KindOfBlue
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Asking the real questions here
Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier
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Tetsujin
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Knew it
edit: Also, controller support is good news. Probably gonna try this on PC via Android emulator or something
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Makoeyes987
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It could be the weather. FFVII takes place in Fall/Winter, after all
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Despite previous comments about story not being a focus in TFS I was still holding out a tiny bit of hope for something that may be titled "story mode". But from Tetsuya Nomura himself, "There is no story mode". In line with earlier impressions, Nomura seems to be saying (untranslated) that any stories that will fit the timeline-window of TFS will be used for Ever Crisis instead. Is this what you meant @Ultimasamune about three "TFS" characters being named? The stream talks about a trio of named characters that will be fitted for an Ever Crisis(?) story but I don't have the full context/translation for what is being said by Nomura here.
I will now promptly delete all hopes for even tiny lore dumps or juicy lore-related artwork being unlocked in TFS. A waste, really. Square could have broken the mold by making a Battle Royale with story elements.
At least it's good to hear that more game modes are planned other than Battle Royale.
I will now promptly delete all hopes for even tiny lore dumps or juicy lore-related artwork being unlocked in TFS. A waste, really. Square could have broken the mold by making a Battle Royale with story elements.
At least it's good to hear that more game modes are planned other than Battle Royale.
TurquoiseHammer
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Yep, he says the three SOLDIERs we see jumping out of the helicopter will be named (i.e., significant, non-throwaway) characters whose stories are covered in Ever Crisis. Makes me wonder what other totally new content will get dropped in that game.
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I wonder if we're going to get any glimpse of in-universe explanation why SOLDIER uniform has been redesigned. Probably not, but I mean... it just blows my mind how different the designes are. The sleeveless turtlenecks were impractical, but I loved them
Thanks for sharing the link! The interpreter has such a lovely voice
Makoeyes987
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The most story you're going to get out of this game are from it's key arts, maybe some contextual clues from special events held within it, and just the visuals used to give us a feel of what this game's environment and setting are.
But that's fine, because we'll hopefully get Ever Crisis soon. I'm really curious to see what Sephiroth's past beginnings in SOLDIER were like.
But that's fine, because we'll hopefully get Ever Crisis soon. I'm really curious to see what Sephiroth's past beginnings in SOLDIER were like.
Eerie
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I expected this and am glad they're not trying to shoehorn story into this. I can now try this out for 2 or 3 rounds and then never touch it again
I'm even more glad as I wanted to have a go at Ever Crisis but not First Soldier, now I don't feel guilty lol!
Obsidian Fire
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It has been talked about. They are releasing Chapter 1 of all the titles in Ever Crisis at the same time. So Chapter One of the OG, CC, DC, EC, AC, BC, etc. will all be released at once. Presumably 1st SOLDIER too then.
Obsidian Fire
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Back when Ever Crisis was first announced.
Thenir
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Really? It sounds very confusing, especially for those who never played a FF7 game before.
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waw
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All I recall is that FF7 OG was 10 chapters. I'm not sure what the release order will actually be. My understanding is that we can probably bring characters from different eras into new stories as we unlock them in some manner. (similar to Record Keeper I'm assuming). I'm not sure on this as I think the weapons are the gacha and not the characters....
Nomura had said there would be Sephiroth backstory, his early days, and that seemed to line up with First Soldier as he also said the FS storyline would be here too buuut I'm not sure they're the same thing.
Ever Crisis could be the biggest and best thing they ever produced. I was working on a fangame that combined the stories of BC, CC, FF7, AC and DC into one old-school-styled FF game but completely haulted with EC being announced as it's kind of doing the same thing. That game I have really high hopes for.
I think FS will just be a passing fancy that I won't stick with for long. I'll probably make a character that I like a lot and then get said they aren't canon XD But I hope that story and other details get released in the next Ultimania.
Nomura had said there would be Sephiroth backstory, his early days, and that seemed to line up with First Soldier as he also said the FS storyline would be here too buuut I'm not sure they're the same thing.
Ever Crisis could be the biggest and best thing they ever produced. I was working on a fangame that combined the stories of BC, CC, FF7, AC and DC into one old-school-styled FF game but completely haulted with EC being announced as it's kind of doing the same thing. That game I have really high hopes for.
I think FS will just be a passing fancy that I won't stick with for long. I'll probably make a character that I like a lot and then get said they aren't canon XD But I hope that story and other details get released in the next Ultimania.
TurquoiseHammer
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I distinctly remember an interview with Nomura where he said each compilation game will have it's own chapter (with sub-chapters). I can't find that interview but maybe that was where the interpretation that they would release in parallel came from. I do have the interview where he says the first chunk of FFVII's chapter will be 3 of 10 subchapters. Considering they've already shown Crisis Core footage, maybe we will be getting simultaneous or at least nonlinear sequential releases. I'm close to wrapping up the story playback translations of the 2005 Ultimania Omega and it will be really fun to see how relevant it remains with this new "interpretation." I was saying yesterday it looks like they've already begun to make the new English translation more accurate, with Sephiroth's line in Reactor 1 containing the "Open your eyes" activation phrase he used later in the game.
waw
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Yes, I'm very curious if we'll see anything from Remake in there, even if it's later releases. In some ways, doing FF7 with no Whispers will be strange.
Maybe there'll be an internal storyline to EC where you're playing one of the Three Main Whispers and figuring out how time is "supposed" to go.
Maybe there'll be an internal storyline to EC where you're playing one of the Three Main Whispers and figuring out how time is "supposed" to go.
Obsidian Fire
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My feeling is that EC will continue the story after DoC. And go into how exactly Sephiroth, Aerith and whoever else came back in time. So EC would be like "timeline before fate was killed" and Remake would be "timline after fate was killed". There doesn't need to be some in-game reason that we are getting re-releases of all this stuff.
Ever Crisis was billed as "what if we did an *actual* Remake that kept the plot of the OG the same" after all.
Ever Crisis was billed as "what if we did an *actual* Remake that kept the plot of the OG the same" after all.
Makoeyes987
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They never billed it that way, they just advertised it as a way to experience the Compilation and FFVII again, now on a mobile platform and reminiscent of the classic style of FFVII.
Given the fact that every game in the Compilation of FFVII has not been republished or remastered for any modern platform, that's more than enough of a selling point as is. They haven't mentioned the "plot" at all here.
Given the fact that every game in the Compilation of FFVII has not been republished or remastered for any modern platform, that's more than enough of a selling point as is. They haven't mentioned the "plot" at all here.