FFVII Remake... It's Official! (Discussion)

Squall taking a huge icicle through the chest would like to question this. But since he only speaks in ellipses, I'll have to do it on his behalf.

And Ravael, I specifically said the characters have no arcs. They all have backstories (some are even vaguely interesting), but if you aren't Cloud, Aerith, or Sephiroth, you don't get an arc. What changes for Tifa throughout the game? She's been big sister/kind of a love interest to Cloud, which makes her an interesting character, but once you've learned about their past together, boom, that's it. Nothing changes. Barrett is the same. We don't even get a backstory for Vincent Valentine. Yuffie is probably the closest we get to a side-story arc, which is hilarious considering she's optional loli fap material. Red XIII almost gets some kind of character arc but you could miss it if you blink. The only one who changes is Cait Sith, the double-robot double-agent, and his story is literally "I was totally spying on you guys but now I'm on your side LOL." To which every gamer with a functioning brainstem said, "Wait, you're still here?"

Let's contrast with the other game getting re-whatevered: FFXII. Vaan and Penelo are throwaway characters, can't dispute that, but Ashe, Balthier, Basche, and Fran all experience individual stories and change over the course of the game, even though the most interesting one (Fran) is rather brief and subtle. They're a lot of trope-tastic stories, of course, but there's actual growth and change.

When they *** up FFVII with this re-release, I hope they at least bother to let Tifa grab Cloud by the neck and shake him around for rebuffing her for years. And add a minigame where we have to repeatedly fire Cait Sith robots into the sun until we hit 1,000,000 points (1 point per death), at which point Aerith learns how to survive that silly cutscene papercut and we can have a useful character finish out the plot.

At the very least, have an ending. Even you folks wanting a graphical update and nothing else (why? I really don't get it) should agree that actually having an ending and resolution would be nice.

I'll start off by saying that the original translation of FFVII was a botchjob much like FFT which released around the same time. Any update would straighten out the problems associated with the lame translation.

Re: Arcs.

Barret's backstory is pretty clear. He grew up in Corel, was friends with Dyne, his wife died, SHINRA did him wrong after he supported building the reactor and then he lost his friend/arm/town to a Shinra attack. He blames himself for all of this. He takes up raising Marlene in turn.

His whole 'save the planet' thing is cover for the fact that Shinra took everything from him and he's bitter about it. Becoming an eco-terrorist via AVALANCHE turns out to be its own can of worms when he gets his gang killed when Shinra reacts by blowing the plate support in Sector 7. More blood on Barret's hands he thinks.

After Dyne shows back up to get killed, his motivations change to legitimately saving the planet and raising his daughter, finally realizing it's better to look at what you have than what you could have had.

And that all of those things weren't his fault, but Shinra being Shinra.

Woohoo, they're already finding ways to crush our dreams:

Final Fantasy VII Remake bringing “dramatic changes” to combat

Woohoo, they're already finding ways to crush our dreams:

Final Fantasy VII Remake bringing “dramatic changes” to combat

My friend and I just call it cutscene death, you're only at risk of permanent death in a cutscene.

Well, that and I always understood it as she died because she willingly walked to her death as a sacrifice for Holy to work.

Could be wrong, as it's been over a decade since I played it, but that was what I took away from the scene at the time.

As for FFVII, it will likely suck and suck hard. Fanbois will go nuts and swear it's great and we "are just holding it wrong", they will die defending their favorite sports team. FF has been using the ATB system for a long time, it's a hybrid system. SE is likely attempting to capitalize on the Ritalin infused population who can't hold a thought for longer then 10 seconds, while trying to trick the older players to purchase it at full price.

But, don't go overboard trying to change the battle system significantly or crowbarring in a bunch of gratuitous fanboy easter eggs.

better not screw up my beloved w-item!

Turn based combat doesn't really fit with PS4 graphics anyway