Convince Mr. Carny To Play The Original!
So ever since the announcement of the remake, I've been patiently prodding Mr. Carny to dive in and play a pre-FFX Final Fantasy. He isn't really taking the bait though, and just keeps saying "I'll wait till the remake comes out".
Now, you EoFFers all know that the original FFVII is a great game that should be played, remake or no remake. Help me convince him to at least try it out, because it is currently a Sisyphean task trying to do that.
Just play the smurfing game, Mr. C.! It's smurfing awesome, OK!
see Psychotics Let's Play for details.
Yeah, there really is no excuse.
I mean, you think XIII is a good game, for God's sakeWe need to fix that.
Who knows how the remake will hold up to the original? Who knows if it will be true to it? The gameplay is probably going to be very different.
Everyone should play it because it's one of the most iconic games of all time.
Originally Posted by Fynn
Wow, so convincing. I shall go play it at once.
Seriously, why shouldn't I just wait for the remake? It will have the same story, but with better graphics. Strictly turn-based combat (which is what VII is, I think?) isn't my favourite, and the remake probably won't have it. I won't be approaching the original nostalgically, so I'll probably find all of the limitations which were imposed by the available technology annoying. Plus, if I haven't played the original, I won't be bogged down with preconceptions and can approach it as a fresh experience.
What's the downside to waiting?
FFX had strictly turn-based combat, and you enjoyed that! FFVII uses an ATB system, similar but different to FFX-2, which you loved.
NO
Aside from FFI-III and X, all numbered FFs use some shade of ATB, which is a real-time/turn-based hybrid.
But it's like Jinx said - it's just this huge important element of gaming culture. Since the remake will be a reimagining rather than just a graphical update, you'll actually get to play two games instead of one.
Seriously, give it a shot. I mean, what do you have to lose?
Play the original it uh
Has materia. Materia is pretty cool. And Reno. Reno is pretty cool.
I stand with you in solidarity Mr. C, the graphics are God awful and anyone who says otherwise simply has nostalgia goggles on. I'll wait for the remake tyvm.
They don't need to be brand new 1080p masterpieces, I enjoy playing a variety of things like old sonic ports and plenty of ps1 games, but the people have to at least look like people. I can't take a story seriously if I'm laughing at how comical everything in the game looks.
The graphics were never good, but after a few hours you stop noticing them.
And really, the rest of the game makes up for it. The very fact that the game was so huge despite having lego people is probably enough proof that it is worth trying.
Well it was obviously easier to overlook the graphics a) in 1997 when no one knew any better and any 3D graphics (no matter how poor they were) were still impressive and b) when most of the audience were still children.
And no, you don't not notice them, I tried and they never got any less laughable for me. Maybe some people that have never played the game could look past it when they played it in this day and age, but I still say that the people who claim the graphics aren't that bad or aren't noticeable are simply staring at it through nostalgia goggles.
Well, my wife played the game for the first time many years after the release, and yes, the graphics bothered her a lot at first, but then she got so immersed she stopped noticing them. The same went for all my friends who tried and loved it.
So yeah, Carny should at least give it a fair shotIt's still a really great game, even if the graphics are admittedly terrible.
Carny, The Original is a smurfing masterpiece. It is a pillar of what a final Fantasy game should be. We all know bye history they smurf up remakes of everything, did you watch the new three stooges, or The Blues Brothers 2000? If any final Fantasy needs a remake it is XIII. It would benefit from a new story and a new game in general. If you love Final Fantasy at all play this as they made it. It will not disappoint you!
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