Remake on hold until series improves

[Mercen-X]

My wishlist (it's different again):

1: Fix graphics glitches. Okay. Fine. Keep Cloud a blocky Popeye wannabe. But grant a bit more diversity to character animations (like when you scan through the character reactions of Cloud's catatonia, most of then just swivel on a dime with no real reaction. My favorites were Barret's and Vincent's where Barret looks over his shoulder while Vincent just walks out without a second's thought. I think Red XIII should have looked over his shoulder instead of swiveling around 'cause that made no sense and his tail goes through the wall.)

2: Tad more diverse battle animations. For what was a "modern-era" game, a lot of what you saw in battle was copy-pasted dozens over and I personally feel that even the main party's finishing reaction got stale after the first few times. I liked in XII how each character's finishing stance was determined by their weapon (and like their active battle pose was also unique for each character). Maybe broadswords like the Buster Sword and Ultima Weapon are a bit too hefty to be believably swung about like a windmill fan before being slung over Cloud's shoulder or maybe I just think it'd look cooler to gouge the thing into the ground. In his intial cocky ex-SOLDIER mercenary state, Cloud should probably have a more hyperactive repeating stance like Yuffie's, Barret's, or Red XIII's (hell, Tifa sorely needs one as well, "sitting pretty" doesn't suit a badass like her).

3: Stick to a single FMV format. Why were most of the scenes animated to express Cloud as a lifelike individual and then we got some crappy filler bits where he's still a dwarf? Also, there's never any dialogue during these bits and I'm not complaining. But there is dialogue during the final FMV after defeating Sephiroth. I know many of you twits will hate me for suggesting it, but that one scene should be voice-acted. We already got a lineup of voice actors thanks to AC DC & CC so we don't need to worry about anyone sounding "off" as we already know what they sound like now.

4: Fix the translator. Keep the scene where Aerish says "This guy are sick" but have Cloud point out how silly she sounds. But for the most part fix the weirdo translation mistakes. How am I supposed to acquire the right items if when I get them, they read as something else..?

5: Use XII's battle display. Why the hell did VII's display cut off half of the animation for something as uniform as a Summon?

6: Grant some motion strategem to battle. Battle positioning was always determined at random. Either you'd be facing the enemy, facing away, attacked from both sides, or attacking from both sides. Allow for characters to choose to shift to other parts of the battle field. You know how it's useful sometimes to attack an enemy from behind. Battling Air Buster was made a lot easier due to positioning. Sure, maneuvering characters around may seem tedious but it's the closest I come to saying a battle system with a full-range of motion field map is at all a good thing.

7: Fix the W-Item glitch so these pansies will stop saying it's the best strategy in the game.

8: Effing reward me for bothering with Aerish at all.

9: Show the end at the beginning. Later, we can explore how it's possible that Red XIII is not the last of his kind.

10: Add a battle animation for Cloud's crossdressing. Y'all know you want to see that. Hell. Add an FMV of his debut in the dress shop. And one of the three girls being looked over by Corneo.

11: Toss in a few weapons, accessories, materia from parts of the Compilation.

12: Make Vincent's transformations truer to the DoC incarnations.

13: Put Vincent's and Yuffie's major roles back in the game but keep them optional characters. This way your choice of whether to recruit them impacts the game... if somewhat.

14: Add the Excalibur as a weapon for Cloud. Let Cloud wield the Masamune Replica (weak a la Excalipoor). Make Barret and Yuffie's critical hits target all opponents (even if that might be irritating during battles against Chocobos). Give Red XIII weapons that make sense (Behemoth Horn was fine). How was Yuffie's Pinwheel less of a joke than the Super Ball? Give everyone else a second joke weapon. Banish Cait Sith's giant mog. Let Vincent also equip Tifa's gloves (like Albel on SOTET). Put a third Triple AP weapon in the game (this one will have one slot and either Red XIII or Cait Sith should wield it, I suggest to piss some people off).

15: Make Koji Masuda from Ehrgeiz the leader of Bone Village. lol

16: Most importantly, allow me to take Cloud out of the party for battles.