24 Years Later

I just beat Final Fantasy VII for my first time. It has been 24 years in the making. I first played at a friend's house and then I bought the game for myself back in high school. I completed everything you could do in the game. I defeated all the WEAPONS, got all the Limit Breaks, saw all the hidden scenes, collected all the ultimate weapons, etc. I was in the middle of fighting Jenova•SYNTHESIS when my mom called me down for dinner. I paused the game, ate my food, and excitedly raced back upstairs to beat the final bosses. I found my cousins playing a different game and though I wanted to play FF VII, I waited until they went home. The horror happened after they did. I booted up the game to find my save files deleted. Back then, I only had two. My cousins had deleted them from my memory card to save whatever they had been playing. I tried many times over the years, but life just got in the way. Final Fantasy VII is just as good as when I played it back then. Seeing the crew one last time and a shot of Aeris at the end, it brought genuine emotion and tears to my eyes. What an ending!

If you read this far, thank you. This is the first post I have ever made and I wanted to share my joy with you.