Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian View Post
Steampunk. Cyberpunk tends to involve virtual realities and such like.
There is absolutely nothing steampunk about Midgar - for one, everything is powered by mako and not steam! Also Cyberpunk isn't necessarily about virtual reality. I would definitely say its hi-tech mixed with poor living conditions and overseen by a totalitarian corporation makes it more Cyberpunk than anything else.
Quote Originally Posted by Formalhaut View Post
Some of the reasons for your companions joining you do get very shaky at times.
They all have one common shared characteristic: They've all lost something to the Shinra. Admittedly the reason Cait Sith gives (I want to see how this fortune turns out!) is shaky but as we all know that was meant to be bulltrout.

Also, no. Midgar is a superb piece of atmospheric scene setting and story telling. Leaving it, though, leaving it is freedom. In so many ways, you are free. There is more to life than the constant grind and mess and sprawl that is Midgar. As Cloud said, the people of Midgar are like the train, their life cannot leave the tracks that they are on. But you do, and it's great.