Writer, game designer, engineer, bisexual tranthing, FFXIV addict
OC: Anna Verde - Primal/Excalibur, Empyreum W12 P14
Mare: E6M76HDMVU
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Ultima I: The First Age Of Darkness (1981)
Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (1987)
Final Fantasy 4 (1991)
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (1990)
"i'm richard garriott and i'm 19 years old, i made loads of money selling Akalabeth in plastic baggies and y'know what? i've decided that my game that is mostly about swords and wizards and goblins is also going to have TIE Fighter battles" - perfect. no notes
The original Phantasy Star games had some great space ships. PsIV especially, the ship is lost technology you literally unearth (twice!). the takeoff and flight sequences have this incredible sense of wonder as you slowly move away from the spaceport and then WHIP into speed, so fast you loop over the map before changing to a cutscene of the destination coming into view.
It's a wonderful moment.
Phantasy Star at least made an effort to integrate ultratech into its world
Definitely my favorite magic+technology sci-fantasy setting. Really gave a great sense of a society rising to great heights, collapsing, and starting to climb again.
time to bring this aesthetic back. just casually going to space. new zelda has the opportunity, but i bet it won't take it
The cyborgs in Wizardry 7 blew my mind as a kid. I copied things about that world endlessly for decades (and still sort of do).
"Unexpected sci-fi in fantasy" is literally every Final Fantasy, until like VII where it became explicit. Even the first one had giant mechs in a flying orbital tower for some reason
