Author Topic: What's your favorite thing about Zeal? (Read 3999 times)

ZeaLitY · « **on:** July 23, 2005, 09:43:31 am »

Vote! I hope this isn't a weak poll.

jotabe1789 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2005, 10:36:11 am »

Generally i don't like much the Kingdom of Zeal... because of the people. I hate that there are so many Zealians who think that they are better than the Earthbound Ones, and that they deserve to enjoy that life for the mere fact of they being born with magic abilities. I never had much stomach for that kind of people, you know

V_Translanka · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2005, 11:00:59 am »

I was ok w/Zeal, but it wasn't my fav...NOT ENOUGH MAGUS!!! Mwah haha! But seriously, I voted for the music...truly awesome, and it's inspired some of my favorite remixes!

Legend of the Past · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2005, 11:18:19 am »

I voted for the music. Corridors of Time owns you all and you know it.

SilentMartyr · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2005, 12:02:20 pm »

The people, Zeal is a god damn quote mine. At least a third of the games good quotes comes from that era.

Sentenal · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2005, 05:55:00 pm »

Meh, my favorite part of the game was when you thought Magus created Lavos. But still, I liked the plot of Zeal the best of those choices.

Lord J Esq · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2005, 06:15:54 pm »

I like that Zeal is the dream of the human race made real. I would have voted for "the plot" in that regard, but what I like about the paradise of Zeal was not that it was doomed to fall...but that it was a paradise. So I voted for "the people," which I think is the best choice among the four given to express my idea.

teh Schala · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2005, 06:27:09 pm »

I mostly agree with Lord J esq in logic, but through the same logic I came to a different conclusion... So I chose the locales to best express that feeling of it being a paradise.

Lord J Esq · « **Reply #8 on:** July 23, 2005, 08:40:03 pm »

Quote from: Jake-A-Roonie

I mostly agree with Lord J esq in logic, but through the same logic I came to a different conclusion... So I chose the locales to best express that feeling of it being a paradise.

That's an interesting poing you raise. Which is more paradisiacal: The creation described as paradise, or the dweller therein who identifies it as a paradise? Is paradise merely a state of mind, or does it have some deeper reality?

teh Schala · « **Reply #9 on:** July 23, 2005, 08:44:24 pm »

Hmm, I dunno... I can't think much deeper than this Nachos Bell Grande next to me right now, so I'm worthless, LOL... Yum.

jotabe1789 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2005, 12:58:58 am »

Lord J esque, that's the contraposition of Christian and Buddhist descriptions of "Paradise" ^_^ for Christians depends on the exterior, on the surroundings to yourself, since you enjoy the presence of God. For Buddhists is a state of being that you achieve through meditation and self-improvement, the Nirvana.

teh Schala · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2005, 01:03:03 am »

And with me being a Christian, that may have something to do with why I chose the locations.

JLukas · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2005, 01:19:03 am »

A tough choice between the first two options. I finally went with Corridors of Time.

Lordchander · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2005, 01:29:29 am »

Go the music through and through. The first time I appeared in Zeal i was dumbfounded at everything, but the music did it the most, it really gives the feel of a paradise.

Specter · « **Reply #14 on:** July 27, 2005, 12:31:09 pm »

I voted for the plot,... but really, the best part about Zeal Kingdom is the endless threads of theory and speculation that can be built from its unknown details and mysterious past. Who discovered/harnessed magic? How were the Floating Islands brought to be? What happened to Schala and Janus's fathers (yes, fathers; there's a Zealean who'll tell you that Janus and Schala are step-siblings)? How long did the kingdom exist before its zenith and immediate demise? Was the Prophet originally part of Zeal's history when he was growing up as Janus (predestination/event loop theory) or did Magus knowingly risk changing the flow of events (as he seems to indicate in one of the alternate endings). And above and beyond all else... what's with the blue hair??

Yeah, Zeal is a treasure trove for conspiracy theories and unwritten backstories, as proven by all the Zeal-related fanfics out there.

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