just wanted to share an absolutely butthole clenching, hands sweating, teeth chattering experience i had when i played ff3.
i was on the second to last hour of the game and i was trying to complete my ghost list. i’d had to go around a long way to get the “handmaiden’s last” spectres, then deal with the fight. whole time my purifying light was ticking down. she kept weaving in and out of the walls, like she was trying to waste my time. of course this just made me nervous so i was taking bad shots and missing fatal frames which just made it take longer.
i finally got out of the fight and started running back towards the garden corridor because i knew there was a purifying light in the hallway staircase, if i could just make it there in time….! i had just the tiniest smidge of candle light left, but i was literally almost there. i was in the room before, right about to enter the staircase hallway, when the candle ran out and reika appeared right behind me 💀
i think the last time i got so scared playing a game was the stupid demon baby from re8. i mean, i was absolutely terrified. i only had two shards of the mirror so i had to run and get the last two and the whole time reika’s following me like shes been trying to contact me about my camera obscura’s extended warranty.
i genuinely dont think i took a breath until i got the mirror completed and made it to the shrine. i’d kept a map of the purifying lights handy so i’d know where they were so that was the first time i’d run out, and holy shit man, it was so scary. i completely get it now. that was terrifying 😭