So Crisis Core comes out here in a few weeks, and all my FFVII fanboy friends are wetting themselves in anticipation. I, as the only non-FFVII fan in my group of friends have a dilemma. I want to play CC especially since its been getting pretty good reviews (though I try to take them with a grain of salt cause I know fully well the media loves VII like a golden idol) but also cause it does involve a part of the VII story I'm actually interested in... The events of Nibelheim up to Cloud returning to Midgard.

My problem is the fact I'm disgusted by the rest of the plot cause its basically the plot of VII except in a less grander scale. Spiky haired protagonist with a big sword, loses mentor, finds himself, and fights uber-bishonen super SOLDIER who goes crazy after finding out he's a biological experiment... I don't mind stories that speak of history repeating itself, but this is just too close and the idea of Genesis (especially since Dirge of Cerberus makes him out to be a big deal) ruins the story of VII for me a bit. Why care about pretty boy bad ass Sepiroth when there is another uber bad ass (and shh... its a secret but he's still alive) pretty boy is here? I'm already listening to horrible fan speculation from my friends about Genesis and Sephiroth combing into one to become the ultimate bishonen bad ass! I'm left feeling that the compilation has made VII the joke of the FF series...

Granted, I'm one of the more outspoken critics of VII but its only due to the fact I feel it gets too much credit for things it never deserved. Still, I like the game and its hard for me to watch it get beaten like a dead horse.