Square Enix produced a video with guests playing some part of FF7 Rebirth. They're playing the Gold Saucer section. And the whole segment is basically them talking about how Cloud is already in love, calling him Tifa's boyfriend yadi yada
As for the affection points that favor Aerith, the devs have said several times that they had to artificially increase her parts because she DIES. As a result, she has far fewer interaction possibilities than the other characters, especially Tifa. There was never any notion of "the right route"...
I'll back up your logic even more.
In the same way that I advocate for extremely limited appearances by Aerith, I think there needs to be a real break with Cloud. We have to insist on the fact that his mind is giving out. Just as much as it needs to be emphasized that Cloud was the team's most...
I really wonder if it ever gets to his ears, how you must feel when you validate and propose a scene where Cloud kisses Tifa or a scene where they're one-on-one and you're not too discreet with the "sexual tension" undertones and one of the reactions you see is people drawing red lines to prove...
It is Cloti for us. But not for everyone. So I don't want Status-quo either.
No more LA/HA Under the Highwind. No more "Maybe I can see her there" bs.
Just go full "explain to me as if I was 5 years old" route.
Just make it clear for the maximum of people. The antis will always hate. Don't...
That's what they mean by "satisfying". We never said goodbye to our characters. Their answer is pretty clear to me.
As for what we were talking the other day :
In my opinion, you shouldn't read too much between the lines.
The end of FF7 OG is pretty bare-bones.
You finish the final battle, see the team leave the crater, wait on the bridge of the ship and then the meteor collides with the LS.
And then a glimpse of the world 500 years later (= the...
What I mean is: This is an iconic moment for YOU. Because YOU know the game.
And honestly. It's impossible to make a impact to anyone with this scene. This thing has become part of the general culture. Apart from drawing tears, because yeah, you're watching someone dying, there's nothing more...
But you know the story. So it wouldn't have mattered to you anyway.
But let's imagine that they keep her around to really do planet-related stuff while the rest of the team focuses on following the events of OG, and that her final OG appearance is transcribed here as her departure into the LS...
I see where you're coming from...
... But does OG really gives justice to Aerith ? Because personally, after the events in Midgar, she disappears, only to come back into the picture a little at the end of the temple. And then she dies. And we're not talking about it ever again (sort of)
I have...
The fact that it's their biggest license, a last-chance project that you can't miss or you'll lose interest in your historic brand; not to mention that it's a project that's been maturing for literally over 10-15 years, still gives me more hope than any other project from their studios.
What seem like poor cliffhangers to us today may just be mere exposition once we have all the elements revealed, and not ruin the pleasure of replaying the games one after the other once everything is out.
Again. Calling it bullshit isn't fair.
There's a difference between keeping people's attention with well-thought-out elements and just throwing anything out there for show.
That's the only thing I've "criticized" you for, because as for the rest, I completely agree with you.
But just because...
I find it reductive to always point the finger at the "so-called" convoluted plot that nobody understands, but whatever.
In the meantime, we haven't missed any of the original moments. It's all there.
I understand. Personally, if you're going to do something with FF7, I'd rather have what we're seeing now than a simple birthday cake.
Because if it was just going to be FF7 "but prettier", I might as well just play FF7 OG. The game's still there.
By the way! For those missing FF7 in the...
I can understand how frustrating it is to have to wait between episodes, but I find it a bit easy to rewrite the story after the fact.
Because after that :
What people wanted is what they're giving us. A full-scale FF7, as beautiful as possible. We'd have been disappointed if it had "just"...
"It's an old game and it's a bit ugly"
It's exactly for this reason that this remake was awaited more than 10 years before its initial announcement. And here we are. They're still not playing it. Because these people aren't FF7 fans. They're not interested enough to buy a console just for it...