Regarding a remake: One of the things that I enjoyed so much about FFVII was indeed the boxy graphics. It was, in my opinion, the perfect mix between 3D graphics and allowing the gamer to use his/her imagination. Another thing I loved was not having voice-overs, for the same reason. I loved being the character, not watching and listening to him.

As for the sequels and prequels, I don't mind them. Why? Because hey, it's a story, and people have been writing prequels and sequels for years in fanfics and whatnot. I never had any problem with them. So now the company has done the same, but they were able to do it using games and movies. Great! When I look at the prequels and sequels, I think of it as "the perspective of the writers of the games". If I don't like how it goes, I'll just imagine my own different ending. It's not saying YOU MUST AGREE WITH OUR PERSPECTIVE OR DIE. It's a game, it's a story, you can use your imagination as you like.

I don't think they ever had the intention of making the games/movies 'the same' as FFVII. Why would they? They're not FFVII, it's only natural that they should be different. I would hope they still use materia and so forth for consistency in the world, but as for the characters and storyline, it's only logical that they would be different. I doubt SE ever believed they would be able to better FFVII with prequels and sequels. They will, however, know that people enjoyed FFVII so much that they'll jump at the chance to see how SE writes their story. Let's be blunt - they'll make a crapload of cash out of this, and good on them for doing so.

Oh, and yeah, I finished FFVII. I think the majority of people who post in this forum have. It's also my favourite game, so yeah.

On a sidenote, anyone interested in this topic might be interested in the results of the current www.eyesonff.com poll. Unfortunately I tried to check it just now and the poll site was down, but hopefully it'll be back up soon.