2012
oldtobegin: I SUBMIT that this is the greatest moment of this game. i call it the “leaving midgar moment,” and i reference it a lot when i talk about shifts in scope and agency in video games. at this point in my playthrough i’ve logged seven hours of the game. admittedly i did basically EVERYTHING you can do in midgar, including a little leveling, but still - it’s a long part of the game. seven hours in, midgar feels like the breadth of the world of final fantasy seven - a huge, sprawling megalopolis with many sectors still unexplored (not to mention the whole world on top of the plate).  but when you leave midgar, and see your tiny figure next to the city, and begin running across the fields, and twist the camera around… the world is HUGE, dotted with dozens of towns to explore. this point in the game is such a great shift in focus and scale that it still floors me every time i play up to it. i’ve played for seven hours and the game is just now beginning. IMPORTANT OBSERVATION

oldtobegin:

I SUBMIT that this is the greatest moment of this game. i call it the “leaving midgar moment,” and i reference it a lot when i talk about shifts in scope and agency in video games.

at this point in my playthrough i’ve logged seven hours of the game. admittedly i did basically EVERYTHING you can do in midgar, including a little leveling, but still - it’s a long part of the game. seven hours in, midgar feels like the breadth of the world of final fantasy seven - a huge, sprawling megalopolis with many sectors still unexplored (not to mention the whole world on top of the plate). 

but when you leave midgar, and see your tiny figure next to the city, and begin running across the fields, and twist the camera around… the world is HUGE, dotted with dozens of towns to explore. this point in the game is such a great shift in focus and scale that it still floors me every time i play up to it. i’ve played for seven hours and the game is just now beginning.

IMPORTANT OBSERVATION

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    IMPORTANT OBSERVATION
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  8. oneofournationsspies said: Totally agree. Midgar is so well-made and when you finally get out and spin that camera for the first time with the orchestral music going? All you can really do is say “well, shit.” The world map music in that game is perfect.
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  10. acalc said: nice. on my vgtunes tumblr, I arrived at the same kind of conclusion—the leaving midgar moment. this moment is described and punctuated by the one of the best pieces of vg music—the first overworld theme
  11. insta-grammar reblogged this from motoroboto and added:
    I know this moment all too well, but what a great feeling it is. The only similar feeling I had was leaving Cosmo...
  12. nothingatoll said: your videogame posts are always exactly on point. WAY TO BE, JESS, WAY TO BE.
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    you are literally and completely welcome
  15. motoroboto reblogged this from oldtobegin and added:
    this point. …and...I really want to play FFVII again…and also FFVI…and FF…and Chrono...
  16. dylansp said: This is a perfect description of this moment
  17. wearedevo said: I love your ff7 posts. I… never actually finished it. *shame*
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