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Square Enix releases the opening movie for Final Fantasy VII Remake
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People commenting on how Aeris' face is now 5% more rounded or whatever are people I never want to be alone in a room with. phrenology, not even once
I knew they would give in to japanese complaints. They always do.I knew something was different the moment I saw Aerith. They got rid of the cat lips and they shrunk her chin.
I believe the prevailing opinion is that it's almost all CG but the end is in real time. There's a moment at the end where smoke fills the screen and that's likely when the transition occurs.
The guy that steps on it didn't see it. He's carrying a bunch of boxes.
Aa... I think I know that scene. It's when cloud riding on top of the train, steam smokes fill the screen, train stopped and cloud jumped on to the floor with his buster sword right? Is there any never-before-seen footages on the opening intro?
Yup! And there's a lot of never before seen stuff at the beginning.
I'm not freaking out, that's misrepresentation, sorry to say this just think some of you guys might not want other opinions.
"I know more about Final Fantasy VII than the people who made it, baka!"
Other than swinging his sword, he does that exact same flip off the train in the original. It's completely intentional, and a core part of Cloud's persona to "look cool" (for a spoiler reason explained later in the game).
Also, fucking loved that opening. They even incorporated parts of the original announcement trailer into it, like the kids playing and the girl looking up to the sky, shots of the Midgar, etc.
The intro was interesting, not sure if I like it more or less than the original's intro, but it was definitely interesting. I do think the One Winged Angel choir is a little heavy handed though.
That being said, people are extremely nitpicky with this game and I've noticed that a lot the past few days. It feels weird to just be excited for it and not think too hard, lol
That being said, people are extremely nitpicky with this game and I've noticed that a lot the past few days. It feels weird to just be excited for it and not think too hard, lol
Errrrr nope. It's not misrepresentation. The party gets surprised when they learn Red is a teenager when they get to Cosmo Canyon and he pretty much barely shows his weakness before that, hell, he barely speaks. So, yeah, he being calm and cool fits the character perfectly.
It starts off with complete CG and then transitions into in-game cutscenes, similar to the original FF7 intro.
That being said, with in-game graphics that look *this* good, it's genuinely difficult to tell what's what.
godamn this game, I can barely wait anymore!
Hilarious! Never heard that one before!
Hilarious! Never heard that one before!
It's a very special game for a lot of people, naturally there's going to be some hyper critical of it.
happy they got rid of the cat lips. The rest of the changes don't really phase me. I like the lighting of the newer model. Idk if they changed it bc they wanted to give in to the japanese fans who said she was too white, or for unrelated reasons, but either way I like it. The muted dark green lighting on the left matches what I always imagined the mako-infused lighting to look like.I knew something was different the moment I saw Aerith. They got rid of the cat lips and they shrunk her chin.
Eh, if the game makes bad changes, I'm not going to say otherwise because I didn't work on it. That sounds like a fallacy. Like it wasn't "freaking out", because they didn't see it that way. That's also just another way trying to shut down criticism as people whining.
No you're projecting your assumptions onto the original intent that the people who made the game (and most of the people in this thread) don't share with you and saying that since it doesn't fit YOUR vision of the game, it's because they didn't understand it.
It's a childish argument that implies you think you're more intelligent and insightful, rather than just a matter of preference between your interpretation and this one.
It's like a famous example, Lucas changes the climax of ROTJ and getting rid of the subtley of Vader not saying anything and then he saves Luke, but we see what he's thinking, it was moving... and he ruined why that scene he worked on in the first place and added "NO! NO!" in the special edition. Sometimes things can be lost in updates or remakes and we should be free to say when we believe the point of scenes has been lost, without personal insults, like different posts being called childish.
That really got me quite emotional, and I haven't really been following the lead up to release that closely. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
Even though I didn't like the combat in ffxv I think nostalgia is going to make me buy this now. It looks too good, and that music...banderas.gif
Even though I didn't like the combat in ffxv I think nostalgia is going to make me buy this now. It looks too good, and that music...banderas.gif
Think the music was a bit better handled in certain sections in the original. I'll echo a bit of confusion as the distinction between "above the plate" and "below the plate" doesn't seem as clear, but there were plenty of trashy places above the plate in the original too I guess. Aeris's changes are so minor I didn't notice until seeing them here.
Looks amazing. The scale of Midgar is impressive, hope it will be mostly/totally open to explore. Kinda has to be to justify this being part 1.
State of Play (May 2019)
E3 (June 2019)
Opening (Feb 2020)
I preferred her longer chin. :(
I mean I probably wouldn't have even noticed if it hadn't been pointed out here but still lol.
I just may be old, but I like the original opening better. Shorter, more to the point, gets to gameplay faster.
I also feel like the new opening is hammering the 'Earth is dying' theme way too hard, super early. Might be a Kojima level of beating people over the head with its messaging.
Still going to buy it, tho.
I also feel like the new opening is hammering the 'Earth is dying' theme way too hard, super early. Might be a Kojima level of beating people over the head with its messaging.
Still going to buy it, tho.
He throws one lines at the party during a long time in the game before going to Cosmo canyon. He doesn't share much about himself. He is quiet, calm and collected. You just learn who he really is when you get to Cosmo canyon.
I guess you haven't heard that Cloud has been renamed to Hero Swordman and that Tifa has been renamed to Punch Kickwoman.
The voice direction in the japanese version seems to be a lot better. You don't hear the weird ass grunts(biggs, wedge and jesse) in this version when the train sequence starts.
Isn't Aerith supposed to be western looking though? I thought Nomura said she was based on Easetern Beauty while Tifa was based on astern.
Im nostalgic as hell for this.
But is THIS what we are getting? I don't think so :(
Rather I'm sad that I'll have to wait until 2030 or something before I can play this game.
I won't go into too much detail unless you ask, but the combat looks significantly better than XV's so far, and has gotten very good previews. Still action based, but very different.