I tend not to make purchases impulsively rather preferring to fret about them endlessly until the opportunity passes me by, my wife buys it for me, or I convince myself to do something else. So this afternoon I surprised myself by bidding on a copy of Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls for the GBA. With a high bid of $9.99 and less than three minutes left to the auction I figured a paltry bid of $12.00 would do no more than return to me the minor disappointment of a lost auction. The remaining time on the auction passed quickly and I found myself the winner of the auction with a high bid of $10.50 and I’m left feeling a little more than pleased to say the least.

I missed the early Final Fantasy games because I was a PC gamer during the NES and SNES years so I am looking forward to playing my way through these two. Hopefully, it will have more of a storyline that Final Fantasy Tactics which I’ll admit to finding a little more than tedious and bland due to the utter lack of character development and a cohesive story beyond “bounty hunting to get home”. At the very least the game should offer several dozen hours of turn-based RPG action, something that my less than stellar twitch reflexes can appreciate and my fingers are crossed that it will arrive on my doorstep before I head to New Hampshire to help my sister and brother-in-law move.