Midgar Fans

[Forsaken Lover]

Those are some amazingly bad generalizations and criticisms.

Sephiroth is foreshadowed all throughout Midgar. He is always spoken of in the highest regard by everyone, including the other villains. Then the "climax" of Midgar is the Shinra getting their teeth kicked in by, you guessed it, Sephiroth, who murders the head of their company and then leaves.

If all he subtle stuff about Sephiroth wasn't enough to entice you, that was the clincher that Sephiroth is the real deal to Shinra's sideshow. It's why when you get to Kalm everyone, including the audience and the characters in game, want to hear the story of Sephiroth from Cloud. And tell me, do you think more people remember anything Shinra did than the iconic FMV of Sephiroth walking through those flames? Because I sincerely doubt it. Sephiroth made more of an impression by burning down one village than Shinra did by crashing the plate onto the Sector 7 slums.

And you make it sound like there aren't story arcs or character arcs after you leave Midgar. This is a JRPG and in those you are often given an "overall goal" that merely guides you along while things happen along your path. We're trying to get Nethicite to oppose the Archadian Empire but along the way we learn about Fran's and Balthier's backstory. Would you say our constant failure to secure Nethicite and power was a waste of time? Of course not, because we got character backstory. FFVII is exactly the same way. Our "search for Sephiroth" is mostly fruitless but who the smurf cares because you're learning about Barret and Red XIII and Cid? Oh and Vincent and Yuffie too if you get them now. Of course Vincent gives a whole new spin on Sephiroth. Your similarly optional stop in Gungaga can be very illuminating to what the hell is going on with Cloud (as there is something blatantly wrong with him).

Oh and I forgot to mention, Cloud and the others got across to the new continent by sneaking on a Shinra ship. Oh and guess who else was on that ship and killed tons more of Shinra goons? Yep, Sephiroth. I'm so scared and intimidated by the evil corporation that is ineffectual and does nothing but help our heroes ad the real villain.

The Shinra are the archetypal Evil Empire that exists in all FF games. And like all FF games, they are just an opening act. Baron is the opening act for Golbez, Gestahl is an opening act for Kefka, Galbadia is an opening act for Edea and Alexandria is an opening act for Kuja. You are essentially saying you want the opening act to be the entire show, even when their entire purpose is to be secondary. The concert is set up for the real band and the game is set up for the real villain. Everywhere you go gives you more info on Sephiroth, on his origins and his power, while Shinra's influence only wanes. It gets to the point that, around the same time Sephiroth is beginning his plan to smash a meteor into the planet, the Shinra are...trying to steal a tiny ass airplane.

You see, one of these things is impressive. The other...isn't. I'll let you guess which.

In conclusion


Aeris
Our enemy is someone that could do this...?

Tifa
Amazing...

Red XIII
It's a power that we should respect...

Barret:
This Sephiroth guy's pretty strong, I'd say.


vs.

GYA HA HA HA

KYA HA HA HA

MORE LARD PLEASE

LET'S HAVE THIS DOG THING AND THIS GIRL SCREW EACH OTHER AND MAKE BABIES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW SCIENCE WORKS

I'LL CONTROL THE WORLD WITH FEAR WHICH IS WHY I HAD A LAVISH PARADE IN MY HONOR AND THEN DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THE REST OF THE GAME