Really makes you think, why doesn’t Barret get hate for being an ass to him at the beginning of Remake? Hell, he fucking slaps him in Gongaga.
its all tools in the propoganda
I wanted to come back to this comment because the reverse was actually one of my big problem with the OG romance: it relied on a twist. So even if you picked the Tifa route, you still had CA pushed onto you even if you didn't picture Cloud acting that way towards Aerith, you still had CA moments but when you picked the CA route, you didn't have any build up towards CT (except the promise scene that was badly written in), even though they were the canon pair.
I really dislike this mindset that this game is solely selling thanks to the LTD. As if an FF game needs one to sell. Sure some portion of the money comes from that crap too i'm sure, but it's definitely not the majority at all.
Makes more sense to me for it to impact merch sales vs actual game sales. Enough to change to the story? Not in a major way, but maybe in what gets more time and attention to detail.
This is was my OG experience, and pretty much why, for the longest time, FF7 wasn't all that revolutionary (or even great, honestly) to me. Sure, it tackled some heavy topics, but I've seen enough media do the same. Even Aerith's death was ho-hum for me, apart from the slight shock when I realized that they were serious about her not coming back. To its credit, I do recall thinking it was at least a far better experience than the next game I played in the franchise: FF8.
I think you’re touching on why the devs weren’t exactly keen on doing an affinity system themselves ( and imo they should’ve trusted their gut and axed it, regardless of nostalgia ).
When i first saw that new relationship chart before the game was even out, i was honestly so surprised they went and threw a heart between Cloud and Tifa there.
Seemed appropriate response to me.Aerith hate posts/blogs/tweets aren't appreciated in this thread thank you very much.
Edit: I apologise if this seemed like a harsh/over reaction, I just think Aerith genuinely wants to meet the real Cloud, doesn't have any nefarious agenda, and it would be the equivalent of me posting mock ups from anti Tifa/Cloti accounts
How would it though? Aerith is gone, so you can't really choose to 'pursue' her even if there was an affinity system in part 3. There is nothing other than UTH that uses it post-GS date. There 100% is not enough time in part 3 to have some kind of GS date event with the other members of the party.
I'm still shocked about it honestly, and people still think Square Enix plays coy that much. Like, they do to some extent, but they don't really.
Yeah, this is it. When you say this kind of thing to people they'll always say something along the lines of "Aerith is allowed to move on, Zack doesn't own her!" and they would right, she is completely within her rights to. But there's a difference between the prospect of moving on, and actually moving on.
Moreover, she ends up going too far on that date and says something hurtful to him. Whether it truly hurt his feelings is up for debate, but even he thinks what she said was out of line.
I thought so at first too, but turned out that nope lol. The hug though is a character swap.
Yeah but Tifa's earring matches the staff. Not sure what is supposed to be Aerith's bow? Is it a butterfly?
Aerith red dress also had earrings AND this is VR, so she could have had the earrings (same with Yuffie). I mean those little differences in outfits (Tifa is the only one for whom the dress falls just right too) are perplexing at best. But I still think it's her GS outfit.
Could also be there just couse Tifa is known to wear earrings in general, so it's thrown there for that consistency perhaps.
This would mean no new outfit for Tifa though. Both Aerith and Yuffie get one in GS. Why wouldn't Tifa? (she already shares it, but again honestly I don't think it suits Aerith or Yuffie well).