Final Fantasy VII

[Anonymous No.5562223]

The new remake trailer has been revealed, what are your memories with this game?

https://youtu.be/Df0YG3qfZ8E

[Anonymous No.5562237]

I wonder how giga dunk will look.

[Anonymous No.5562249]

>>5562223
>the 20 years old horrible looking blocky mess of the original still looks more fun to play than this
how

[Anonymous No.5562257]

If this game plays like 13/15 in the sense that I can only input commands for the party leader, then I guarantee it's going to be garbage.

[Anonymous No.5562282]

>>5562223
Looks greeat.

[Anonymous No.5562286]

>>5562223
Do people really still give a shit at this point?

[Anonymous No.5562291]

>>5562249
>old bad
>being this much of a graphics whore
Everything that made the original good is gonna be changed, zoomer. A lot of the dialogue will be made straightforward to make sure zoomers understand the story, and I have no doubt many scenes will change completely, not to mention plenty of current year catering. Barret won't speak like a nigger and the crossdress scene will cause controversy.

[Anonymous No.5562307]

>>5562291
>crossdress scene will cause controversy.
I'd say with the amount of tranny/genderfluid garbage being discussed today, this scene would be a hit.

[Anonymous No.5562315]

>>5562257
Agreed.

[Anonymous No.5562324]

Is that Robert Downey Jr. as the voice of Barrett?

[Anonymous No.5562330]

>>5562223
Is it corrected and "sanitized" for the PC folks so that millennials and zoomers don't get spontaneous vaginal bleeding?

[Anonymous No.5562335]

>>5562223
have zero interest until it's heavily discounted on pc and even then i dunno. they are bastardizing a classic

[Anonymous No.5562336]

>>5562330
You bet it will be.

[Anonymous No.5562338]

Tifa is tiquisha now?

[Anonymous No.5562343]

>>5562335
Why wouldn't you torrent it? Do you not have a Gazelle Games account?

[Anonymous No.5562349]

>>5562343
i could but i am also extremely lazy and don't buy "new" games often. most likely won't even touch the remake since it's not a jrpg

[Anonymous No.5562370]

>>5562223
I hope for some juicy Tifa cowtits in HD

[Anonymous No.5562378]

>>5562370
Cowtits aren't live action, they're anime. This game is live action real people.

[Anonymous No.5562383]

>>5562378
are you just pretending to be retarded?

[Anonymous No.5562387]

>>5562378
>what is Mia Khalifa
>what is Ai Shinozaki

[Anonymous No.5562424]

>>5562223
Not retro

[Anonymous No.5562435]

>>5562223
>>>/v/

[Anonymous No.5562443]

>>5562223
FF 15 gameplay with atb.

[Anonymous No.5562457]

Isn't it still episodic?

[Anonymous No.5562463]

>>5562457
No, it's serial ;)

[Anonymous No.5562518]

>>5562223
The way Cloud swings that sword looks A LOT like garbage action shit like ff13.

[Anonymous No.5562547]

[Anonymous No.5562552]

Is it going to be Sony-exclusive at least? Otherwise I don't give a shit at this point.

[Anonymous No.5562573]

>>5562552
Why do you care if it's only on Playstation?

[Anonymous No.5562580]

I remember eating a portion of a loaf of sausage bread while in that snowy area
shit was tight

anyway they made jessie cute

[Anonymous No.5562583]

>>5562223
>what are your memories with this game?
was playing PC games at the time, last console I played a lot was NES, some SNES but not that much... story was ok and was a good enough ride, made me get through the whole game one time, never touched it again. Nothing from the gameplay itself is memorable for me, may check out the remake, to see if the story keeps its charm, and if the gameplay keeps me more interested than the original.

[Anonymous No.5562615]

>>5562223
Just watched that trailer and all I can say is it looks like shit. Like, I get that you want a remake to be different, so people who played the original a billion times will still buy it, but it just looks aweful to me.

It's a seemingly generic action game with a ton of anime tier acting and... nothing else worth noting? Really? That's the best one of, if not THE biggest game companies ever could do?

Thanks, but no thanks.

On topic: the most destinct memories of the original FFVII to me was mini games at gold saucer. Shit was so cash.
The rest of the game is great, don't get me wrong, but chocobo races and snowboarding were just too fucking fun.

Well that, and the whole.endgame was very memorable. Especially the final 3 big fights, followed by Cloud one shotting Sephy. Great music, great sense of urgency and danger, very bizzare and all around great finaly for that game.

[Anonymous No.5562619]

>>5562223
lol Barret sounds like Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder

[Anonymous No.5562734]

>>5562257
Worked for Persona 3.

[Anonymous No.5562741]

>>5562223
This just looks like Final Fantasy XV VII

[Anonymous No.5562751]

we can expect years of waifaggotry over Aerith and Tifa

[Anonymous No.5562762]

literally just Crisis Core with better graphics. not actually a bad thing because crisis core was pretty fun but there is no goddamn way this is going to be playable for 40+ hours, they'd be better off making it a collection of chapters where you just fight 10ish things and then get all the gay weebshit melodrama in between which is all the faggots who are anticipating this actually care about.

[Anonymous No.5562768]

>>5562580
>anyway they made jessie cute
>>>
Jessie was always cute.

[Anonymous No.5562770]

>>5562223
Shit this was incredibly underwhelming. It's like the recent game of throne episodes. Everything just feels incredibly mediocre. I guess that's why im in /vr/, since nothing new is ever good enough.

[Anonymous No.5562772]

>>5562768
yeah but
what if they didn't make her cute?
it'd be awful

so now jessie remains best girl but so does elena

[Anonymous No.5562775]

>>5562772
fucking contrarian faggot, aeris is best girl
simple as

[Anonymous No.5562779]

>>5562775
it goes jessie = elena > yuffie > tifa > scarlet
aeris is DEAD and IRRELEVANT

[Anonymous No.5562783]

>>5562779
>he didnt believe the rumours as a kid and resurrected aeris
weak

[Anonymous No.5562790]

>>5562783
look man, I had more important rumors to believe like the lorry and the ambulance ending

[Anonymous No.5562953]

Barret looks like a white guy with shoe polish on his face

[Anonymous No.5563903]

>>5562223
>can't talk about GBA on /vr/
>can talk about ff7 2020-DLC-edition: episode 1

[Anonymous No.5563931]

>>5563903
>Literally 2 GBA games on page 1.

[Anonymous No.5563932]

Cloud looks better than ever and they remove the trap segment?!

[Anonymous No.5563936]

This does not belong in /vr/

[Funcoland Clown No.5563961]

Final Fantasy VII came out at a very transitional time for me. I was living in a different apartment with a different girlfriend when I finished it than I had when I started it and living a dramatically different and more fun lifestyle.

[Anonymous No.5563967]

Hope they release a PC version and someone mods in traditional combat one day.

[Anonymous No.5564014]

Hey do you think this will be represented? 1:1 same areas? Midgar is episode 1?
I'm thinking they'll leave or change some things, like Costa Del Sol being a convenience store or something

[Anonymous No.5564025]

>be me
>1996
>working at square next to my good pal nomura
>we are working on the size of aeriths tits in the intro
>he tells me he wants them smaller
>his face when I give her mosquito bite boobs

[Anonymous No.5564053]

>>5564025
This is a compositing bay, not the place where the designing and rendering takes place.

[Anonymous No.5564059]

>>5562286
Leddit normies do

[Anonymous No.5564126]

I wish people weren't so easily swayed by graphics. Sure they look great but everything else is going to suffer.
The battle system is now some kingdom hearts hybrid and majority of the game's scenes are going to be cinemas.

[Anonymous No.5564135]

oh look, its braver.

[Anonymous No.5564137]

>>5562223
>what are your memories with this game?
Didn't play it as a kid. Grew up hooked on Panzer Dragoon Saga. Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.5564152]

>>5564126
>The battle system is now some kingdom hearts hybrid and majority of the game's scenes are going to be cinemas.
How is this worse than boring menu combat and mashing text boxes?

[Anonymous No.5564167]

>>5564135
That poor injured shinra soldier obliterated by a piece of shit terrorist.

SHINRA DID NOTHING WRONG

[Anonymous No.5564180]

>>5564152
Because you can only input commands for one character, so now you're watching the game rather than playing it.

[Anonymous No.5564183]

>>5564152
I'll make it easier for you.
Who needs turned-based strategy with crazy magic depth when we got this?

[Anonymous No.5564186]

>>5564183
>Who needs turned-based strategy with crazy magic depth when we got this?
You say this as if you can't beat FF7 by mindlessly spamming the O button until the end.

[Anonymous No.5564191]

The gameplay aspect of the game and consistency never was important. It was a game that made a lot of changes just to increase its audience. Most met the FF series by this game. I'm sure a remake will work, even if they kill everything from graphics to gameplay, that wasn't an issue when FF7 was release and it won't be an issue now.

[Anonymous No.5564192]

>>5564186
If you're over leveled yeah

[Anonymous No.5564209]

>>5564192
Which can be accomplished by just not running away from random encounters.

This game is piss easy and the "magic depth" is redundant.

[Anonymous No.5564225]

>>5564209
I don't disagree that it isn't an easy game, especially if you level. Still though, I would prefer to have control over all characters in the party rather than just input commands for the party leader while I watch the other two characters do AI determined commands. As of right now, this remake looks like ff13 combat, which ensures that I never buy it.

[Anonymous No.5564249]

Looks good, I'm excited about it again. The first section of the first disc was always action oriented so it looks like they're going the action movie route

[Anonymous No.5564252]

>>5564186
>You say this as if you can't beat FF7 by mindlessly spamming the O button until the end.
That's true, but does that mean the remake needs be built on that bare minimum while tossing everything else out?
Imagine if other games became this streamlined.

[Anonymous No.5564256]

JUST WAIT FOR AN OFFICIAL FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT YOU CUNTS

[Anonymous No.5564263]

>>5562518
Wasn't this originally using 13's engine?

>>5564252
I'd much rather they took the ATB system and threw in some ideas that gave the game more strategic depth. But then people would be like "It's too hard!"

[Anonymous No.5564269]

>>5562953
And Cloud looks like a woman.

[Anonymous No.5564275]

>>5562324
It sounds to me like an actor trying a really bad Mr. T impression, because the higher ups told him to for nostalgia points.

[Anonymous No.5564327]

>>5564263
Couldn't tell ya. I was initially excited for this, but then I played 13 for the first time, and I almost had a stroke because of how awful it was. 2/3 of the combat being automated is anti-fun to such a degree that only zoomers can enjoy it due to their innate love of flashy combos and instant gratification. It sounds dramatic, but I think that I'm done with the Final Fantasy series if this is the kind of shit that they're going to keep churning out.

I loved the remake of RE2 for what it was, but the remake of FFVII looks like it's too far gone to be enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.5564404]

>>5564135
>Press square to Braver.
I'm sorry, can somebody tell me what's so wrong about turn based combat with full party control?

[Anonymous No.5564406]

>>5564186
Literally the very first boss will kill you if you do this.

[Anonymous No.5564436]

>>5564327
How far into Eff Eff Ex Eye Eye Eye did you play? Not trying to argue anything, just wondering.

[Anonymous No.5564482]

>>5564436
About 30 hours. My party boarded and energy airship and I uninstalled shortly after.

[Anonymous No.5564487]

>>5564482
>uninstalled
oh shit

[Anonymous No.5564726]

I'm here to tell you guys that I unironically like how the remake looks like and I'm glad it's still a thing and not getting cancelled.

I will therefore avoid any future threads where you guys most likely nitpick on the dumbest shit.

[Anonymous No.5564730]

>>5564436
not him, but I really enjoyed and like ffxiii
that said, that comes with the major disclaimer that I experienced it as a movie through the "movie editions" available online, so that says a lot.

[Anonymous No.5564731]

>>5563903
>episode

have they said weather or not they've dropped that part,how long has it been since this was announced three years it has to be a complete full game now doesn't it?

[Anonymous No.5564749]

>>5564126
>>5564135

>you can manually block attacks

it actually reminds me of the very first time seeing XII,wonder which console will finally get the game first I haven't dipped into this generation since the fiasco with the PS4 if I have to bite the bullet and buy a pro I hope it's going to have some kind of multiplayer with a buddy so they can be Red XIII

[Anonymous No.5565008]

>>5564406
you're right, you might have to use a potion. such depth.

[Anonymous No.5565027]

It will never replace the original. But that isn't a bad thing; i'm not some whiny asshole about the new combat system or what they may change. Probably won't buy it day one, just to see what rolls in about how the game does and all, but I know my brother who grew up with FF7 probably will.

[Anonymous No.5565038]

>>5565027
>"buying" games

[Anonymous No.5565047]

>>5562257
It's not. In the trailer, when Cloud switches over to the Shortcut Menu, there is a prompt where Cloud to switch to Barret or Tifa with L2/R2

[Anonymous No.5565048]

>>5565038
I pirate older games because digital resell bullshit can eat my ass and all those ports of FF7 are still awful compared to the PS1 version. But I don't pirate what few modern games I buy unless it's fallout 4 DLC, eat shit todd

[Anonymous No.5565058]

>>5565048
Pride can be deadly.

[Anonymous No.5565069]

>>5562615
What exactly were you hoping for little fella?

[Anonymous No.5565113]

>>5565058
I have no pride.

[Anonymous No.5565116]

>>5565113
Then why do you buyfiend?

[Anonymous No.5565126]

>>5565116
Because i'm a consumer who only got half-decent internet like 5 months ago and had to suffer dial-up tiers of internet the whole rest of my life up to that point. The concept of in-depth piracy, much less pirating console games somehow or another, isn't ingrained in me.

[Anonymous No.5565293]

So many guys on here and /v/ are hating the gameplay. I got to agree. Maybe not hate but I would have vastly preferred something more in the spirit of the original gameplay. How would you guys have gone about it?

For me I would have kept the traditional line up to fight combat of the original with option to play it either turn based or ATB. Obviously it wouldn't have to be exactly as it was in FFVII since this is a remake but that also doesn't mean to go in a complete opposite direction like they have done either. I would have did it so that for the areas you explore the encounters work similar to Chrono Trigger in that you can at least see the enemy before you fight them and unlike in CT though you can dodge encounters a lot more. However for the overworld I would have kept that random encounter based. I'm picturing something more along the lines of FFX combat system in my head but with FFVII characters and materia in its place and it looks way better to me and more in spirit with the original than what we will be getting.

[Anonymous No.5565602]

>>5562615
>a ton of anime tier acting
that's what I noticed.

[Anonymous No.5565608]

>>5564731
Still episodic. They're gonna milk this thing for all it's worth.

[Anonymous No.5565649]

The only thing I am worried about is how the materia system is going to work in real time. What was cool about FFVII was having materia combinations like mugging every enemy at the beginning of the fight or casting cure everytime you got hit. Some of those I don't know how well will translate into real time combat.

[Anonymous No.5565694]

>>5562291
it has nothing to do with graphics technology, just awful style. the field models in the other two FFs on PlayStation don't look like shit, there's no excuse.

[Anonymous No.5566547]

>cool funny monsters
>now edgy shit

RIP hell house

[Anonymous No.5566570]

>>5566547
honestly there's a chance they could go full body horror with it

[Anonymous No.5566572]

>>5562223
C
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[Anonymous No.5566678]

Just found out that missed out on getting yuffie before we stowaway on the shinra ship, how long until I get another chance to get her?

[Anonymous No.5566682]

>>5564404
dude did you play FFXV that shit was wild and insane

[Anonymous No.5566990]

>>5566678
You can get her in the forests near Gongaga. You need not wait too long, newfriend. Patience.

[Anonymous No.5567026]

>>5564135
But his orange meter doesn't empty. Speaking of "meter," holy FUCK there are A TON. I'm seeing five per character making ~fifteen~ in total in that tiny crammed space all the way in the corner with numbers adjunct.

[Anonymous No.5567407]

I don't know what to make of that combat system. There's not much detail about how it all comes together with all these meters, shortcut menus, character switching, etc. I don't mind it being real time but I really hope it's kinda original or that it draws from other ARPGs in a neat way.

I tried FFXV and the combat was pretty damn shitty. Also with Nomura being the director, I have to say KH3 was underwhelming, not bad, but not great either, though I tried Critical Mode a few days ago and and so far wished it was the first mode I'd played the game on.
Episodic format is weird, though.

[Anonymous No.5567420]

I hope no one spends their money on this soulless cashgrab but I just know they'll make millions because of brand name and nostalgia alone. Such is the state of the modern game industry.

[Anonymous No.5567561]

FFVII is fun because it has the fun storytelling of a 90s anime, it can switch between goofy and edgelord from scene to scene and work perfectly. It has the look, too, with bold, eye popping colors and iconic, unforgettable locations This just looks like every other washed out modern Square Enix Final Fantasy product. Drab and dull, with that nasty cgi (don't want to call it "realistic, because it isn't) art style they use now.

In any event, action RPGs are boring, so that's a killer. Not interested in the least bit, won't be trying it.

How about give us good NEW ideas and ips, like Bravely Default, instead of lame remakes that only remind us how much better the original was.

[Anonymous No.5567654]

Forget 7, FF8 Remake when

[Anonymous No.5567923]

>>5567561
Why do waifufags keep posting the most hideous fan doodles they can find

[Anonymous No.5567995]

>>5567923
lad that's from a porn cg set

I have seen quite a few in my time

[Anonymous No.5568005]

>>5562223
>they already confirmed they're censoring Wall Market
Hard pass.

[Anonymous No.5568015]

>>5568005
I'm still in as long as jenova looks completely horrifying

[Anonymous No.5568026]

>>5567654
Big ff8 spammer here. If a proposed ff8 remake looks like an action game like this remake of 7, Square can FUCK OFF.

[Anonymous No.5568053]

>>5567561
>those lips
man I love alba's stuff

[Anonymous No.5568214]

>>5565008
dumbass you never even played ff7

[Anonymous No.5568596]

>>5564053
nice one anon, it's a good thing you explained the inaccuracy of that joke about aeristhsth's tiny adorable itty bitty little titties.

[Anonymous No.5568603]

>>5562378
>Cowtits aren't live action
Tell that to >>>/jp/Gravure

[Anonymous No.5569521]

>>5567561
this is a pretty good post desu, sans the image (yuck).

overall i don't mind the remake, as i don't mind any remake. i know why people may think remakes can ruin the originals, i get it, but i disagree. the original will always be there in all its cartoony glory.

>This just looks like every other washed out modern Square Enix Final Fantasy product. Drab and dull, with that nasty cgi (don't want to call it "realistic, because it isn't) art style they use now.
pretty much this, except they tried to add some of those cartoony sensibilities to the soulless generic art style and it looks just awkward.

[Anonymous No.5569618]

>>5562291
Well considering that people are already bitching about Barret's "problematic" voice, I wouldn't be surprised

[Anonymous No.5570057]

>>5565116
Not him, but when newer games come out, I tend to buy them after trying them at a friend's place. But I buy them if I like them and I want to see that producer make more content for said game or produce another game I may or may not enjoy.

Y'know, paying someone for their work isn't exactly a scam.

Reselling old games though? Yeah, they can suck it.

[Anonymous No.5570312]

>>5562615
>a ton of anime tier acting
>>5565602

FF7 is anime.

[Anonymous No.5570609]

>>5564135
>FF13 TGS 2006 battle system

[Anonymous No.5570631]

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowtits

[Anonymous No.5570647]

So how are they gonna "modernize" it?

[Anonymous No.5570949]

>>5564025
aesthetic

[Anonymous No.5570958]

>>5570949
A S S T H I C C

[Anonymous No.5570959]

>>5562223
Is this a parody?

[Anonymous No.5570963]

>>5568596
Don't hate me, my hyper autism takes over in moments like this.

[Anonymous No.5570965]

>>5562223
Most of my first memories were watching my cousin play it. FF8 was my actual first FF and I played FF7 later. Materia system was cool and filled my need for "item leveling".

[Anonymous No.5570969]

>>5562615
I hate how muted and lifeless all the scenery is, one of the greatest things about FFVII is how colorful the backdrops are, even in Midgar, which was darker and grungier than the rest of the game, there were stunning pockets vibrance and lights...this one is just so fucking generic looking.

[Anonymous No.5570972]

>>5562223
Directed by Michael Baysplosions

[Anonymous No.5570978]

>>5562291
they better fucking make cloud hot.

[Anonymous No.5571290]

>>5570978
That is several heads of hair. Was this drawn by a man?

[Anonymous No.5571362]

>>5562223
Sephiroth's voice doesn't match his character.

[Anonymous No.5571371]

>>5562734
I can see by the video in the OP this battle system is nothing like Persona 3

[Anonymous No.5571390]

>>5565126

Hello. I'm on a 1mbps connection. Have been for the past 14 years or so. I haven't paid for an original game in over 20 years.

[Anonymous No.5571413]

Just looking at the remade Aerith scenes make my interest plummet. Even the green hues were meant to go along with the Life theme. The stylized environments all gone. It looks like FFXIII.

[Anonymous No.5571417]

>>5571413
All these billboard styles are a relic of the 90s sadly

[Anonymous No.5571514]

Why did they make Cloud look more Asian-looking again? Meanwhile Aerith looks white.

[Anonymous No.5571549]

>>5564126
I just fucking wish they would go full action or full turn-based, none of that wishy-washy hybrid shit which they never seem to do very well.

[Anonymous No.5571595]

>>5562223
>Dad bought me Spyro and FF7 for himself with the console
>"Don't touch this game, its for adults"
>grow a pair of balls
>play it
>don't understand fuckall
>get to the robot after planting the bomb
>die
And I didn't touch it for years. I tried it again a few years ago but lost interest at Costa.

[Anonymous No.5571628]

>>5564126

The graphics don't look that great to me. It might just be that the visuals aren't finished, but right now it's like a playable version of The Spirits Within.

[Anonymous No.5571747]

I got this game with a PS1 for Christmas in '97. Played the shit out of it, then in '05 when I was still in highschool the PS3 tech demo comes out I was hyped and thought the remake would come out by 2010 at the latest. At this point I'm old enough to realize that remakes in almost any medium usually fall short of the original. It doesn't help that they decided to break the game up into 3 separate purchases, either.

[Anonymous No.5571908]

>>5570963
I don't hate you bro i was just having a laugh. I thought the part about the titties sounded really funny in my head so I went with it.

[Anonymous No.5572030]

>>5571628
>it's like a playable version of The Spirits Within.
I don't know what's up with this realistic CGI shit that Square has been trying to push with FF ever since X, but they should drop it. Now that we have the hardware to actually render graphics of this quality, it's hard not to notice how stupid it looks. Maybe if the game were designed from the ground up with that mentality, but taking all of these 20+ year old sci-fi/fantasy/anime costumes and designs and putting them on uncanny valley-tier character models just makes it look like they belong in a fucking cosplay convention. It's hard to take it seriously, especially when you throw in all the stupid weeb acrobatic fight moves.

[Anonymous No.5572053]

>Be at school walking alone on the hallway
>Suddenly, school bully comes running towards me at extreme speed
>He extends his right arm upwards like he is ready to high five someone
>I look around and there are random kids, nobody there ready to receive the high five
>"Does he want to high-five me?", I awkwardly raise my hand to high five him
>He slaps me in the face so hard I drop on the floor as he runs past me
>Everyone around me is laughing
>I am more embarrassed than I'm in pain
>I pick myself up and go to class, I sit on my desk with my hand resting on my cheek to hide the slap mark.
>Finally return home, with a fucking huge red slapmark on my face
>Dad sees me, doesn't say anything, goes away on his business
>Mom sees me and freaks out, It's ok I tell her, "I was playing with my friends!"
>"We were slapping eachother to see who can endure the most pain . hehe" :')
>Go to my room and play Final Fantasy VII for the rest of the day
>Final Fantasy VII was my friend

[Anonymous No.5572062]

>>5572053
no anon, everyone who was playing final fantasy 7 at that time was your friend

[Anonymous No.5572069]

I don't know, maybe it's just that I played FFVII too many times, this doesn't seem as atmospheric. It be looking more Crisis Core like. I hope the combat doesn't even resemble that, because I despised the combat in Crisis Core and I always will.

Anyways Barret sounds exactly how I wanted him to sound, so that's a plus.

[Anonymous No.5572072]

>>5562223
>what are your memories with this game?
I've got a weird relationship with this game. I was 12 when it came out, so I should have been all over it, but I didn't own a PS1 and JRPGs just were not my jam back then. All of my friends were really into it, so I learned a lot about it, though. I remember reading tons of articles and seeing the commercials on TV, and I remember one kid coming in with the Versus Books players' guide. This was a kid I totally figured would be "too cool" to play video games, but he was really into it, so I knew something about this game was special for it to have this kind of appeal.

My best friend didn't have a PS1, but he got the PC version when it came out in '98. He was pretty excited about it and showed me a lot, although most of what I remember was still in Midgar. I remember he had renamed Cloud to "Napoleon" and Barrett to "Snowball" because we had just read Animal Farm in English class. One night we went digging into the system files on the game CD and ended up coming across the folder with all of the FMVs in AVI format, and we spoiled Aerith's death. Then we spent hours syncing up hilarious music with her getting killed in Winamp.

I finally played the game for myself last year, on an actual PS1. Really enjoyed it. Some parts were a slog, and the game is showing its age here and there, but the parts that matter really shine through. Wonderful attention to cinematic flair and character moments, even if the translation is a little shit from time to time. It's a very important game to me and always reminds me of some of the best times of my childhood.

[Anonymous No.5572074]

>>5564186
So rather than improving or altering this in the remake, it should be just as bad if not worse? Great logic.

[Anonymous No.5572080]

>>5565293
>How would you guys have gone about it?
I would have made the game a JRPG.

[Anonymous No.5572449]

>>5572072
>Then we spent hours syncing up hilarious music with her getting killed in Winamp.
This right here, this is the spot where I got the feels. I didn't do this exact thing, of course, but I could imagine so perfectly from one sentence. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.5572471]

>>5572053
anon i am your friend too

>>5572030
>>5571628
numbered final fantasy main series entries are still the AAA flagship of square enix. they have other sources of income such as mobage and manga (and that's good, i own square enix shares), but they have very awkward policies towards their AAA titles. just cause and tomb raider selling well but not well enough, i.e. being profitable but not as profitable as their forcasts, made them go all sour on the franchises.

anyway, what i'm trying to preface here is that their main line final fantasy games go with conservative art direction by commission. it it looks good in a generic way and does not make casual buyers shy away from a purchase, they are okay with it. actual artistic expression is being met with scepticism at best.

[Anonymous No.5572478]

i regret that i hadn't been graduated yet from uni when i saw this ads in a game magazine.

[Anonymous No.5572487]

>>5571747
I liked the FF4 remake for DS, although in a way that was different from the original. I like FF4 Free Enterprise better, though.

[Anonymous No.5574083]

>>5562223
I really miss the days of turn based RPGs. I'd be happy if they went with a FFX style battle system. This is just a high resolution Crisis Core.

[Anonymous No.5574684]

>>5572471
>it it looks good in a generic way and does not make casual buyers shy away from a purchase
It's current year. Would casual buyers be that put-off if they just used the original anime artstyle or some derivative of it?

[Anonymous No.5575413]

>>5572030
Square is gone, they're completely gone, don't try to make sense of any decisions they make, just treat them as a deceased relative.

[Anonymous No.5575803]

So apparently the Japs are upset that they changed Aerith's design to be more western compared to before in Advent Children.
Come on one of the worst parts of the Advent Children era designs is that all the characters look Asian when they seemed to obviously be more western-looking in other material (besides of Yuffie of course).

If Square-Enix balks and goes back to the shitty AC designs I'm gonna be pissed. They already are reverting Cloud back facially which sucks.

[Anonymous No.5575814]

>>5562580
That sounds like a good memory

[Anonymous No.5576093]

>>5562734
I wish modern SE were on the level of 2006 Atlus, but we both know that's not true

[Anonymous No.5576329]

>>5575803
new cloud is too passive, wheres the angst?

[Anonymous No.5576357]

>>5575803
I wonder what's so hard about keeping her look like this.

[Anonymous No.5576368]

>>5575803
They're not wrong

[Anonymous No.5576412]

>>5562249
Branding goes a long way. If Squaresoft had sold shit in a can, fans will say it's the best thing ever made.

[Anonymous No.5576820]

>>5562223
i never played that nerd shit
haha fag

[Anonymous No.5576921]

>>5576357
me neither. this is some fan art some1 did not too long ago of barret. i woulda loved if they went with this look instead of the more realistic shit they have going on with the remake

[Anonymous No.5577015]

>>5576820
jerk

[Anonymous No.5577051]

>>5576820
stare at some goatse

[Anonymous No.5577079]

>>5576820
I fucking want to go back to when this was the prevailing sentiment towards video games.

[Anonymous No.5577114]

>>5562223
That looks awesome. I got bored with 7 because it's ugly and tedious. Most FF games aren't good without nostalgia glasses. 10 is probably the only original I can play 100% with satisfaction.

I'm a little wary of these clunky real time systems. I prefer mobility to be fast, flexible, and acrobatic, if I have it at all. Slowly inching around with maybe a roll move isn't very fun.

[Anonymous No.5577119]

Since this shit is episodic, I'm just gonna wait however many years it takes for a complete collected edition to come out.

[Anonymous No.5577120]

>>5565293
>Turn based or ATB
The only turn based mechanic I liked was in 10 (FFTA is similar) and the only ATB I liked was 13. Using 7's original system would have been an instant no-sell for me.

[Anonymous No.5577140]

Alright lads, now's the time. I have several ways to play FF7, but this time I'm going with Steam version with a decent chunk of mods added through 7th Heaven. I've modded the Eidos CD-version plenty several years ago.

Any tips for setting up or must-have mods I should try out? FWIW I don't want anything too drastic, this is going to be a co-op completion with someone that hasn't played it before. If it matters, I plan on using 2 xinput controllers set up with joy2key profiles made specifically for FF7's kb controls. Anyway, the only one that I know I want for sure is Remako HD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEgc46FNWE

[Anonymous No.5577142]

>>5564327
I thought 13's strong point was gameplay, personally. The characters and story are horrendous (damn bratty teenagers), but I loved chaining and staggering and paradigm shifting. It was very satisfying.

My only gameplay complaint was that your levelling paths were so limited. I recall every stage ending with virtually the same xp distribution; which is to just fill everything up.

[Anonymous No.5577146]

>>5562223
why haven't they showed tifa yet god damn it

[Anonymous No.5577147]

>>5563903
There's only 20 good GBA games anyway. That would get old fast.

[Anonymous No.5577345]

>>5564404
No strategy in that turn-based design. Can conquer almost all combat scenarios by smashing X to select the attack command, and the occasional Cure if your health is low. This ain't a Zachtronics game. It's not even press-turn. It's mind-numbingly boringly simple.

If combat won't be made more strategic, then they can at least make it look more dynamic and interesting. Switching it over to real-time action won't get rid of any strategy elements because there were barely any in the original, while still making it flashier than a bunch of immobile characters awkwardly facing each other.

[Anonymous No.5577982]

>>5577146
their supercomputers still aren't done rendering her epicccc animay tiddies

[Anonymous No.5578006]

>>5577146
Saving the best for last

hint: cowtits

[Anonymous No.5578075]

>>5577345
I agree with this.

[Anonymous No.5578616]

>>5571362
This is exactly correct. He sounds to weak. I will probably pass on this game for that reason alone. I don't want the voice in my head I created for him many years ago to be affected in any way.

[Anonymous No.5578621]

>>5571595
I LIKE FORTNITE I LIKE FORTNITE

[Anonymous No.5578890]

>>5562779
Jessie and Scarlet both got killed.

Aeris was at least reborn as a borderline goddess.

[Anonymous No.5578901]

>>5562573
Gotta justify that 300 dollar box somehow. Bet he doesn't even import, the only thing the PS4 is good at these days.

[Anonymous No.5579856]

>>5577982
>>5578006
Cloud, barret, and aeristhsth look pretty good, makes me confident they'll at least give Tifa the tanktop/skirt combo. That said, I doubt they're going to give her canonically monstrous milkers in this day and age but I'd love to be proved wrong

[Anonymous No.5580049]

>>5577147
>That would get old fast.
like every other /vr/-thread

[Anonymous No.5580792]

>>5579856
imma be honest: i hope she gets modestly sized titties. cowtits aren't hot. big breasts have a tendency to make the whole appearance of the character feel weirdly unproportional. good proportions are the secret behind beauty tee bee hee.

[Anonymous No.5581903]

>>5575803
The new cloud looks a lot better though, in the trailer he wasn't a pale super skinny emo faggot, he looked more like how he was portrayed in the concept art.

[Anonymous No.5581989]

*ting ting*
Ahem
FUCK zoomers
FUCK graphicswhores
and FUCK Aerith
The remake will be the most kino game of the decade

[Anonymous No.5582040]

>>5562223
>Crisis Core 2 Electric Pukealoo