Yeah, it sucks. She's actually an interesting character but you can't mention her with like 1 million dudes going "Heh heh yeah she's my favorite character too, if you know what I mean wink wink"
Unfortunately, so many people reduce her to her boobs so its hard to talk about all the other shit she does in the game. Hell, she basically
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saved and looked after Cloud when he didn't know who he was, and then put his mind back together again at the end, basically saving everyone. She's like the biggest bro in the game and no one ever mentions it
Just googled this character and one of the suggestions is "why is Mai Shiranui dressed like that" with the answer being "it distracts her male opponents"
In fairness, the game world is loaded with pervs and weirdos, so this strategy probably works out great.
Also dumb because her boobs are now much less prominent. She's still busty, but more realistically so now.
Her bazooms weren't even ludicrously ginormous in the original FF7 illustrations , I'm guessing the reputation's more due to the ingame polygonal graphics and decades of porn
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Those are even bigger than OP's image
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oww oww ouchies the permanent backpain I'd get the reductos breastos day 1 if I were drawn like that.
Still positively petite compared to how she's portrayed in fan art, it's also kind of hard to gauge because she has some weird cartoon proportions in that drawing, with a big head, hands and feet and the rest is kind of tiny (except for the chest)
the permanent backpain
The strongest muscles on Tifa's body are her lats and obliques.
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I think It's more to do with the CGI cut scenes where they really are way too big. I also read somewhere once that it was apparently a modeling error but don't quote me on that.
they didn't even reduce her breast size, they just gave her a sports bra so they actually stay still
I feel like between this and death stranding SFM creators have been really sleeping on the job.
Oh shit, it is. Should I give it a try? Played a whole bunch of FF9 as a kid but never FF7.
It's amazing, probably the best remake I've ever played. Obviously you'll get more out of it if you have played to original but it's a great game in its own right too.
Credit where it's due, the game mechanics are really fun and the visuals are good.
Where it falls apart for me, having played the original, is the bastardized story told by Nomura and his young cohorts of weebs trying to make it some broody and EPIC absolute retelling. The train yard section is very telling of the Kingdom Hearts bs he's trying to shoehorn in for padding and personal stamping.
If you played this without knowing the original plot, you'd be confused as to why people regard it so well.
Yeah, actually I gotta agree. The worst parts are whenever anything overly Nomura shows up, like the hooded figures or the Kingdom Hearts-like ending sequence. I also hated how they overused Sephiroth. I feel like the flow of the original build-up to him was much better.
Although in saying that, when it was good it was amazing.
I mean, if you just played the first disc of the original FF7 and then the game threw up a big "To Be Continued in Maybe Another Five Years We'll See" splash screen, I doubt it would be as well regarded either.
I wasn't talking about it being episodic. I get games are harder to make, let alone maximized profit wise, but rather the way it was told leaves out a lot of the sentimentality of the original. I don't remember off the top of my head but there were scenes and dialog that expressed things that weren't in the remake. I was surprised they kept barret's "train of life" analogy in there but I don't remember if the music and scene hit the same.
I thought the scenes at Aerith's house carried a lot more weight than the original. Then you got more time with the original Avalanche gang - I liked the trip up to the surface to meet Jessica's parents. And you got a generally broader taste of life in Midgard, both the good and the bad. That's what ultimately made it feel like a full game, rather than just DISC 1, and one reason I'm not too bitter about paying for this in slices.
I'm hoping places like The Golden Saucer and Mt. Corel and Nimbelheim - and the people in them - get similar generous treatment. There was so much in the original game that felt half-finished. The Remake offers and opportunity to really go ham on such a beautiful setting. Of course, its also possible that we get the FF15 treatment, and end up with even more truncated venues than in the original.
Haven't played the remake myself, so I couldn't tell you, really. I believe it's generally pretty well liked? I also don't think the original FF7 has much bearing on this game outside of the aesthetics and characters.
Most things Square has put out since like the year 2000 make me barf in my mouth just by looking at them so I'm probably not the best judge anyway
I played it, but not the original. I enjoyed it though! Not the best game I've ever played for sure, but it was entertaining
Oh and I'm very excited for part 2. I think that's when the scene from the Italian parliament happens
That's kind of the problem with the remake. The things that make it special, the world building and plot, have been revamped for today's attention span.
It's pretty different than most of the rest of the FF games, not alot of grinding involved and a pretty complex battle mechanics system, with alot of options for optimized character builds, although it is possible to get stuck on certain enemies if you don't have at least something of a compatible loadout. However, the basic loadout can easily carry you through the game if you play it well.
I liked it and I don't normally enjoy FF games that aren't super old.
I'd recommend 7 for the grimy atmosphere and aesthetic of the Midgar section
7's world still stands out in the series. 8 tried to also do the sorta scifi sorta modern world thing too but it fell flat like the rest of the game
FF10 and 12 did a much better Sci-Fi/Fantasy mash-up than FF7 and 8 were trying for.
But the characters in 7 were exceptionally well done, particularly for an RPG of the era. So many pivotal character moments that really made you empathize with every member of your crew.
Not really the same thing though, 10 was more of a post apocalyptic society built on the ruins of a goofy and garish future world
Well, part of the fun of the series is in the world building. But I enjoyed the blend of magic and technology in 10, as an aesthetic, more than in 7 where it was just kinda an aside rather than woven into the overall plot.
Completely disagree. FF7 is a game with some growing pains as a result of being the first in the series to be 3d, but despite that it is one of the best examples of its genre and era. Its got a diverse cast, good gameplay, the materia system remains one of the most iconic methods of character customization ever in a game, and the story revolves around still-relevant themes of environmentalism, capitalism, and identity.
The main thing holding the game back isn't even the fact that it's kinda 3d but not really, it's the fact that it was translated by a Japanese guy with a huge spreadsheet and a line of cocaine, leading to some story details getting lost in all of the translated versions.
that doesnt even look good! not only are they weird gamers they also have no taste
If you don't like this there are anime maid outfits you could use instead
If you don't want to play the original that's fine, but the remake seems to be written with the assumption that the player is familiar with the original and diverges from the original's story pretty wildly with time travel/alternate universe shenanigans.
Eh. They just kinda slide that in at the end as a mea culpa for changing up the end-game.
If you go back to the original history of FF7, it was well-received but it was also heavily aborted and trimmed back from what the developers had originally planned. So I'm not surprised the Remake is dusting off the original design guide and stenciling a few new ideas into the margins of the original. But all told, its been about as faithful to the original game as anyone could ask for, while still incorporating a huge interface and graphics improvement.
All the major plot points get hit, at least within the first disc. A bunch of stuff in later discs is alluded to. My biggest complaint is that they're dragging their feet on the next release while trying to cram in a bunch of Bonus DLC bullshit that isn't even compatible with the system the game was originally released on.
I liked it, I'm glad I only borrowed it from my local library though instead of buying it. I played through the original when I was a kid so there was definitely some nostalgia there. The dialogue can be pretty painfully cringey - it's probably okay for a kid or teen or whatever but as an adult I groaned a lot (like, I loved Tales of Symphonia as a kid, I got my gamecube out and booted it up and got through about 2 hours before I had to put it away lol). If you can, borrow it from your library and play it a bit and decide if you like it or not. If you can't handle the anime cringe within the first 3 or 4 hours, well, it ain't getting any better on that front. I don't think the combat or skill stuff will be so appealing that you should play it despite the story, so unless you're into it, forget it and just read a synopsis if you simply MUST know what happens.
