Totally disagree both on your interpretation of their execution and even their intent.
In terms of their adherence to an anti-capitalist narrative, the remake is much more blunt about how evil Shinra is and how they are willing to murder any amount of people and abuse the planet if it makes them an extra buck. There's a point where Barret literally goes off about how the in universe Paw Patrol is copaganda.
put the thrust of the story into weird multiverse timeloop remake but not really remake, Kingdom Hearts style nonsensical plot this time would be different self referential nostalgia fanservice. Can you as TRUEfan notice the SUBTLE difference? Oh so subtle! Timeghost? Multidimensional ghosts? Where’s waldo? Where’s waldo? Tifa or Aerith?
Objectively based. They kept advertising this game as a faithful remake of the original and that would have been awful. FF7 holds up perfectly fine and the fans who were shitting their pants because there are changes just want the same slop but repackaged. Legitimately a MGS2 level bait and switch that I adore, it helps that the game itself plays very well and the characters are much more fleshed out. I think I could live my entire life without another "faithful remake but with HD graphics of a game that hasn't really aged poorly."
Tifa or Aerith?
no no no, it's Tifa and Aerith. FF7R is so based they took the two main love interests of the original and made them gay as shit. Not even in an exploitative way, they just decided to throw in these sapphic scenes while Cloud chewed on the floorboards or something. Direct upgrade from the original.
Please buy our remake of this ancap tale about greed and environmental destruction, but we chopped it into 3 full priced games and each with their own full priced DLC. Consume products get excited about next product and stay engaged.
FF7R was like a 40 hour game and the DLC was like 12 (and was fantastic).
it’s Tifa and Aerith. FF7R is so based they took the two main love interests of the original and made them gay as shit. Not even in an exploitative way, they just decided to throw in these sapphic scenes while Cloud chewed on the floorboards or something.
:hexbear-lesbian: I might actually want to play the remake now. :
Thats fair enough, I'm glad that you liked it. I'm personally a bit more cynical - I think finance wise SqEnix realized they cannot sell a faithful adaptation in piecewise 3-4 full priced game, they are afraid that zoomers and newcomers will simply finish part 1 then got curious, play the OG and never buy the 2nd 3rd 4th part and spoil themselves.
I'm fine with theme of fight and overcome destiny. But I would rather them telling a new story than adapting an existing and complete story, remixing it and changing the crux of the message from Exxon bad, to overcome destiny, do rights from wrong? (i thought FF7 ending is okay, so nothing really to undo really)
Totally disagree both on your interpretation of their execution and even their intent.
In terms of their adherence to an anti-capitalist narrative, the remake is much more blunt about how evil Shinra is and how they are willing to murder any amount of people and abuse the planet if it makes them an extra buck. There's a point where Barret literally goes off about how the in universe Paw Patrol is copaganda.
Objectively based. They kept advertising this game as a faithful remake of the original and that would have been awful. FF7 holds up perfectly fine and the fans who were shitting their pants because there are changes just want the same slop but repackaged. Legitimately a MGS2 level bait and switch that I adore, it helps that the game itself plays very well and the characters are much more fleshed out. I think I could live my entire life without another "faithful remake but with HD graphics of a game that hasn't really aged poorly."
no no no, it's Tifa and Aerith. FF7R is so based they took the two main love interests of the original and made them gay as shit. Not even in an exploitative way, they just decided to throw in these sapphic scenes while Cloud chewed on the floorboards or something. Direct upgrade from the original.
FF7R was like a 40 hour game and the DLC was like 12 (and was fantastic).
:hexbear-lesbian: I might actually want to play the remake now. :
Thats fair enough, I'm glad that you liked it. I'm personally a bit more cynical - I think finance wise SqEnix realized they cannot sell a faithful adaptation in piecewise 3-4 full priced game, they are afraid that zoomers and newcomers will simply finish part 1 then got curious, play the OG and never buy the 2nd 3rd 4th part and spoil themselves.
I'm fine with theme of fight and overcome destiny. But I would rather them telling a new story than adapting an existing and complete story, remixing it and changing the crux of the message from Exxon bad, to overcome destiny, do rights from wrong? (i thought FF7 ending is okay, so nothing really to undo really)