This song, Daughter of the Dark God, brings absolute chills down my spine! I’m not normally a fan of opera vocals, except for a few exceptions, but maybe it’s the memory of this fight that makes me enjoy it more? Whatever the case, it still brings me back to that fight and the journey towards success whenever I listen to it.
Oh, there might be spoilers here so if you don’t want to know you can stop reading here.
I had finally picked up Octopath Traveler (the first game) after a friend’s recommendation a while ago. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I ended up absolutely loving the game. Each character’s story was so fascinating to me. I remember crying a lot while following Primrose’s story. I loved seeing how all 8 characters’ stories weaved together. A friend also pointed out to me how the first initial of each character’s name spelled out the word OCTOPATH, which was super cool!! The music was also sooooooo damn good too! I spent so many hours on this game. After I finished the story, I noticed a new quest was available so I went to check it out.
Little did I know, this quest opened up a can of worms for me that sent me on a whole separate journey. Apparently, it’s expanded content that they added post game release and the fight was so damn hard I had my ass handed to me so badly. I was in shock of what happened. A legit surprised Pikachu face moment. So I did my research to find out what the heck was that quest and why was it so insanely difficult and realized it was designed to be that way. I suppose it was end game content at extreme difficulty level lol.
I had my 4 favorite units that I always used together in a party but the quest required the use of ALL units, in two separate parties, AND we cannot place a unit in more than one party. This meant I had to build up and learn how to use the other units that I had ignored, the ones who weren’t my favs. I spent a good amount of time maxing out the rest of the units and learning how to use them properly, plus farming nonstop for these extremely rare equipment pieces that took forever to obtain for each one of them as the drop rates were abysmally low.
When I was finally ready, I went back in to try again. I remember feeling my heart beating out of my chest again, so afraid that one wrong move and I’d have to start all over again. The chances of mistakes were extremely high as I believe there was some variability to the fight, iirc. But thankfully from all of my prep work, I was able to get it done that second try, even with mild mistakes. I suppose RNG rolled in my favor. I think it helped a ton that I farmed all of those uniquely rare items and made sure my war chest was full to the brim. I was SO relieved I didn’t have to go back to try again because that was so intense!!! My heart lol
I remember reading a comment on Youtube for the song where someone wrote that it’s so nice to finally listen to the song and appreciate it because all they could hear was their own heartbeat beating out of their chest during the battle. I laughed so hard at that comment because it rang true for me as well. I don’t even know if I was able to pay attention to the song with my heart beating so hard during the fight. Literally felt like it was trying to escape lol.
Highly recommend the game if anyone hasn’t played it yet. The OST is damn good too! I still need to play the second game but will need to find time and headspace for that. Lately I haven’t felt like I could get into any games, I suppose because I’ve been so busy obsessively writing. Even finding time for Arknights has been incredibly rough. I ended up giving away one of my accounts to a dear good friend of mine. I know I’m crazy for managing and maintaining multiple accounts but that’s just what I am 😭. I guess I can be really intense when I am super into something.
It’s been so difficult to even find time to practice the piano, especially since I had visitors for weeks at a time over the past few months. Juggling building up this blog, tending to visitors, getting back into piano, making sure I exercise, and processing and doing my inner work was quite the feat. I’ve been doing my best to find time here and there to practice the piano whenever I could and have seen meaningful improvements so I’m happy about that! I also finally transitioned my piano scores over to my tablet a few days ago and purchased a really awesome foot pedal to control page flipping! It didn’t take too long for the adjustment from paper to digital so I was pretty pleased with the quick transition. Finally caught up to the modern times with my piano gear lol. I was rolling in the dark ages for some time 😏
Anyway, good times both for that insanely difficult battle and the upgrades to my piano setup!!! 😁