"Dramatic changes" to combat in FFVII Remake confirmed

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Just imagine how badly they are going to ruin the story.

Final Fantasy VII was my first RPG and it has a special place in my heart, but why do so many people kid themselves that it was a great story, character development and script?

Sure it had some interesting themes and some scarce moments of brilliance for its time, but overall and especially in today's market it's nothing special. The only thing that really keeps me interested in the original is nostalgia, but the fact that they are going to retell the story almost two decades later is the only thing that excites me - I would absolutely hope it's refined (whether they add, subtract or differentiate from the original it honestly doesn't matter).

As an aside: I know some might argue the Compilation has ruined the game and whilst it never really added anything spectacular, perhaps save for some parts of Crisis Core and some ideas in Before Crisis, it never really hindered anything about the original game.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

Yeah, I guess Hamlet was a good story "for its time" as well. But that was written hundreds of years ago, it's so out of date and ridiculous these days.

I'd argue that most stories today (especially from Square) have gotten so over-complicated and focused on edgy characters that they've forgotten what makes a good story.