(FFII is seriously underrated IMO)

the worst bit is when the Emperor unleashes the Cyclone and you can't go into hardly any of the towns anymore because

they're fucking gone

you just. walk over a fucking. GREY PATCH on the map

when i went through my playthroughs of 1-6 for the first time the jump from 1 to 2 in tone was incredible

lumieresdedragon YEAH... it's really zero to 100

"this dragon wants to find you to a rat tail" to "almost everyone who teams up with you dies gruesomely right in front of you"