I’m a Kingdom Hearts fan (sorry), and an underappreciated aspect of those games is how funny they are. One joke sees a character explaining who they are, with Jack jumping up to sucker-punch him screaming “I don’t give a fuck who you are,” and I was overcome with joy. On numerous occasions, I was laughing so hard to the point I would have to pause for a minute. But the game is so much more ridiculous than the trailers let on. From the numerous demos and trailers the game has had as it approached launch, anyone paying attention will have seen a lot of the game, including the first level, which features a Chaos shrine that’s fallen straight out of a Nu Metal music video from the early 00’s. That’s honestly one of Stranger Of Paradise’s strengths. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. From that fist bump, I knew what I was in for. Immediately they become friends, and then they fistbump, and reader: I lost my shit. They know he too is after Chaos, apparently. He turns around, already scowling, and sees Jed and Ash looking at him, crystals vibrating in hand. Jack is just walking along, about to enter Cornelia, the setting of the game, when he senses something. Their meeting was maybe the most baffling thing in the game, and it undoubtedly sets the tone for what comes next. He isn’t the only one though, as along his journey he meets two others like him, Jed and Ash. Our protagonist has plot-related amnesia, so his only guiding force is a black crystal, and that innate need he has inside him. All Jack knows is his burning desire to kill Chaos, come what may. You play as Jack, a very angry man, for reasons that never feel fully clear. READ MORE: The best RPGs: The definitive list of the best RPGs you can play in 2021.Oh no.’ After experiencing the full thing, the final result was something surprising, sometimes for better, but mostly for the worse. It certainly piqued my curiosity, but when Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was officially revealed I had mostly one thought: ‘Oh. When rumours of a Souls-like action-adventure Final Fantasy game started circling the internet last year, a few inquisitive eyebrows were raised.
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