This goes back to the question I asked earlier in this thread. Are some people looking for a new FF7 game that looks, feels, plays and is paced as if it came out today or are they looking for the same old game with prettier graphics?Why does a remake of a 20 year old game need to compete with modern games? I've never heard of any remake needing to compete with modern games. Seiken Densetsu 3's remake certainly isn't. They've given that game, with its multiple characters and everything, full 3d graphics and everything. It's not competing with modern open world games nor should anyone expect it to. When Tomb Raider was remade, no one expected it to compete with modern games. When Ocarina of Time was remade for 3ds, no one expected it to compete with modern games. The game stood as a classic on its own. The updated some things, and made things better, but ultimately it wasn't competing with modern games and no one saw any reason for it to.
Why are the expectations for this game so out of whack? Why do people want it to compete with modern games? That doesn't mean it should be poverty and have random encounters and no voices but Christ.
This game's being treated as if it's a new FF built from the ground up rather than something that's basically a "super remaster" and from the jump when they announced it it was presented at that. They didn't make this game just for those fans who were fans of the originals and they've even said that besides FF7 fans it'll be for fans who have never played the game before. It's not going to be the OG version with a fresh coat of paint. Maybe some people didn't think it would be this but I don't know why that is.
It really sounds like people would rather have essentially what FF8's remaster is rather than what this is. This was clearly not an OoT remaster, like you can't even compare them especially visually. Take these shots for example.
From the OG version
to the PS3 tech demo version
to now
This is something that you cannot compare OoT and OOT3DS to. You can look at the scale here and see that comparing them just doesn't work.
What did yall really think we were getting here? That's the big question. What kind of game did yall think this was going to be?