Remake Mod Wish-List

[Ite]

Hi folks o/

It's been chatted about here and on the discord, but I figure a whole thread about it might keep the other threads on-topic!

When FF7R comes out for PC, what kind of mods do you think are going to come out? Any you'd be excited for? Any that you think are MUST-HAVES? I'm compiling a wish-list using google docs.

Ground rules:
-Whatever game S-E releases is the official canon. If summon materia is purple now, that's the way it is. Modding is obviously unofficial, it shouldn't be seen as "correcting" anything "wrong" (unless the mod is literally a bug-fix). Questioning the validity of someone's preference is a fruitless endeavor. Modding is all about curating the artistic experience, it has nothing to do with being "right."
-If a mod idea is not your preference, try not to yuck someone's yum. You can disagree without putting someone down kk <3

 

[Clean Cut Chaos]

How hard would it be to mod the combat into full OG complete with random encounters? I could see someone working on that ASAP if it's doable.

 

[Ite]

I imagine we'll see some combat overhaul mods. I'm no expert programmer, but I can concieve of the following:

-Halve the ATB rate of enemies
-Quadruple the ATB rate of PCs (or whatever will make it fill OG-style) rendering basic attacks superfluous
-Tactical mode does not pause gameplay (probably should be its own mod)
-Non-controlled party members do not move or perform basic attacks (basically, gut the AI)
-Remove the Timer Bar and ATB bar of summons - casting the summon skips directly to the summon's finishing move.

I have no idea how to implement "random encounters" because we haven't seen anything except hand-placed demo enemies.

 

[ForceStealer]

As some people have pointed out, Cloud gets a little red dot next to his health and stuff when he summons Ifrit to denote that he's the character in control of it. So Summon materia may well still be red.

 

[Ariga]

I hope that there is a shirtless Sephiroth mod.

I'd also like a mod to add Sephiroth to my team for the full game.

 

[Ite]

Shirtless Sephy? Not my personal taste, but it's going on the list! The people have spoken!!

 

[Rydeen]

Very basic, but I would definitely use an OG soundtrack mod. We haven't heard enough of the new soundtrack for me to really make a judgement call, but even if I like it, I'd like the option to recapture classic FFVII moments in the remake with the OST I'm used to/listened to as a child. Hopefully it wouldn't sound out of place, though.

 

[Clean Cut Chaos]

Shirtless Sephy? Not my personal taste, but it's going on the list! The people have spoken!!

Surprised it wasn't Reno. I've seen more than a few ladies swoon over that open shirt.

 

[FFShinra]

ff7 sprite mod: all the hd characters replaced with the original lego people. Would be funny.

Couch co-op. Would be difficult as hell but....

 

[Ite]

Surprised it wasn't Reno. I've seen more than a few ladies swoon over that open shirt.

No no, not shirtless Reno, DIRTY Reno. Make him slouch more and look malnourished. He should look like he rolled off the set of a Tarantino film. (He's rolling because he was thrown from a moving car.)

Spoiler: original concept art

Mmmm

 

[Roundhouse]

Absolutely. In the original game, Reno's first appearance was downright sinister to me, with a dash of 'cool'. He just stands there quietly in his suit, watching Cloud and Aeris. The soldiers with him were the comedians. These days Reno feels like he doesn't have as much of that edge.

 

[FFShinra]

It's possible it's still in the remake. We only saw a quick second of his entrance.

Of course he will still be nearly shirtless, but he might be sinister too still.

 

[Ite]

I really went into this on the Discord, but here I’ll just say that in film, you need to convey your character’s attitude within the first 0.5 seconds of body language. All it takes is 0.5 seconds to convey what you want to an audience. I saw about 10-15 seconds of Reno, and while he’s the best they’ve done yet in the AC style, he’s not quite there for me. I’m not saying “yet” I’m saying that they very clearly conveyed a character, even within the first 0.5 seconds. I just don’t like that character.

 

[FFShinra]

Thats true....of the trailer. Which, by definition, are without context and with the dialogue recut. What I'm saying is that same half a second in the actual game might be different.

Its part of why I don't want any more trailers. Combat/mechanics/music, fine.

And of course if the actual game makes him AC-like once again, then I'll concede the point on his character. I just think it's jumping to conclusions at this juncture when the game is still 5 and a half months out.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Playable Turks.
Also I don't want this but I know people who who would: optional Angeal and Genesis

 

[Roger]

Absolutely. In the original game, Reno's first appearance was downright sinister to me, with a dash of 'cool'. He just stands there quietly in his suit, watching Cloud and Aeris. The soldiers with him were the comedians. These days Reno feels like he doesn't have as much of that edge.

Reno walks over the flowers to go after Aerith. Then runs back onto the scene to yell at his soldiers not to step on the flowers. He was part of the comedy act.

 

[hleV]

A fully-active (non-lock on) combat system. Basically you move, slash, jump, etc. freely. Should be able to do lots of interesting combat and misc. moves using existing character animations.

 

[Roundhouse]

Fair point, Roger. I was thinking about it, and he did seem to develop a bit of a comic feel later in the game. I'd forgotten about the example you brought up, though.

 

[Clean Cut Chaos]

Now that we know the rating contains no mention of blood, we need blood mods. Blood everywhere. Even the robots need to erupt like a red Old Faithful when killed.

 

[Clean Cut Chaos]

Also, I always felt Marlene should have been a bigger part of the OG. Some changes I'd like to see;

Marlene can be swapped for Barret in combat.
Marlene appears randomly in treasure chests around the world.
The sister ray at the end of the game no longer fires a mako projectile, but Marlene instead.

I'll add more as I think of them. Thanks

 

[Jairus]

Fully playable Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge. Modders can do anything, right?

 

[Misterbadguy]

A mod that purports to resurrect Aeris (assuming she still dies) but immediately deletes your save instead.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Lots of colour and pattern options for our chocobos.

 

[Misterbadguy]

Lots of colour and pattern options for our chocobos.

If I can't have Teioh legitimately then I'll goddamn well MOD him in.

 

[FFShinra]

Have the chocobos ride the jockeys.