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I love what they are doing with his character in The First Soldier. And after 30 years of him representing evil, exploring his "Hero" past seems logical to me, and it gets me. At this point in time I think he deserves his past to be explored, and his character to be developed. We had evil Sephiroth now for almost 30 years. Simply keeping it that way would actually bore me. Since you mentioned Joker in the Dark Knight: I also loved the "Joker" origin story with Joaquin Phoenix. It's easier for us to hate and dehumanize someone. But seeing someone as a person and a human being, even when they are commiting the worst of crimes, it what makes us human. Forgiveness is the hardest part, and I think part 3 will put some emphasis on this topic. In part 3 I am now expecting a final boss fight, in which I don't want to fight him, but I have to for the greater good. This will have a much greater emotional impact, at least for myself. Having a bittersweet final farewell to his character is what he deserves.

Gone talking to a wall.

No

It didn't even need a remake. It needed a simple, straightforward remaster. And that's the end of it. I will die on this hill if I have to. I'm sick and tired of remakes. And since emulation is more often than not better than modern ports of old games I sail the seven seas and never pay a single dime. These corpos are so out of touch. These companies need to be reverted back to indie status and start anew from scratch. P.S. Nomura is a hack. He should get demoted at the very least. P.S.S. The recent Capcom survey shows that this "new market" simply does not exist. Most gamers are between 20 and 40 years old. Chasing kids and teenagers is also weird in and of itself from a purely financial perspective because kids and teenagers do not have enough disposable income and are mostly reliant on their parents. It's the adults who have the money to sustain a gaming hobby. They should be the default target audience. Kids and teenagers will eventually become adults as well, so you do not need to chase them. They will come to you instead.

I think Cloud and Aerith will get happy ending in Part 3 :)

Think Rebirth might be painting this picture of what if Aerith survived... In a relationship centric view how does Cloud feel, now that both are alive and available... who will he fall for? Square Enix has done a phenomenal job presenting both women, Tifa and Aerith as good partners for Cloud. I truly don't know what they have store. For Tifa If the player has high affection points with Tifa that they kiss during their date at the Gold Saucer.. and Cloud shared more information with Tifa at the Gongana inn, so there's real trust there. For Aerith During the play if Aerith's with you, during her song Cloud will grasp onto her yellow flower pedal and place it directly to his heart. Told the end of the game, when Aerith is dissolving away their hands are held with fingers interlocked, this is also seen when they have the Gold Saucer date if the player gets high affection points. It's a body sign that means high attraction. I'm excited for part 3.

I kinda wanted an 88% remake because certain moments like Cloud involved in certain Honey bee rooms wasn't appropriate, another moment I disliked was Cloud slapping Aerith.. yeah he was controlled but that original game moment didn't sit well with me. Now that I've experienced Square's version for FF7R in two games... I'm more intrigued by their choice and bet I wouldn't have been as excited for the 3rd game as I am now. It's still not perfect but I'm truly impressed with how they handled stuff. Max Dood also helped, if I never saw his theories on Remake, I would've seen the hidden message that this Aerith is from the future or from the original. Just didn't catch that during my playthrough.

If you don't support the devs and buy the stuff they make then you don't get to complain that they aren't turning a profit because you are the cause.

God gives his strongest soldiers the hardest battles. FF8 and Chrono Cross can stay pure and untainted by modernity.

Eh, I loved Remake and am loving Rebirth. The OG version will always exist, but I’m not here for a remaster- I’m here for a *remake.*

I think it's strange that there's this vocal minority of men aged 30 to 40 something who complain and whine about the updates to the story in Remake and Rebirth. It's like they actually believe they can get the same experience and feeling the first time they played the original FF7 if the story remains exactly the same with no revisions. I really hate to break the bad news to you guys.... but you can't experience something for the first time twice. You're not complaining about the changes to the story. You're complaining because you had unreasonable and unrealistic expectations about how the games would make you feel. I know you think you're right, but you're not. Get over it. You're an extreme minority of the total population of Remake/Rebirth players (probably 5% or less).

I love that they said the original is the real FF7 and that this new one is a sequel. I think this practice of looking at the classics of of our medium and trying to bury the original art under shiny new graphics has been pretty awful and it's nice to see the creators of this game tackle what it means to do a "remake" of a classic and toy with expectations. They've made the original game playable on everything and people should do that if they want the original game imo. It hasn't stopped being what it always was just because we have new tech. FF7 will always be the same great game and everyone should check it out.

I didn't like alot about remake... whereas I loved alot about rebirth... however a 1:1 really should've been done...slot of things they've added are great and alot they've added was unnecessary... basically alot depends on how they stick the landing....in regards to how the remake trilogy is viewed. But I don't think we would ever get a faithful remake

If they ever do remake 8, i think at minimum it'll be 6+ years way (3 more years until 7R3 + development time for 8R), and that's being optimistic

I really wish that hey didn't anime-fy the character design so much especially because the original already had semi-realistic character designs. I hope that if they ever remake 8, that they make the characters look faithful to the original vs what we get in the remaster and dissidia games. his hair isn't even the same style in the remaster model vs what's in the CGI movies

Personally, as a traditionalist, I find the "1:1" argument to be overplayed and a little disingenuous. The reality is far more nuanced. Anecdotally, I know no one who grew up with these games that was in the hypothetical "1:1" boat. There's either support for the new style, or disappointment in what was given. From general observation, and more in line with how I felt personally, most people disappointed with these games are fine with, and even enjoy many if not most of the liberties taken. Its the deviation from tone and spirit of the original in a reckless fashion that these folks take issue with. Resident Evil 1 and 2 remakes are two of my favorite games of all time, matching their predecessors in many ways. Bringing in myriad new ideas and taking plenty of liberties with characters, plot and gameplay, while still being firmly identifiable as their counterparts in spirit. Granted RE is not a rich story-focused experience like FF7 but the philosophy behind the remakes was a lesson that more studios, especially Square, should have paid attention to. Of course all of this is academic at this point. Time will be the ultimate judge of whether this was the right direction for Square to take with the Remake trilogy. It's far too late for them to turn the ship around now.

It boggles my mind how someone like Maximilian Dood continues to justify the remakes as “of course the devs wouldn’t want to make the same game”. Brother. You can do so much more than just a fresh coat of paint and still carry the spirit of the original’s themes. I love the expansions of characters, locations, the combat system. So much. Of the remake series is done right. But the multiverse nonsense and the blatant Zack Fanservice hold the games back. But because I don’t like that crap, I’m a purist? Ok buddy

A remake would be a great improvement over this dog water game. Honestly I enjoyed FF Mystic Quest over FF8 and FFMQ is no top 5 Final Fantasy. FF8 is the worst FF in the series excluding the original FF for the NES.

I'm personally still not convinced on this being an actual sequel. It's certainly a reimagining of FFVII, but whether it is literally a sequel to the OG is still up in the air I think. Also, wait, are people assuming that these Whale Weapons are the only Weapons we're going to see?...Why assume that? I always just figured that the Whale like creatures were relatively low level Proto-Weapons, and the ones we're familiar with would only show up after Meteor was summoned, and the planet was truly in mortal danger.

It didn't have to be 1:1 exactly, but it also did not need to be streched to become 3 games. They're giving it the hobbit treatment and try to milk it for as much as it's worth.

It's nothing more than a mario game cosplaying as a ff7 game.🤑

They're never going to be able to please everyone, I suppose. I have no nostalgia for FFVII, or for FF in general. I loved the original VII, and I'm largely having a wonderful time with the Remake titles (the combat system is genuinely one of my all-time favorites). I think a more faithful remake could have been great --- but I feel like I have to wait until the final part comes out before I try to judge whether this thing they're trying to do was a good idea or not. Storywise, coming off Remake, I had some small concerns but saw potential. Coming off Rebirth, my concerns are admittedly bigger. What the creators are doing with the story is risky, and I'm worried about the fact that they're putting so much energy into confusing us and keeping us speculating. I don't see more than two alternatives --- either they stick the landing in a way that is deeply satisfying, or the ending falls flat on its face and the whole thing falls apart. The end of Rebirth actually left me a little annoyed because I felt like I spent more time trying to follow what was happening than going through the characters' emotional journeys with them. Imo the story is at its best when it's expanding on and enriching what it already has rather than when it's throwing in all these wacky new elements. Remake is a less extreme version, and luckily great character work and world-building help make up for it, but this kind of thing is why I stopped being a Kingdom Hearts fan lol. I don't like being strung along and then disappointed.

No it did not. We already have a game like that. I am very happy they went a different route with Remake, so much more fun not knowing what will happen next! I was never that big of a FF7 fan, but Remake def made me much more interested in the world and lore.❤

In my opinion, some important aspects might come off in the final product, but in general I am open to the changes, and there is definitely some part of the fans who wants to see several aspects of the story to turn out differently. But even if you don't like the story changes, it is still faithful and you don't need to be that pedantic to make yourself unable to enjoy Remake.

The problem with modern Final Fantasy is that it refuses to get with the times. Less so with FF7R but definitely with FF15 and FF16. FF15 and FF16 are shockingly dated in their game design and presentation. They don't do anything to push the medium forward and in many ways are actually steps back from previous FF games and other JRPG. FF7R does a lot of things very well and is probably the best FF we've gotten since FFX but it still employs a lot of very dated design principles with its open world structure and egregious padding.

No they will die eventually

I feel like only people who can ignore the existing mechanics would be that interested in a remake of this one. I know I wouldn't be interested, when the draw system is snoozeville, it can be excessively augmented with cards, casting spells generally makes you weaker, and there's no reason casting most spells when you can use infinite limit breaks by making your characters very tanky, beating them up, leaving them at low health, and then repeatedly skipping turns until the limit break comes up. Also using the card game, I once got Squall's next to last weapon before leaving for Timber.

I find 1:1 remakes incredible boring right now. It was a nice novelty a few years back to remake games as 1:1 but now is just not enough. Demon Souls remake, although a great game, it was boring because I already had played the original. Same for shadow of the colossus. Sure, I played them once, but it was whatever, even tho I love the originals. Some of my favorite games ever that had gotten a remake, I have 0 interest in paying: Super Mario RPG, Live a Live, the upcoming Sneake Eater. I'm glad they choose to do the Remake trilogy they way they have done so far. This project has elevated FF7 as a whole as one of the top 3 games/franchises of my life. And I love every second of them, specially not knowing exactly what will happen.

I loved your video my friend how did you feel about the new life is strange coming out❤

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I personally love what they are doing with remake and rebirth 😎 as a huge fan of the OG i think they are making something even more special (and i can play the original whenever i want!)

I would still like to see a 1:1 remake that is mostly just a graphical upgrade. And the funny thing is that they could do it quite easily. Ever Crisis has most of the hard work done for them already. Unfortunately it’s more lucrative to release the game as an online gacha than a traditional standalone.

I think given that people who don't even play video games know that Sephiroth is the greatest video game villain ever. The changes to his character are fine. The fact is that the general aura of mystery that surrounded Sephiroth in 97 is gone forever, in the same way, that the shock value of Aerith dying can't be recreated. Things like this are why I am glad that fans don't develop or write video games. Shifts in perspective keep classic stories in the hearts and minds of future generations and without new perspectives these stories would be lost to time. I do agree that SE is struggling to figure out what its target audience is but in the case of ff7 I think they genuinely have a definitive version of the story that they want to tell.

I was so disappointed with this project. I can't see why sqaure-enix couldn't retell the og story but refined and added extra to it. I have no reason to grow attachment to parallel time-line duplicates. It just feels weird, like they're trying too hard.

in short yes, changing it just ruins it after the hype season ends "keep people guessing" is always a dumb thing they push when it doesn't matter in the long run, its a short term goal that goes nowhere when the story doesn't and CAN'T change and even then the whole reason to see the remake is to see the original moments done again in a new coat of paint, not changed but better realized it just makes the changes more arbituary and noticeable when it happens it has more character moments but that doesn't make them stronger to the less they had before, more just for more's sake and again by the end of it we'll be back where we were before...wishing for a actual remake we'll never get

I just wanted to play Final Fantasy VII with updated graphics. The remake held zero appeal for me. Which is fine. Not everything has to be for me. Also I am quite desensitized to the FF series disappointing me.🙃

I played OG back in 1997 when I was 15. I also played 4, 6, 8 and 9, which I call the golden age of FF, so I grew up with memories of these games in my youth. For me, I think where we’re going with the remake trilogy is pure fucking genius. I never expected a 1:1 remake and to have the games similar in fashion with Capcom’s RE series, I personally would’ve gotten bored. Of course there are fans who are pissed that they have to buy the game three times now or how there’s no old school turn based attack. I love how the remake trilogy is an extension of the original story that makes you think harder and messes you up more.

I am a old fan, i love the new story elements, if you enjoy ff7 universe beyond the og game its a really rewarding experience to see them building towards what looks like an avengers endgame like culmination after 30 years While ff16 and 15 were for sure as you describe trying to keep old fans and cater to new, I don't view ff7r in the same light. I think they saw the opportunity to do something special and took the risk to try to achieve it, otherwise they could've done a 1:1 story remake just with the new hybrid battle system

They should’ve just made Ever Crisis a console 1:1 remake instead of a gacha, season based mobile game. Then everyone woulda been happy

Yes, it does need a 1:1ish remake (like Capcom did with resident evil), instead of this cynical, episodic (and separately individually paid for), generic format with story changes that no one asked for and make it the same kind of schmaltzy story as their current offerings. Final fantasy VII was a unique and extremely cool story, and I don't think we will ever be given a one-to-one remake with improved graphics and quality of life changes. They don't have people there the deeply care what about the original that much

The weapons in rebirth are not the same weapons in og. They're just "extra weapons". It's not meant to replace ruby or emerald weapons, I think they are just saving those for the third game

The fact is that FF7 has two extremely different types of fans, the "casuals" who just want the original again with supped up graphics and the "super fans" who engage with all of the extended universe stuff and enjoy the Kingdom Hearts-esque type of overly complicated storytelling. The Remake trilogy seems to have doubled down on the "super fans" leaving the "casuals" high and dry. For me, the Remakes are at their best when they follow the original story and expand on it (seeing Jessie's dad with Mako poisoning) and at their worst when they delve in multiverse nonsense.

As a fan of the original since around its release, I never wanted a 1-to-1 remake. The game is so defined by its technological constraints, it would never work in a modern realization. I feel like in a lot of ways the Remake trilogy captures the spirit of it, its battle system feels like the action system they wanted ATB to be since its introduction in FFIV. But the story has a "I have to write an essay for school but don't know what to write about...oh I know, I'll write about writing an essay!" energy to it. I tolerated it in Remake since it only disrupted its ending and I thought that part 2 would have to contend with those changes and really go in a completely different direction. But then Rebirth starts with the Nibelheim flashback...which no longer makes narrative sense since Sephiroth's bad guy status was directly established in Remake to the point where none of the characters would mistake him for an ally. Similarly, the midgarsormr scene is completely unnecessary because we last saw Sephiroth creating a portal to a world where they fought fate itself, which is a much stronger demonstration of is power. It is a shame, since so much is hugely improved compared to the original, but the new narrative layer draws attention to the developers themselves away from the actual story the game is supposedly retelling. It's no wonder people are singling out Nomura, justified or not, because that's what this new metastory invites.

Here's the thing. People complaining about changes make up about 5% of the fans. What people are complaining about are changes, that make the game worse. If you make a change, okay fine, good, even. But when you worsen something that was already good by changing it when you didn't need to, of course people are going to complain, as they should.

They did it to themselves.. from how thry treat their staff , their overpriced merch. They crippling contracts they have on their composers to mediocre games. Square died when they merged with enix. Squaresoft used to stand for quality. Squareenix standa for meh 😂

Actually I find Vincent to be a good father figure to Cloud.

Nobody was asking or expecting "1:1" remake. Absolutely nobody was thinking that FF7 would be better with whispers and multi-verse nonsense. OG FF7 is still playable but some people simply can't handle reading so much text in such a long game. Voice acting can improve their experience with the game tremendously. The OG game also didn't necessarily have a good translation. Voice acting, better translation, and higher fidelity graphics would've necessitated some changes in the presentation of the story, which would've helped improve clarity and still offer some surprise. The multi-verse stuff would've made a lot more sense to do in an FF8 remake.

yes. we wanted ff7 with a new coat of paint not a bastardization of the original game.

I feel like you're talking *about* the point rather than the point. Do people really think that the Weapons have been turned into Fish now and that they won't evolve into the ones we know in the third one? The Midgardsormr part was honestly one of my highlights of the game. I was certain they couldn't get that bit rught in any way. "Did Sephiroth do this?" Did the guy who opened up a crazy fate dimension, sending ghosts everywhere, cutting buildings in half and possessing the men in black capes kill a snake? Yeah I guess. The problem was Sephiroth in Remake absolutely ruining any chance of this moment being anything like it used to be and the fact that they managed to turn it around into a complete shocker of a moment that made me shout "HOLY FU" out loud was a hell of an apology. Rebirth managed to walk back so much and practically *be* the 1:1 remake for 90% of its runtime, frankly I'm still shocked. It says a lot when you can Switch Zack's interjections off for the New Game+.

I still hope that when they finish this remake project, they take a sec to use the assets to make the 1:1 remake I really want. But I also know it won't happen.