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Originally Posted by Egami
Do you know how many people bought CC? Or how many bought AC?
A lot of people want spin-offs. If this wasn't true, no one would be buying them, and S-E would have already stoped making the games.
And I still don't understand how another spin-off can be considered something shocking. Everybody knew it would come, sooner or later.
I agree and disagree. I do think that most of the spin offs are in fact taking away from the FFVII universe, with the exception of CC I would rather SE left VII be. But they have sold well, and made SE a butt load of money. But that is off topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by The CrystalYou cannot be serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egami
Do you know how many people bought CC? Or how many bought AC?
A lot of people want spin-offs. If this wasn't true, no one would be buying them, and S-E would have already stoped making the games.
And I still don't understand how another spin-off can be considered something shocking. Everybody knew it would come, sooner or later.
I think that at this point the most likely scenario is a port of the original to online markets. That would work for me. Sure, I would like a remake eventually, but I still vastly enjoy the original.
But we will always have original FFVII and we donīt have to consider any of these spinoff/sequels as canon. I donīt consider Dirge of Cerberus or Advent Children as any kind of real sequel because they are so away from atmosphere of FF7.
They need to make remake that somehow gives a hint of sequels, original VII is meant to be stand alone story so everything just then suddenly happens in sequels without any good ties.
Actually two remakes are needed. One is ps3 remake and other would be only a port to PSP with a dungeon and better translation just like GBa- remakes. PS3 needs would Resident Evil style remake where even the story is little different. I mean it would cool if Aeris would die later or earlier just to shock players and plotlines like Cloud and Rufus are brothers.
...ummm... Wha... huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unstoppable Pig
Why oh why would they already make known what they're going to announce? That kind of defeats the point of the announcement.
If they really are making a remake I'll be happy; for one thing people will stop posting ridiculous rumour threads; instead they'll all be wondering what Cloud's gay bath scene will look like and whether or not Squenix will make Cait Sith ride on Red XIII like in the AC flashback. And for another thing, we'll instead get to read a load of annoying threads where people bitch and argue about whether it's the best idea.
Wait, I think we lose either way.
As for whether people want spinoffs or remakes: yes and no. Remember the mixed reactions to the three Star Wars prequels? Some fans liked them, others refuse to even regard them as canon. It's the same with FFVII, and now Squenix are in a situation where either decision (make spinoffs, don't make spinoffs) will alienate one camp of fans. While they're at it they may as well confirm which love interest Cloud liked, and piss off those who think the other way. They've already pissed off the people who hate the spinoffs, what more harm could they possible do?
Come on CloudRufurs bros. would be more than possible, I mean big daddy Shinra must have lived in Nibelheim since he has a mansion there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolentrean...ummm... Wha... huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Unstoppable Pig
He may have surveillanced construction of reactor and then one night he is at the bar and beatiful and horny Cloud mama and next morning they wake up on a same bed with a great hangover.
Oh yes back to thread, even though the remake itself is a great thing but making it more exciting by better adding more story. No change except when Aeris gets whacked. I mean everybody waits that scene but she wouldnīt be killed and then later she would meet mr.death at icy mountains or then to shock players she would die earlier before she dies in the original.
That would be fun but personally I wouldn't want them to mess around with the story. If anything, what they could do is add a few cutscenes before she dies in order to give her more screentime and make the bond between her and the player and the other characters even stronger. For instance, Red XIII says that she used to poke him on the nose, presenting something like that would be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unstoppable Pig
There's a difference between no one really wanting something and people buying something. I bought FFXII Revent Wings without any knowledge of what it was just seeing the "FFXII" convinced me to buy it (Propaganda made me buy it~) it turned out to be a nice surprise. They're doing the same type of thing with FFVII's spinoffs. Because they know fans will buy the game as long as it has "FFVII" next to the name, whether the fan wants it as much as a remake doesn't factor in at all really :oQuote:
Originally Posted by The CrystalYou cannot be serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egami
Do you know how many people bought CC? Or how many bought AC?
A lot of people want spin-offs. If this wasn't true, no one would be buying them, and S-E would have already stoped making the games.
And I still don't understand how another spin-off can be considered something shocking. Everybody knew it would come, sooner or later.
I would rather them do a remake than another spin-off. I am of the opinion that all of the spin-offs have been of sub-par quality and seeing more of those wouldn't suit me. As far as a remake goes, I think the story should be the same, but I would like to see way more side quests with some of them giving more back story. Additional content downloads would be great as well. I think Square-Enix would be wise to not include voice acting. Playing through the original I made the voices myself in my head and I think a lot of fans would be alienated by different voices. They could use the disk real estate that they don't use for voice acting to better improve the graphics. Obviously they would need to redesign the menu system so that it has more organization and perhaps doing something different with the level advancement system to allow more customization. A battle system more like XII's would be a good addition, as random encounters have become overused and outdated. There you have it, my $0.02.
The thing I liked about the IV remake concerning story is that more story content was added. This wasn't like like bits here and there, but a large chunk concerning Golbez and Cecil. It didn't change the game at all, just more story. I bet they could do that if they needed to cut some story originally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mongotha
They'd probably add voice acting anyway. That space required on a Blu-Ray disc would be minute, and graphics could still be greatly improved with what is left over.
Concerning the XII battle system, I can guarantee that'd never happen. It is too drastic of a change, and wouldn't make much for a remake, if they're basically overhauling the game. If Square was listening to the fan base rather than the critics, we probably won't see the ADB again.
Another thing they could do is what they did with the recent remake of IV: increase the game's difficulty. Personally, I found VII quite easy and I see that plenty of people did as well.
Increase IV's? You must be talking about the DS version (haven't tried that yet so I don't know) because the GBA was far easier then the PS1 version (not sure about the original).
I might play a remake of VII if they fix it. :P But only if they got rid of random battles. The battle system itself can stay basically the same, with menus and limit breaks and mataria and all that jazz, but I'm not playing another RPG that goes "Battle now? Nope. Battle now? Nope. Battle now? Nope. Battle now? YES OMG YES!" with every step. That's dumb and outdated.
Isn't FF XIII going to use a prettier version of that?Quote:
If Square was listening to the fan base rather than the critics, we probably won't see the ADB again.
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Originally Posted by Roto13
As far as I know, the DS version has the japanese difficulty, which makes it harder than the previous ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldenboko