Finally here, at the end of the series. I blazed through this one faster than both 1 and 2, I was almost unable to put it down over the holidays- it had a vicegrip on my heart and my attention, and even after that I don't know that I can actually put into words how I feel about this.

I could repeat what I've said about 2 and 1. Gorgeous art, beautiful music, and fantastic writing. A gameplay loop that's almost perfectly tight and evolves on its predecessor in captivating, entertaining, and challenging ways. Characters that I love beyond reason, that made me laugh, and cry, that I didn't want to say goodbye to by the end. Everything I ever asked for after playing Fuga 1, delivered upon in droves, and even more beyond that.

I could go on and on about all of it in minute detail for hours, I could write a damn novel about it, and I probably still couldn't really explain my feelings completely.

The truth about Fuga 3 is that art like this is a rarity, and a treasure. It's something that I think will leave a mark on me emotionally, and creatively, forever. It's transmogrified the way I think about writing, about illustration, about designing characters, and mechanics, and everything else about RPGs. In the wake of playing these games I feel like I can see so much more than I could before about my own ambitions, my own journey in game development and art- about what I can achieve, and how much I can dream, how much I have to learn.

I feel like I've been shown just how much passion and love you can pour into something. That you don't have to compromise on what matters. I feel like I've been set free, and that I'll be all the better for it.

Fuga 3 has come the closest to perfection out of any game I've ever played, and only deeply rooted nostalgia is preventing it from being my number 1 pick out of anything. The fact that CC2 clearly intends to continue this story makes me unbearably happy. It puts me on the verge of tears that I can go back to the world of Little Tail Bronx in the future, because I'm ready to cry again.