Bless those Little Girls

A long time ago, I was searching for pictures of Vincent Valentine. I think you all know who he is, but if you don't know you need to play more video games. He's a character from 'Final Fantasy VII'. He's an optional character that you don't have to get if you don't want to, but who could resist? You find him sleeping in a coffin in the bottom of the Shinra mansion, and even though you're Cloud (at least you're pretending to be a Cloud (a guy)), Vincent is so beautiful that you simply can't leave him alone ... or resist using him as one of your main fighters for the rest of the game. Far too beautiful to leave in that dusty old basement. His overly sexiful character (for lack of a more fitting word), even though he was a recluse that you find in a coffin, was an incredibly popular character for little girls to build shrines for. Seriously, there were so many Vincent Valentine shrines built by little girls all screaming their little heads off for a character that has a total of maybe 30 lines and most of them are so non-committal that you wonder why he's hanging out in the game at all. He had no real part in the plot and basically only has a point if you think he's gorgeous. He's completely optional.

Actually, the first time I played I went for hours with the only character living being Vincent. Cloud and Tifa died in an extremely important fight and I had such a hard time beating it that it didn't matter to me that Vincent was the only one who lived. Anyway, I thought I'd find some Pheonix Downs soon, but I was wrong and ended up battling alone with Vincent for hours and hours. Luckily, I had sort of made him the healer in my party, so he could take care of himself, and after this incredibly long stretch of time - I felt like we bonded. Ya know? Unless you're a gamer, than 'no' you don't know. But let me tell you, after you've spent 50+ hours playing a game - you do feel more emotionally attached to the characters than even after an anime series. I don't know why, but even still, I just hear the name 'Cloud' and I get shivers of excitement. It'll probably go away after I turn twenty five.

Anyway, I had been dying for 'Dirge of Cerberus' to come out. It's a new PS2 game where Vincent is the main character. I didn't do much research on it before I bought it because I thought it would just be your typical turn-based RPG. Today I went and bought it and let me tell you - I was wrong. It's a FPS. That translates into 'first person shooter'. Not at all what I expected, but at the same time - it's kick @$$ for a FPS. I thought it would have no plot and disappoint me as much as FFX-2 (that was like a girl's slumber party). At least this way I get to be an angst-ridden guy who unloads clips of bullets at anything that moves. YES!

So, in conclusion. I don't believe this would have been possible if it weren't for all those little girls and the shrines they made to honour their favourite character. Bless those little girls!

P.S. The cut scenes are so beautious. Not quite as good as FFVII Advent Children, but stunning nonetheless. Bless those little girls!