Abnormal Mapping 156: Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII

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02/15/24 • -1 min

We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage with a special announcement: Jackson has played the Final Fantasy XIII games, at last. Despite the frankly illegal amount of Final Fantasy content lately they were not going to let that go to waste. They are joined by Erin (@Woodabris, Woodaba on Youtube) to discuss the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, with a little Type 0 in there. It’s time to get remember: Fabula Nova Crystallis.

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Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy XII, Mass Effect (lol).

Next Month’s Game Club: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Music this Episode
The Promise by Masashi Hamauzu
Caius’ Theme by Naoshi Mizuta
Zero by Bump of Chicken

Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:10:30) - Final Fantasy XIII
(00:51:00) - Final Fantasy XIII-2
(01:30:00) - Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
(02:27:10) - Questions

Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!

Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!

If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!

Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy XII, Mass Effect (lol).

Next Month’s Game Club: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Music this Episode
The Promise by Masashi Hamauzu
Caius’ Theme by Naoshi Mizuta
Zero by Bump of Chicken

Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:10:30) - Final Fantasy XIII
(00:51:00) - Final Fantasy XIII-2
(01:30:00) - Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
(02:27:10) - Questions

Previous Episode

Abnormal Mapping 155: 007: Everything or Nothing

We’re going back to the heady days of licensed multi-platform games in the early 00s this month as we play 007: Everything or Nothing and talk about the era of arcane save processes, weird genre mashups, awful final missions, and the ways in which the whole medium could turn on a relatively short dime to become something new. Was this game an unheralded prelude to the next-gen era? Maybe! We talk about it.

Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!

Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!

If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!

Things Discussed: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy XIV, GoldenEye, The Binding of Isaac, Star Ocean The Second Story R, Octopath Traveler II, 007: Everything or Nothing, 007: NightFire

Next Month’s Game Club: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Music this Episode
Gun Barrel by Sean Callery and Jeff Tymoschuk
Everything or Nothing by Mya
Theme of RENA by Motoi Sakuraba
The Leaflands (Day) by Yasunori Nishiki
Nearly Civilized by Esthero

Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Segment 1: Games Played
(00:32:00) - Segment 2: 007: Everything or Nothing
(01:58:10) - Segment 3: Questions

Next Episode

Abnormal Mapping 157: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

We’re joined by Molly for the return of one of the classics, a guy who just needs to jump over every spike in all the world, conveniently located in a beautiful palace. That’s right, we’re here to talk about the return of Prince of Persia, and the surprising ways Ubisoft have melded the last ten years of exceptional platforming games into something with its own identity.

Thank you so much as always for listening, please rate and review the podcast, and tell all your friends on whatever social media you call home that they should check us out. See you next month!

Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to [email protected]!

If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!

Things Discussed: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Granblue Fantasy: Relink and Granblue Fantasy, Pseudoregalia, Iconoclasts, Monster World IV, Prince of Persia, Immortality, Another Code: Recollection, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a bunch of Metroidvania stuff broadly

Next Month’s Game Club: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Music this Episode
Managarmr, Sequestrian Primal by Tsutomu Narita
Hanging Gardens of Mont Qaf by Mentrix
Frozen as it Falls by Mentrix
End Credits by Mentrix

Timestamps
(00:03:30) - Segment 1: Games Played
(00:37:10) - Segment 2: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
(01:33:15) - Segment 3: Questions