InsaneJournal

Current mood:	confused
Entry tags:	game: ffvii

Okay, what's with all this Cait Sith hate?
Yeah, an FFVII entry that's not about Cloud or Zack, shocking, I know. (Although, knowing what I do about FFVII, I'm now playing the game and pretending that the voice in Cloud's head is actually Zack speaking from beyond the grave and still looking out for our emo hero. Hey, a girl can dream, can't she? I hope when the eventual remake comes - you know it's going to happen, no way Square Enix won't squeeze this cash cow then possibly butcher it when it's dry - they cast the voice with Suzumura instead of making Sakurai talk to himself. I mean, notice how the voices pretty much stop after Aerith dies? Clearly she's keeping Zack busy in the lifestream. *nodnod* Anyway.)

Here's the thing I never could understand: Why this irrational hatred for Cait Sith?

Look, I understand that when you're at that super important last battle and Cait Sith's slot lands on the epically failed party wipe, this can drive some gamers to crazy homicidal rages, it's still not good enough of a reason to hate him. After all, he is a chance character, and it's always a bit of fun knowing at any moment it could become a "rocks fall, everyone dies" moment. And besides which, if you truly are stupid enough to not abuse that save point before a boss fight, then you probably deserve the party wipe.

(Just to say, I'm probably feeling much less hatred due to the fact that I use both save points and save states on the emulator, but on the other hand, I got a game over on the first boss of epic easy, so yeah.)

Okay, so many the fanboys are just bitter that Cait Sith always screws with their meticulously planned battles while I find the idea hilarious and possibly adds some extra amusement. I enjoy protagonist torture.

On the other hand, I totally love Cait Sith for having a free weapon (megaphone! I can't be the only one to find that hilarious) that can load up 8 materias and allows me to level them up much, much faster (although I tend to abuse enemy skill because, hey, who wouldn't want free mp and healing?). This also frees up Cid so he can level up the "All" materia on his lances of doom. (I also love Cid for being completely unsympathetic to Cloud's mental issues. Hee! Moar wangst.)

Because after learning that mastering an "All" materia means I can sell it for 1.4 million currency and thus solve all of my money problems is very much yes. (I hate grinding for money so that I can mindlessly upgrade the party. Yes, I know I should consult the guide more carefully, but I just want to watch the cut scenes. Which is weird, because I tend to hate cut scenes in most games.)