SPOILERS FFVII Remake Open Spoiler Discussion Thread

[Makoeyes987]

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I had a thought about Chadley (I know the spoiler about them)

Spoiler

What if (sorry if mentioned somewhere already) Chadley helps the party build an AI unit with Aerith's combat capabilities? That way you'll still be able to use Aerith's unique abilities, limit breaks etc (they could even come up with some reason for it, an area where physical force is required and the magical strength of the party is not enough? or something) Don't know if people would be more bothered by ghost in the shell or timey wimey change the course of events stuff

This would be too freaking freaky for me. D=

 

[Claymore]

I feel like there needs to be more discussion on that Aerith and Marlene scene. Like. Seriously. Forget the ending. This needs dissecting.

 

[Wol]

I feel like there needs to be more discussion on that Aerith and Marlene scene. Like. Seriously. Forget the ending. This needs dissecting.

that scene was pretty good emotion-wise, I legit teared-up a bit.

 

[cold_spirit]

Another bit that doesn't get enough attention is when President Shinra reveals that the process to create SOLDIERs deteriorates the candidate's cellular structure. Seeing as it's never mentioned again, I think they dropped it as a hint for future parts. The ramifications are huge for Cloud (and Zack?)

 

[Odysseus]

Are they gonna pull an MGS4 and we have old man Cloud by the final part?

Compilation lore wise, Sephiroth's cells don't degrade, and that's what Cloud was injected with. I think he'll be okay.

 

[Eerie]

Another bit that doesn't get enough attention is when President Shinra reveals that the process to create SOLDIERs deteriorates the candidate's cellular structure. Seeing as it's never mentioned again, I think they dropped it as a hint for future parts. The ramifications are huge for Cloud (and Zack?)

I wonder if it's tied to Sephiroth's copies that are obviously degenerated to some degree? And also to AC/C with Geostigma?

 

[Makoeyes987]

Are they gonna pull an MGS4 and we have old man Cloud by the final part?

Compilation lore wise, Sephiroth's cells don't degrade, and that's what Cloud was injected with. I think he'll be okay.

Pretty positive that's the case here too. The Remakr's taking all that into consideration too. And Cloud won't necessarily degrade given his unique situation and the fact he's not really a SOLDIER.

 

[LNK]

that scene was pretty good emotion-wise, I legit teared-up a bit.

Same here! The song was on point

 

[Makoeyes987]

Just got the Aerith special affection scene.

How the fuck can anyone think this woman's not dying?

Jesus Christ.

The death flags have been raised.

 

[Eerie]

Well yeah it was her scene that switched me from "nah she doesn't know" to "yeah she's definitely aware of it, to some level at least".

 

[oty]

The thing is, is that Aerith from Shinra HQ that's talking to him through his dream?

 

[Makoeyes987]

The thing is, is that Aerith from Shinra HQ that's talking to him through his dream?

Reply hazy, try again later.

 

[Suzaku]

Opposite for me. I had a magic and a support (Lighting and Elemental) in the Buster Sword and was blown away trying to figure out how they got my materia to show up in a prerendered cutscene!

I think Spell + Elemental must be what the overwhelming majority of players have in Cloud's first two slots (in part because it makes it quicker to swap elements), so it makes sense that they opted for that in most of the prerendered scenes.

Tifa's Ability + Spell is less sensible since they're linked by that point. I assume that's meant to be Chakra, since it's in her default loadout.

 

[Firstone33]

been just watching and now I am starting to think that remake is a sequel yet it is not a sequel in the traditional sense, if remake is anything it is more or less following xiii-2's time travel thing.

Let me say why, in ending in edge of creation sephiroth says seven seconds till the end enough time for you perhaps and tells cloud what he will do with it is up to cloud basically this indicates either this timeline sephiroth knows his fate or he is indeed original timeline sephiroth and came back in time to change his fate.

The other clue he is original sephiroth is chapter 2 when he tells cloud he can't save anyone cause he is too weak not even himself, another clue is how did aerith know Marlene's name? And Aerith puts a finger to her lips to tell Marlene to be quiet, also cloud's vision of aerith dying and crying is maybe not a vision but a memory.

Also aerith dream tells cloud not to fall in love with her even if he thinks it's real meaning yes cloud and tifa are romantically together in Advent children and yes cloud did love aerith even after her death of course that is my belief another hint is sephiroth when cloud says he killed sephiroth the sephiroth says." Oh need not remind me of our time together" or something like that then says that was then this is now.

Of course I am going on what I saw and read from various sources like whatculture.com and such but like whatculture said the ending is genius cause now it opens up various possibilities like preventing aerith's death and sephiroth being stopped early and so much more now that they have the knowledge of their original selves and such now they know what will happen and can possibly stop it before it even happens course his is all speculation on my part

 

[Theozilla]

The other clue he is original sephiroth is chapter 2 when he tells cloud he can't save anyone cause he is too weak not even himself, another clue is how did aerith know Marlene's name? And Aerith puts a finger to her lips to tell Marlene to be quiet, also cloud's vision of aerith dying and crying is maybe not a vision but a memory.

Aerith knew Marlene's name because Tifa spoke Marlene's name out loud when she was hallucinating Marlene in the Train Graveyard in Chapter 11 thanks to the Ghosts, and presumably Aerith can also see what the Ghosts were showing others. Aerith even confirmed that Marlene was her name with Tifa in Chapter 12 before she ran off to find her.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

"The Trials Of Mana Remake Proves Square Enix Can Faithfully Redo A Classic '90s RPG"

#ShotsFired

 

[Cannon_Fodder]

Haven't had a chance to watch it myself, but EZA and Maximilian Dood got together to talk remake spoilers:

 

[Pizzachu]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1253107407946801152

One of the things I like most about Genesis is the reactions people have to him:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1252987247365890048

 

[Odysseus]

I'm just happy that was the only reference to him.

 

[Pizzachu]

I wish I could at least see an updated photo of him. D: It's been years.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I'm really enjoy these reviews, even when I don't agree with them, but why are they all, always, dudes?
Can anyone recommend some women reviewers?
I really respect Max's take on the importance of characterisation.

 

[Cannon_Fodder]

I might not be much help because I usually don't look at reviews, but anything Aoife Wilson does on FFVII is a much watch.

Here's her review if you haven't seen it:

Her 12 favourite changes:

And her ending breakdown:

Also, I usually hate Let's Plays, but the Eurogamer Let's Play of the OG with Aoife and Zoe is really fun. And I'm not just saying that because Zoe loves Red XIII.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Thanks!

 

[Theozilla]

Just a general question Barret doesn’t use his free hand to actually fire his gunarm he just uses it for aiming right? Because at the beginning of Chapter 1 he’s able to fire off some rounds with just one arm at a security ray right?
Does that mean whatever is left in his stump is what activates the firing?