Emo Re-invention

[Wolf Kanno]

"That is why our hearts are filled with doubt." Kadaj, pretty much the guy that's causing it on Geostigma.

A poetic line out of context doesn't really mean anything I'm afraid. The Ultimania itself never says anything about Geostigma weakening the mind. The Ultimania says its only painful and leads to death. It never says Cloud's hallucinations are a direct result of the disease. In fact he has the majority of them around Kadaj so it would be more plausible to be a result of Cloud coming into contact with Sephiroth's will.

I dunno what to tell you, having a cheerful lead that spends his time banging his FF cup girlfriend wasn't going to work for most stories. It would've been fun but it wasn't going to make for a particularly immersing story.

Originally, the film was only going to be a quiet 30 minute film explaining what everyone was up to after the events of VII. There was no Geostigma or Sephy Remnants. It was decided fans wouldn't go for that (despite most that I've talked to saying that idea would have been fine if not better) so we got AC instead.

My only issue, as stated by NeoCracker is the problem that the Compilation sorta changes things left and right. It comes across very often as having no real respect for the original source material and genuinely I find most of the writing to be overly dramatic and ultimately terrible. Had they at least not try to change things for the sake of franchising the VII name out I would probably be much more kind to the Compilation but that doesn't look like its going to happen.

Okay, his in-battle dialogue was horrid. Very, very, horrid. I won't deny that one.

And a simple 'search and defeat sephiroth' goal was far to simple, since Cloud obviously wanted a deeper reason. I admit he wasn't a particularly great character in Dissidia, (Or in his original game for that matter, better then later incarnations though) but he was decent.

I do agree he worked better as a supporting character though.

I think Cloud having an obsession with tracking down Sephiroth and getting revenge would have worked so much better cause like all the other plots, it would have paralleled VII's first disc (you know, the good one) especially when its revealed (SPOILER)that everything is in a time loop with people playing out their "roles". Thus Cloud would have to face realizing that his obsession with Sephy was not his true will. Just like the game.