Emo Re-invention

[seiferalmasy2]

I can't help but agree that the prequels and sequels wreck and tarnish FF7 as a whole. I have seen enough to know that I will never play them (one time I would have given it a try, but now I have got wise to it and steer clear), and I was 50/50 on Advent children with regards to how I liked it.

One thing that really annoyed me is the translators made no attempts to correct some of the mistakes, ones like Sierra being called Shera

It is for this reason that I instructed my translators to disregard Canon totally, and treat FF7 as if it were stand alone. Future installments, imho have no bearing on VII. It ended with VII and it started with VII.

How many times can a writer invent the wheel? It seems a nice cash opportunity comes along, and that is all that matters. Doesn't matter if you reinvent characters, retcon or otherwise butcher the series (such as bringing Hojo back with a lame plot device. I mean, really, how many times has the old "His brain is in a computer" been pulled in useless fiction?)

Sequels and prequels end up working against a story (with a few exceptions), Examples are Alien 3 + resurrection, Metal Gear Solid 2+, Star wars Ep 1,2,3, matrix 2+3, Terminator 3+4+39204739, Rocky 2+, Final Fantasy X-2

If they aren't well thought out, all they do is take away from what was a great game and most will use some daft plot device to bring back a main character:

Hojo, Ripley, Tidus, Big Boss... It just screams bad fiction and lazy writing.





That is my view on it.

[The Turk]

Metal Gear Solid shouldn't really be on that list- 2 & 4 were good, albiet flawed, games but 3 is the best of the lot. Bringing back BBoss though was retarded. Plus MGS is already the third in the series..... in fact those examples you chose were odd as Empire Strikes Back, Aliens & Terminator 2 are the best of the bunch and are all sequels.

It's true though that on the whole most sequels are more 'Bride of Chucky' than 'Bride of Frankenstien'.

[Froto32]

Hey come play this new game caleld EmoGame - the Emo Browsergame

[Soloros]

I dunno... I'm fond of Cloud as a character because he goes through some changes as a person and his personality differs through the game and even AC. I just think it makes him feel a little more human than Tidus who is either the happiest guy in the world or crying most of the time. Not that I didn't like X, but I found Titus hard to connect to. Maybe I put too much stock in characters and story sometimes, but that's why I'm fond of seven. I like the story and have fond memories of the characters. Do I think everyone should? Oh god no. I've met people who I really wish hadn't played seven and maybe that would untarnish the reputation it seems to have these days. I guess it irritates me that people rip the game apart because of the people who like it, not the game itself. If that were always the case I feel like Halo would be a lot less popular...

But all-in-all I like Cloud as a character, maybe because of his flaws and not despite them.

Again, that's just me.

[Crop]

Cloud was never my favourate character in FFVII but I never saw him as emo (which would have annoyed me), but more of a lone wolf or a bit of an ass, which I didn't mind.

When I saw AC I wanted to blow my FFVII brains all over the damn bedroom. I thought it was just a blur of random fighting scenes and did little to develop the characters more or show what they've been doing for the past 2(?) years.
The only people who I thought it helped me to understand more was Rude and Reno (who were great and the films one redeeming feature). I also didn't like the fact that no one died in the end, even though they should have (e.g. all of the Turks).

And what PO'd me the most was that Rufus was still alive! Damn it I loved him so much his death in FFVII was perfect.

[seiferalmasy2]

crop, this is the problem with graphical power. The more you give, the more they use it as a substitute for good gaming and story.

It goes to their heads.