Part 36: Part Thirty-Six: Doga Party

Part Thirty-Six: Doga Party


Last time on Final Fantasy III, we learned Doga is a huge prick and wants us to go into another fuckin' Mini dungeon.


Let's rock and roll, I guess.




As soon as I saw this on the screen, I knew the Cave of the Circle wasn't the place I thought it was, and thank god.


Honestly, the Cave of the Circle isn't that bad. It's still a Mini dungeon, and that's still an idiotic design thing, but it could be a lot worse.


Oh, and here's a new chat with Doga.

: Still, I did not expect you to be so...young.

It's good to know that Doga has some issues with teens being chosen to save the world.

: No... Perhaps you were chosen exactly because you are so young, and full of hope...

No, scratch that. He probably just thinks it's funny that these kids are gonna be fucked up for life after all this shit is over.


There are, of course, enemies in this cave.


These guys are Demon Horses. I feel like they're a palette swap, but I'm not sure what of.


Stealing is as useless as ever, even as Sephy's job level climbs.


It's over 50 now, but stealing still fails most of the time. You can also see what Mini does to your stats.




This is how I deal with encounters in this place. I could have done the whole thing where you make everybody into some type of mage, but at this point it would be more of a hassle and handicap than it would be worth.


We're already done with the cave's first level!


The Cave of the Circle isn't very long and it doesn't have an exciting layout, but at least it's lush. The colours are nice.


Here's a shot of Steal actually working. Hi-Potions are nice, but hardly worth going to any effort to get hold of.


Oh, and here's Jecht's improved offence. Jecht will never really be up to par with the rest of the party, but he's not quite dead weight.


I feel like these are coming more and more often, for all the kids. Sephy will probably hit job level 99 as a Thief.


Onward to the next level!


All of these paths are just straight lines. No treasure or anything, just a run to separate cutscenes.


I took this shot just because I thought it looked nice, but now that I think about it, does it look like we're just running around in Doga's garden to anybody else? Hardly cave-like.



Flyer Mages are another enemy type. Everything is a threat when you're shrunk down.


But Doga decides to help us out!


Flare is some real rock and roll shit, clocking in with a massive 320 power. It's the most powerful single-target Black Magic spell in the game.



And it blows fuckers up. We will never be able to use Flare as a regular thing in random encounters, I'll just tell you now. No class using Black Magic has the MP to make that viable.

By the way, Doga's other spell is Firaga, which is Fira's big brother. It's also solid, and we'll also never really use it, though that's just because it's Black Magic. Doga is obviously meant to be a high-level Black Mage, so he tosses it around like it's nothing.




Terrain is still solid, but it's starting to plateau and it's nowhere near as far ahead of the curve as it used to be.



And now we're already at the end of the cave!


Time for a cutscene!


Haha, nice, good work, Sage Doga.

: We must hurry... My time has almost come...

Wait a second, I thought you were immortal. Didn't Noah give Xande the gift of "mortality", like that was something special?

Jesus, no wonder he was so pissed, the dude literally got nothing.


The Nautilus? The ship we just fuckin' got? Did we come all this way just for a new vehicle?



This spell better also give us something else. Like, a million gil.


Oh, you motherfucker! We did come all the way here just for another vehicle! I hate this game!


There's nothing south of Saronia except the Floating Continent, hoss.

: The Temple of Time lies between the pillars of Cape Twin Horn. In the temple is where you will find Noah's Lute.

Uh, yeah, awesome. I'm hyped.

: What does Noah's Lute do?

Thank god Sephy asked. I didn't want things to get awkward.



So it's an alarm clock? You made us come through this cave so you could explain an alarm clock to us?


Oh, no, you made us walk through this cave so you could...kill yourself?


Wait, another ship!? Fuck you!





Goddamn, what an asshole! Fuck you, Doga!

Mognet



Ah, mail from the 4 Old Men! Telling us about a dark spot in the ocean! Awesome!