Some things are never final...

For my video game paper I wrote about the content of the game Final Fantasy VII.  It was the highest profitable game due to the players being able to escape in the worlds that is created for entertainment.  The player can be different characters and go on these epic adventures that deal with conquering evil.  The narrative for this particular game dealt with corporate corruption and the characters have to rebel in order to regain peace for the planet. These characters all have different strengths and weaknesses that help each other out through out the game.  The main character is named Cloud Strife though and he is the main focus through out the whole story.  His narrative is what drives the player to go from one stage of the game to another.  His overall victory comes through in the end when he gets help from his friends in order to defeat his enemy. Though his enemy does not die, he still defeats him and assist the corporation to regain control of its company.  The narrative did not correlate well with the themes within the class, though I could expand on the characters itself.  I could compare the male characters to the female characters and discuss even the death of one of the female characters.  It was a huge deal within the story of Final Fantasy VII and fans were definitely heartbroken by this twist of events within the plot. 

So this is why, I thought it would be interesting to further the research of the narrative by comparing the elements of the game to the concepts within our course.  I could expand on the gender roles in the game.  I also found an article that compared Final Fantasy VII to Greek Mythology which I also was intrigued with. I could have looked at the weapons and compared the over-sized swords as a method of overcompensation for something that the game may have been lacking. I also thought it would be interesting to compare the video game with the film that came out. The art in the film is more visually appeasing then the video game and has a more complex story line, plus it would be interesting to see how the character development changed.