AI can’t help getting excited; FFVII is my absolute favourite game of all time. I replay it from beginning to end once every 5 or 6 months. I love everything about it, warts and all.
Having said that, this will probably be the “Advent Childrenization” of that game. The emo will be highly strong in this one.
I’m still buying it, though.
Maybe on Nintendo platforms, I seem to recall VI being quite loady with the PS1 collection.
All OG Carts, S-Video into CRT.
THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED.
I think you just answered your question. Objectively speaking, FF7 ain’t the best one (CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HONOR BELONGS TO IX AMIRITE?!!), but for a lot of people my age–I was 7 around 97 and it was definitely my first RPG) it’s their first–and your first is always the best cause nostalgia.
If it’s just a visual upgrade, then yeah–that’d be pointless. But if they actually modernize FF7 into an rpg that not only captures what made that game special to millions of people, but successfully cater to a newer audience, then this could be a big fucking deal. But, I also expect this to blow up in Square’s face pretty hard. This is not the same company that put out both 7 or 9 (and *grumble* 8, I guess), and I don’t have that much faith that they’ll pull it off. I do believe that this is a case where people “think” they want this, and are not going to be happy with the end results–one way or another.
Also: Reaction videos are the fucking worst. Is their anything more shitty than uploading a video that’s just you reacting to a fucking video?
Oh so you mean not having Barrett be a blatant racist stereotype?
Barrett was actually maybe the one well-rounded character with real goals and motivations. And his backstory with Dyne and Marlene is the only one I can remember being worth exploring.
Haha, yeah I always found that storyline pretty depressing.
ANow it’s time for serious questions:
I imagine Beau Billingslea will voice Barret. I’d be surprised if they didn’t pursue all the voice actors from Advent Children.
“Shu up, foo!”
I loved FFVII when it came out, it was unlike anything I had ever played, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. But Advent Children was kind of soulless, and I have no idea how the material will translate to a more realistic looking game.
AGood God, those pictures remind me of why I love this game so much.
Also, how amazing would it be if the HD high tech graphics make the honey bee inn muscleman sequence the most gaytastically homoerotic scene in gaming history???
Think of the reactions!!!
AI guaran-fucking-tee you there’s no way Nomura’s nu-Barrett would wind up in anything so prosaic as an actual sailor suit. It’d look like the Village People tour bus got in a pile-up with the Ru Paul’s Drag Race tour bus and a truck carrying a shipment from The Big Box O’ Belts & Zippers, Ltd.
AWe should make our own remake of this game.
A[quote name=“andrevellozo” url=“/community/t/153934/final-fantasy-vii-the-remake#post_3904136”]Also, how amazing would it be if the HD high tech graphics make the honey bee inn muscleman sequence the most gaytastically homoerotic scene in gaming history???[/quote]
Cho Aniki called, it says “bring it on.”
Seriously, this remake could end up being something people wanted for 20 years then end up being uncomfortable with once they got it.
A few sequences are going to be amazing – specially the escape from Juno when Meteor appears (which is possibly my favorite in the whole game), and some are just going to be fucking weird, like Gold Saucer, stumbling around the Shinra parade, Red XIII disguised as a sailor…
AI’m Afraid they will turn some of those weirder gameplay moments into cutscenes to get them over with so Cloud can be ANGSTY and SUPERHARDCORE again.
What worries me the most, even more than the tone after the graphical improvements, is what horrid changes they might make to the gameplay systems. They’ve been on a real-time combat binge since 11, I HOPE they stop it with this one.
A lot of the game is going to have to change, completely. There are lots of exploration puzzles in 2d environments that were a mess back then – they’d be utterly unacceptable now.
I really hope they’ve committed to completely redesigning the game, and not simply giving it a nice makeover. I’d be excited if it was an entirely new experience with the same overall story.
AOh sure, some redesigns are inevitable and possibly desirable, but what I love the most about it is that it’s a JRPG, and I think that’s definitely gonna go out the window here.
ANot sure how Cloud cross dressing is going to work in this new age of graphics. Part of the charm of FF7 was how crazy it was in some areas. Seeing a fat Baron hump the air isn’t going to play well in this new HD world