Yeah, pretty much. I'm very cynical when it comes to Square. They've disappointed me so much in the last 15 or so years that I have virtually nothing but negative thoughts about them. I'm always expecting them to let me down, and they always do.
It's REALLY dope, yeah, it was very tastefully done.
Hey, I totally get it, man. I haven't liked a full fledged FF game since XII, and I haven't LOVED one since X or earlier. And I absolutely despised XV. I was completely cynical about this project until the re-reveal last year and they started showing decisions that I really liked.
I don't think it's meant to be a leitmotif. It's diegetic. Aerith is actually hearing the chanting. I think she's hearing some Sephiroth "clones" or the Lifestream is singing it due to Sephiroth infecting it.
Roxas's chapter is barely over an hour into the game, so no it's not the same at all.
You think so? That's kind of wild.
She reacts to the One Winged Angel chant and looks around nervously, then runs away to a safer place.
Must be pretty subtle if you and a lot of other people didn't notice initially. I definitely overlooked it until just now.
I can kind of get behind this, but I'm really digging the gameplay concepts that this game is introducing (just in concept, I haven't played it yet).
They also have Barret sing victory fanfare after defeating enemies.
I'm not a fan of it when taking the VII story as a whole, but I think it was kind of necessary for making this first episode a complete experience on its own.
Roxas' chapter is not 4 hours to do everything LOL. Of course I've played through it countless times, but even taking my time to do everything I clock in 2 and a half hours as my MAX (there's not really a ton of extras to go for). If I'm speeding through everything I can have it done in just over an hour. Definitely can't do that in Midgar without cheating somehow.
YES, please.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is it.
... I didn't even think about that.
That reminds me, I'm actually really excited that there's a hard mode. Hopefully that means there's some real depth to the combat or character builds to play with.
I always felt it would have been a great place in the story to end Part 1. It brings back the spooky feeling of shin-ra HQ and it traditionally was your first time seeing "Sephiroth" and battling Jehnova. Then the next part begins in the Sunny rays of Costa Del Sol with Hojo right after that crazy cryptic bloodbath (and Red XIII walking on two legs)
I can't even remember the last time I paid money for a Square game that wasn't a re-release of an older game. It's been a very, very long time.
Damn you're going to freak when you see the actual upper plate cinematic.
I'm a trilogy advocate too, but I think Mideel is too far for the second game. I'd say the City of the Ancients or the first trip to the Northern Crater for part 2. I'd prefer the latter, because it sets up a nice set of bookends for that game: Nibelheim Flashback to start, the truth about Nibeliheim to end. But even that's a lot of ground to cover for a second part.
I don't have the exact data, but I believe one of the leaks stated that you unlock hard mode and chapter select after beating the game once.
But that's still a valid ending to the conflict. It's an escalating war between Eco Terrorists willing to kill innocents, and a MegaCorporation oppressing the poor and sucking the planet dry. Having no one come out on top is a pretty salient ending for that arc.
