The World isn't Predetermined

Is everything in this world really lead to something that has been predetermined long ago? Is it true that one way or the other, your life will be leading the direction that has been decided not by you, but by the world?

If you're a gamer, and I mean, one of those addict gamer like me, you surely wouldn't be missing playing this RPG, entitled, Suikoden: Tierkreis. For those who doesn't know, Suikoden, the game, has been making a fuss on the gaming world ever since it has been released  on 1995. For a brief discussion about this game, I took an excerpt from the database of wikipedia.

Suikoden (幻想水滸伝 Gensō Suikoden^?)  listen (help·info) is the first installment of the Suikoden series by Konami. It is a console role-playing game developed and published by Konami that was released initially in 1995 for the Sony PlayStation. A North American release followed one year later, and a European release came the following March. The game was also released for the Sega Saturn in 1998 only inJapan. On December 22, 2008, Suikoden was made available on the PlayStation Store for use on the Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles.

The game centers around the political struggles of the Scarlet Moon Empire. The player controls the son of a Scarlet Moon Empire general who is destined to seek out 108 warriors (referred to as the 108 Stars of Destiny) in order to revolt against the corrupt sovereign state and bring peace to a war-torn land.^[1] The game is loosely based on the Chinese novel Shui Hu Zhuan.

The game features a vast array of characters both controllable and not, with over ninety characters usable in combat and many more able to help or hinder the hero in a variety of ways.

Source: Suikoden Article @ Wikipedia

But, the newest installment of this game is the one I mentioned earlier. Like its predecessor, the player is destined to seek 108 warriors. At the first cut scene, if you could catch a glimpse, the final boss would be saying "108 Stars of Destiny", but as you journey through this game, you would then know that what you are looking for isn't the 108 Stars of Destiny, but rather, the 108 Heroes of the Stars, or to put simply, the Starbearers. 

This game has got me hooked up in its gameplay. Besides for the fact that I love RPG and Adventure games, is because, I think the same way as the main Protagonist. I don't want to think that all of the things in this world are predetermined. Yes, fate might lead us to where we are supposed to be, but I think, that destiny is what keeps us from moving forward, and that we make our own destinies.

Unlike the other RPG games that I have played, what sets Suikoden Tierkreis apart from them is the whooping number of characters that you may put into your party. Every game has its own assets and down sides, but, having as much as 108 characters to test and play, that itself can be its asset as well as its downfall. A friend of mine that recommended me this game told me beforehand, "Para ka lang naglalaro ng Pokemon", yes, I think so too, that I am just playing Pokemon, but with a slight difference. Its like, playing Pokemon, but with Legend of Legaia, Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy IX, Wild Arms 2, and Monster Rancher put together to form a single game. It just makes me dizzy at the same time, tempted not to put down the game console. And, please add Kirby and the Squeak Squad to the games that I have mentioned above.

Oh before I  forgot, for those wondering what game console is this for, it's actually for Nintendo DS.

Another thing that sets this game apart from other games is the way the main character struggles to keep the blood of his company burning with passion. Maybe, its just impossible in the real world, but, we are talking about stories here. He just keeps on saying "We'll never know until we try.". A very short sentence, yet, a very huge meaning. 

So, now I know, that the world is not predetermined, and even if it was, I will burst my way out of that world, forge my weapon, keep my courage burning, fight some monsters to level up, find friends that would fight side by side with me, and most of all, take on the one who determined all of those.

Because, how ever I look at it, having a life that is already predetermined is never fun. It's like, living without really living at all. 

That's all for today folks. May the stars that shines through Infinity guide you on you way back to the Company's Castle.