Rami Ismail is an indie game dev with a number of games under his belt, like LUFTRAUSERS and Serious Sam: The Random Encounter to name a few. He also co-owns the game studio, Vlambeer. But in his spare time, he updates the world with his mom’s Final Fantasy XV journey via the hashtag #momvsffxv.
Rami gave his mother a copy of Final Fantasy XV, and did insist that her mother doesn’t play games at all. From the tweets, we can learn a lot from his mom’s honesty.
I bought my mom -who doesn’t game at all- FFXV.
An hour in she’s halfway through chapter 1 & slowly starting to get dual stick controls.
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) January 23, 2017
The twitter thread spans nearly a hundred tweets, most of which are pure, unfiltered gems of thought. Here are some of the highlights.
My mom today walked from Hammerhead to Galdin Quay because she forgot about the Regalia. She also met Dino & some “arms dealer”. #momvsFFXV
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) January 24, 2017
Yes, Rami’s mom… we do tend to forget the Regalia sometimes too. And come to think of it, the weapons shop does look like an “arms dealer” selling out of a truck.
She also said the right stick felt upside down & I had to sit her down to have The Talk. Turns out unlike me, she plays inverted #momvsFFXV
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) January 24, 2017
Controllers with that many buttons do take time getting used to.
Cindy: “Prince Noctis, could you bring this parcel to the next village?”
Mom: “Absolutely not, I’m a prince, do it yourself.”#momvsffxv— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) January 30, 2017
This makes a lot of sense, actually.
Prompto: “Chocobos!”
Mom: “We literally all just agreed we need to hurry to Lestallum to figure out this evil empire thing.”#momvsffxv— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) February 4, 2017
RPGs really remove the sense of urgency. Rami’s mom reminds us that should not be the case.
For mother’s day, I taught my mom to place map markers. Moments later she summoned her first ever FF summon with Ramuh.#momvsffxv
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) May 14, 2017
I also asked Mom who her favorite character is: Gladiolus, since he has the best face & Tempest saves her when she’s in trouble. #momvsffxv
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) May 14, 2017
Mom has her 1st videogame rival: when Aranea boasted she doesn’t do “unpaid work”, mom yelled “who do you think you are?” at her. #momvsffxv
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) May 20, 2017
I leave for E3 & now mom messages me this. Guess she finished Chapter 8 and navigated all of Altissia on her own. #momvsffxv pic.twitter.com/syB4g263pY
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) June 19, 2017
Our heartstrings are pulled because of this gamer mom’s dedication to the game.
There’s a lot of tweets to sift through, and some are bordering spoiler territory. But the final tweets are the best!
Mom’s first credit roll. #momvsffxv pic.twitter.com/xq3pgjyElP
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) July 9, 2017
We firmly believe that Rami’s mom is having a genuine mix of satisfaction, relief, and sadness from finishing the game.
“Oh, it’s the sunrise. It’s beautiful!”
46 hours and 18 minutes.
That was #momvsffxv, and that was my mom’s first ever videogame. pic.twitter.com/axkfTpBQXj
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) July 9, 2017
46 accumulated hours of game time, and his mother picks this image of Noctis, an appropriate allusion to her first Final Fantasy journey: pure, inquisitive, and emotional.
You can read the whole thread with the hashtag linked above, or via the embedded tweets. We’re proud of Rami’s mom for such an achievement, and hope Rami updates us the next time she plays through another role-playing game.
As a bonus, here’s how Rami’s mom pretty much nails the definition of a JRPG:
“I don’t know how this game went from some boys making a campfire to the Chosen King purging darkness from the world.” #momvsffxv
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) July 9, 2017
Please send your regards, congratulatory messages, virtual claps/pats on the shoulder, confetti, tears of joy, and questions/comments to @tha_rami on Twitter! Show this gamer mom some love!