Vagrant Story Retrospective | An Extremely Comprehensive Critique and History

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Published on September 3, 2023 5:00:25 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJbq959x-xU

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Vagrant Story (2000)

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In 1999, two men wait outside of a cinema, one is responsible for Metal Gear Solid and the other for Final Fantasy. They quickly strike up a friendship and believe that together they will conquer the video game industry and take the medium to new heights

Within five years - one had cemented himself as a legend and the other had disappeared entirely

Today we'll be exploring the mystery of Yasumi Matsuno and his final video game, Vagrant Story. It's a tragedy that will take us through the history of Square and the RPG genre, telling a tale of a man who rose to the top and came crashing back down again

It's part critique, part retrospective, part review and part history lesson - obviously full of spoilers and obviously full of my opinions

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=== Chapters ===
00:00:00 – The Wanderer (Introduction)
00:03:26 – Matsuno at Quest
00:18:19 – Matsuno at Square
00:27:36 – Vagrant Story Development
00:38:57 – Dawn over Lea Monde (Openings)
00:57:25 – Risk and Reward (Gameplay)
01:10:12 – The Duane Incident Report
01:20:12 – Into the Catacombs (Complexity)
01:32:27 – Silver, Steel and Fire (Crafting)
01:42:59 – Sunset over Lea Monde (Ambiguity)
02:03:59 – Legends of Localisation (Translation)
02:13:58 – The Grand Cathedral (Revelations)
02:28:56 – Come Home, Agent Riot (Endings)
02:39:43 – Eternal Recurrence (Repeating)
02:48:04 – Matsuno after Square
02:58:44 – The Vagrant (Conclusion)

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