Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
I know a lot of people especially have problems with the quaint, tranquil Kalm right outside the hellish cyberpunk dystopia Midgar. Or is it steampunk? Whichever.

Thoughts?
Steampunk. Cyberpunk tends to involve virtual realities and such like.

Whilst I've never played VII, I have no problem with juxtaposition. Contrasting the supposed darkness of urban living with the imagined tranquility of rural life is a well-established literary trope, used to comment on the human condition.