Hopes for Remake & Rebirth (story/content)

[Roundhouse]

Never played XV, so can't evaluate it really. All I can say is that the announcement trailer (with scenes of Noctis fighting in his mansion, sharing some sort of meal with an elder figure, etc) actually grabbed my interest. I hadn't been interested in the FF games since X, but that actually looked promising. I heard that most of the stuff in that trailer was actually cut or moved to a movie, though, and when I saw some of the new footage it didn't grab me as much, unfortunately. It still looks fun and all, though.

 

[Kain424]

XV is not bad. It's just about the most streamlined in the series since the original, which actually kind of works for it. Plus, I loved all the expanded media.

 

[LNK]

I can get behind some love for XII. A real oddball choice, I think, would be people stepping up for II or maybe XIII. Though I understand there is some love for XIII's sequels.

The more I got involved with my union and politics, the more I liked 12. At first, I didn't really like the story

 

[LNK]

I long for the day my beloved XV is discussed in threads like this with such comments ascribed to it as "It was ahead of its time, really" and "It's an underappreciated masterpiece."

I love 15! Even if they never did the side episodes, it was one of my favorite final fantasies

 

[LNK]

XV is not bad. It's just about the most streamlined in the series since the original, which actually kind of works for it. Plus, I loved all the expanded media.

Yeah, I can't wait to get the dawn of the future book in November. Hopefully they do a celebration box like the Japanese release

 

[jazzflower92]

You know the original game emphasized the mystery of Sephiroth's character, so there wasn't much focus on him pre-madness. I think it would be interesting if we had an NPC, diaries of Hojo, or a diary from Sephiroth's time as a kid to give us more insight into what he was like growing up. I also think it would be great to show more about his relationship with Gast.

 

[Clement Rage]

IX is my overall favourite, including the battle system, but I can't play it anymore because I know the script too well.

XIII has some of my favourite storytelling in the series.

Nothing wrong with XV particularly, I just felt like I was driving around the Southern US, not a fantasy world.

I don't think there's an outright bad game, though.

 

[Don Corneo's Dungeon]

This thread is massively turning into a "what's your favourite FF"

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

My favourite is Final Fantasy VII

 

[jazzflower92]

A good story element is maybe having flashbacks of the Cetra fighting Jenova.

 

[Jairus]

Just thought of something recently and wondered if there was anything to it. A lot of people seem to think that the new motorcycle chase with Cloud and the AVALANCHE trio is part of the escape from Reactor 1, but I'm not so sure. Back in the Symphonic Reunion trailer, you could see Cloud clearly wearing the flower he got from Aerith. But in the new bike chase scenes, it's not there. Which makes me wonder if this is actually a completely new part of the game instead, not connected to any original scenes.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I lean towards your interpretation, Jairus.

 

[Jairus]

Thanks, Lic. And speaking of the flower, we know Cloud meets up with the AVALANCHE crew on the train before getting back to 7th Heaven. Jessie would have to be blind not to see the flower, and given how flirty they've made her, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think she'd comment on it during her scene alone with Cloud in the train. So maybe we'll have the option of giving it to her this time as well if we want or save it for Tifa or Marlene as per the original. We know there are many choices-dependent events and scenes in the game (Nomura confirmed that), so a Gold Saucer-type date event sometime in the game seems like it could be possible (Loveless or something, maybe), and who you go with would be determined by certain choices you make in the game up to that point, just like with the Gold Saucer. Aerith and Tifa would naturally be options, but with all the choices we'll have in the game, it seems like they could have Jessie as a third option for it like they did with Yuffie in the original, and maybe Barret as fourth for the comic route. I guess we'll see, but it does seem possible, at least, and without affecting the overall story, just as who you go with in the Gold Saucer in the original doesn't really affect the overall story of the game.

 

[Alex Strife]

The moment I read "speaking of the flower", I knew you were going to "Jessie-town" .

 

[Jairus]

Ah, well, it was just a thought, nothing more. Not going to blow anything up here, hehe.

 

[pxp]

^^^ I agree it’s not from the escape from a reactor 1, but not because of the flower or love interests. I just don’t see them introducing Mr. SOLDIER antagonist right off the bat like that.

 

[jazzflower92]

As said before, I would love to have more of Mama Jenova expanded upon. And I would have to give her some Raygo aspects, because her theme in my opinion would go great with Jenova's character. Seriously, I would love humanoid Jenova to have a body looking like Ragyo's.

 

[Cannon_Fodder]

As said before, I would love to have more of Mama Jenova expanded upon. And I would have to give her some Raygo aspects, because her theme in my opinion would go great with Jenova's character. Seriously, I would love humanoid Jenova to have a body looking like Ragyo's.

Jenova looking like that would certainly explain why Sephiroth shows as much chest as he does

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Is Jenova a "she" though? Or is she an "it" that happens to be occupying the body of a long-dead Cetra, who mutated in response to the invasion of her cells by alien matter?

 

[Theozilla]

I think it doesn’t really matter. But IIRC Kadaj and co. refer to Jenova with she/her pronouns in English. Don’t know how the third person pronouns would work in Japanese.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Yes and Sephiroth calls it mother, but then again he is deluded. As an organism in its own right, can Jenova be said to have a gender?

 

[ForceStealer]

I agree that, as a shapeshifter, Jenova cannot (reliably) be considered a "she." I don't think it's stuck in the form of a Cetra though. Jenova Synthesis, which is just crafted from the Jenova cells that Sephiroth gathered after rebuilding his body, still maintains the "feminine" traits. It might just look like that.

 

[Jairus]

One of my hopes for the remake, in terms of story and content, is that they really do the AVALANCHE trio justice and give them plenty of time to shine in Part 1 and not just throw in a couple scenes and a minigame or two and call it done. But really give us time with them both as a group and individually while they're still around so that people playing the game will talk and think about them just as much as they talk and think about the rest of the crew. Give us some unique things to do with them - fun little things or places to go - that we can't do with the rest of the cast and that could possibly add little gameplay bonuses if we do them or go to them, bonuses that possibly can't be gotten any other way. Set the trio apart and make them memorable in ways other than their ultimate fate. Give them center stage for a bit and really develop who they are, where they came from, and where they want to go so we'll really miss them when they're gone and feel like we've lost more than just a few tagalongs but rather, people we knew and cared about.

 

[ForceStealer]

I mean it seems pretty clear that we're going to go on different missions with them than were in the original game. Potentially even without Barret or Tifa.

 

[Jairus]

I guess I just meant stuff outside the missions as well. Extra scenes and all that. Really let them step out of the shadow of the rest of the cast for a while.