the remaking of FF7

I think S-E is probably still considering it, because fans are still yapping about it. I don't know more than that.

Personally, I'm against the idea. I like VII just the way it is, with its stupid blocky characters, hilariously bad grammatical mistakes, odd scenes of crossdressing Cloud and group bathing, and so on. I would not want to see anything changed.

 

Updated graphics is not enough of an incentive for me to want to buy a remake. Even adding a few more bosses wouldn't make it worthwhile to me. And changing anything else would probably just make me angry. >_<

 

I approve of remakes for the oldest games, because who has a NES or a SNES anymore? Not as many people as back in the day. And those games, in the SNES format, are probably harder to find. Releasing those games on DS or PSP, or whatever they've been doing with 'em allows a whole new generation of gamers to fall in love with the old school stories and gameplay.

But in my opinion, VII isn't so old that it is impossible to find, and you can play a PS1 game on a PS2, and I'd think a lot of people still have their ps2s. Though, wasn't VII released where you could download it onto your PS3 or something? So it should be very easy to obtain already for new gamers who are interested in it. And just because the graphics look like shit isn't a good enough reason for me to buy a prettier copy of the same game I already own, though admittedly, once S-E finally does go and remake it, I'm sure a ton of people will buy it again for that reason.

That wouldn't be a remake then, and we already have Dirge of Cerberus and Advent Children to fill in the blanks of VII's ending.

 

He didn't say he hated the classic games, he said he hated the gameplay of the classic games.

I, on the other hand, don't, and really enjoyed VII's gameplay- and I don't like the sound of FFXIII's battle system, (though I'll admit I haven't tried it myself yet) so I'd dislike it if S-E remade VII and went that route. Why fix it if it isn't broken?

Weren't there flashbacks to Zack in VII? Not a lot, but enough that you got to know who he was and how he impacted Cloud (at least enough that the story made sense). If you want more in-depth on Zack, wouldn't you just play Crisis Core?

 

Like what? You say you don't want the gameplay and leveling system changed. So what's left, better graphics and a few more bosses? If they start messing with the story too much, it won't seem like the same game anymore.

What I think I would like to see is the incorporation of Yuffie and Vincent into cutscenes. For all that they were optional, they were still pretty important and they should be in those scenes like everyone else.

 

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If they'd give him some reliably strong limit breaks, he'd be an okay party member. He'd still be kinda lame, but I could forgive that if he was more useful.

Well, yes, but as long as it keeps making them money, I think they'll keep taking advantage of it.