Of course that, not knowing any better, the people of Orience thinks this is normal. ―Ace, one of the main characters of Final Fantasy Type-0. But if the Crystal erases all our memories of the dead, what good is a list of someone’s achievements when we can’t remember who they were?” “If people’s actions fade away from our memories with time, then all we can do to prevent them from slipping away is to keep written records. One of the game’s characters synthetize the idea nicely:
The only way to “remember” Bob is to read something that was written about him. Even Bob’s relatives, friends or whatever, immediately forget everything they knew about him: his name, his appearance, his stories, his deeds, his achievements etc. This means that once a person – let’s call him Bob – dies, nobody will remember anything about him.
(Also, I should remark that treating the memories of the dead in a bizarre way is not a first for the series see Box 1 for a quick overview of the topic in Final Fantasy X). The Crystals make the common people of Orience forget those who have died. However, with great power comes great… costs and the price to pay is a certain degree of memory loss. Each of these nations has a Crystal (the capital “C” indicates it is a huge and sentient mineral) that grants them unique powers. The world of Final Fantasy Type-0, called Orience, is comprised of four nations. What is unique about this game (besides its nonsensical story and awful dialogues) is how one particular facet of its fictional world works, namely the memories of the deceased.Īllow me to explain. (The original game, however, dates from October 2011, released only in Japan for the PlayStation Portable.) This game brought some nice changes (gameplay-wise) for the franchise, but this is not my interest here.
The latest entry in the series is Final Fantasy Type-0, released in March 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. The Final Fantasy video game series is famous for its over-the-top cataclysmic-world-end stories and absurd hairstyles. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany.Įberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen, Germany.Įmail: (at) gmail (dot) com
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