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They do look similar, but i think it's a stretch to say it's a foreshadow.
I don't believe it's that simple, we barely scratch the surface of what Jenova and the Lifestream are in the OG.
I would despise the Infinity war style ending as well.
In general I just don't like the time traveling Sepiroth or the concept of destiny being introduced into the story. More specifically I think having Biggs and Wedge live really robs the scene on the pillar the power it had in the original game. Similarly I think if Zack is alive it ruins the really powerful scene of his death from the original game. In general I think character deaths are used really effectively in the original game and it's not afraid to have be dark and those changes seem to go against that. I don't care for how Sepiroth was handled in the game. The first game had a less is more approach to Sepiroth that I think worked really well and made him mysterious and threatening. Having so much of him in this game and the changes made to the scenes he is in just removed any feeling of menace he emits for me and just does not make a good job at making me be interested in him or see him as a threat.
They are still dead on our timeline, at least that's what i think.
Of course the end goal is to end him and Jenova
They could do a really cool scene in the second part, where the team has to traverse a battlefield between Shinra and the other Avalance, and they're using all kind of fucked up weapons, and Aerith realizes Sephiroth isn't the source of all the planet's evil.
Shinra against Avalanche? Not sure how that would work now that the president is dead and Rufus probably will stop funding it. There's 0 chance of Sephiroth dying early in my opinion.
I would like it if focused on Shinra, human villains which could be really refreshing for JRPGs or the true Jenova that could be freed, by fracturing the worlds. (justifying the new narrative)
You think we will get to Temple of the Ancients in part 2? I'm not so sure about that. I think they will leave Temple and Forgotten City to part 3.
Depends on how close they keep the route, they can have Aerith access tears like Sephiroth, if she needs to get to sacred places.
I really agree with this. With the deaths and with Sephiroth especially. Sephiroth's existing motivation and story in the original are far more interesting than the way he is portrayed and set up in the Remake.
That's awesome, but is there a version without the watermark?
Someone remade the AC shot but with the Remake models.
It's crazy how much context one needs from the original in order to understand things in what is supposed to be a remake, but is actually a sequel disguised as a remake. Thanks for the response.
In Ch.14 you can always check the quest overview. Whatever you have done in the previous chapters will be remembered by the game, regardless of difficulty switch. Your question is a no, if there are no dependencies on previous chapter quests or if there are dependencies, but you have done them already. Your question is a yes, if there are dependencies and you didn't do the right corresponding quests in the previous chapters.
I am afraid just playing the OG won't cut it for understanding what FFVIIR is about. I recently watch sleepezi's theory videos, and it seems they incorporated a lot of ideas from the compilation of FF7. Some of his takes I think are a bit far fetched or even just reframing the simple nature of a game, but there are definitely a few interesting points to consider. I recommend watching it once you're done with the original.
It's just bad writing. Everyone should've recognized Avalanche but the game forgets all about that scene.
What you mentioned here is also another problem with the story. Shinra already captured footage of them in reactor 1 at the start of the game. So instead of blowing up the reactor while the group was still inside, they let them go supposedly so they could catch them in the act at a later point. Then during the reactor 5 mission, Shinra catches Avalanche in the act and executes their grand plan to display the group to all of Midgar....by using the old footage they obtained back at reactor 1. It doesn't make any sense.
None of this was in the original though. The whole Avalanche-Wutai conspiracy and the mayor altering the footage was only in the remake. And the mayor being able to tamper with Shinra's entire news network is highly unlikely, especially when Heidegger and the President himself were personally involved with that broadcast. Hell if the mayor had that much power, then there wouldn't have been any public disdain for Avalanche at all.
Not only that, but Cloud single-handedly fights off tons of Public Security officers in chapter 2. One officer even recognizes him right before he jumps on the train, and yet nothing comes of this, even though all of Public Security should know who he is and what he looks like after all that ruckus. It's extremely odd how the plot just conveniently ignores that Cloud and Avalanche should be known to all, but just... aren't, blending into the crowd and running errands as though they're nondescript citizens.
The Rufus rooftop scene is what I was OG spoiler tagging for. Anyways I still think it's either Rufus and his power play or Shinra needed them out and about.
We see the supposed "live" feed at one point and it's of Biggs, Wedge, and Jesse.
Actually based on the Kunsel scene in the Shinra Building chapter I'm pretty sure that guy was a friend of his from his Crisis Core days and didn't want to rat him out.
The guy recognizes the sword, not Cloud. It's more explicit in the Japanese version.
FF VII remake is not just based on OG lore. You need to read Before crisis lore to understand the entire Avalanche situation.
This isn't really accurate and only a fan thing in later years.
Not exactly right except for the last part but it's complicated and spoilers for the OG
Yeah, there's no way Wedge and Jessie don't comeback for the sequel.Jessie's glove is on the desk in the scene where they show Biggs alive. And the developers hinted that they pulled back on the montage at the end because it showed the fates of too many characters, hinting that there are other surprises they didn't want spoiled. And all that back story about her being a singer at the Golden Saucer when you know the party is going to the Golden Saucer in the next game...
This is what really has me holding out hope, but part of me wonders if it's actually a valid clue that she's alive, or merely a memento / remnant of her death. Truly hope it's the former. Jessie's upbeat personality brought joy to the experience.
