Lost Oddyssey

Dear bloggie,

I was slackin in my ofis today when I ran across a very interesting game...



Claimed by some as the should be Final Fantasy 13... It's a game developed by the original creator of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi and also featured the amazing Nobuo Uematsu in the music department.

The gameplay is more of the old school FF, menu based + random encounter. However it's the storyline which really caught my attention. Apparently the main hero, Kaim is an immortal that have lived for more than 1,000 years. But here's the real twist, having lived for so long, he has come to forgotten so many of his past memories. There's a blur distinction between life, memories and dreams for Kaim as he no longer knows which is which.

This plot, reminded me of a essay I read during in my Form 3 English workbook which was on "Describe a world where everyone can live forever.". Normally, a expected way one writer would tackle this title was to write a "Fantasy Happily Ever After Fairytale" on being able to live forever. The sample essay written by a superbly talented writer (I kowtow), takes a darker view on immortality. Being able to live forever means one get to view many joys, but at the same time one also has to view many sadness.

The story starts with the writer portraying himself climbing a tall mountain. Reaching the top of the mountain, the writer unload some earth from his backpack on to the mountain. The writer then narrates that humanity has achieved immortality (sort of) as the gene that makes us age was found and removed. Hence we no longer can die due to age. All was well as no one need die anymore, but a problem quickly arises. With no one dying, the human population spiral out of control and this resulted in a problem with earth limited resources. With no more option, death (one can't die onli due to age) was made a sentence for many crimes. Finally however, a solution was found, outer space... Most of the human migrated out of Earth except a few including the writer. The story returns to the writer when his watch beeps and reminds him, that's today is his birthday. It' was then revealed that the mountain that he now stand ontop was built by him, by piling earth he carry up one at a time over time. He setup a small cake n a candle to celebrate his birthday and ends the story after blowing the candle by asking himself "Can't remember my age, can't remember my name... Can't remember what I'm living for..."

Sorta dig this immortality stories not because it shows how fun being a immortal is, but rather how one need not be a immortal to be happy, one need simply need to live at the present moment...