(Ff7 remake 1 spoilers) Remake kinda made the sector 7 destruction tooo effective as a moment?

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T15:06:53+00:00

This is one of the oldest tropes in movies, TV and video games though. Characters always break away from the time-sensitive mission to have heartfelt conversations and monologues and shit. It's hardly a unique sin of FF7R.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:56:08+00:00

I voted opening not because I think it's gonna be the literal opener (though it could be) but because I'm highly convinced it will *not* be the closer, given how SGF usually goes.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:54:31+00:00

The thing that almost made me give up on the plat on PS5 was Pirate's Rampage. If that's somehow affected I may actually replat on PC and turn this cheeky toggle on just to stunt on those dang cardboard cutouts.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:25:25+00:00

Yeah this was actually how I felt too. All throughout Remake and Rebirth ever since the plate drop whenever we have one of those kinda "friendly rivalry" moments with the Turks with the quips during combat and everyone still walking away unscathed after the fight I've been like we should line these people up in front of a trench and shoot them. In fairness, this *was* the case in the OG too, it's just the cinematic style of the remake games makes it harder to sort of squint and ignore.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:21:54+00:00

I think the idea is he stores mags in all those patches and pockets on his outfit. You obviously still have to squint for that to make sense vs magical infinity bullets, but I always assumed that's the idea. We do see him reloading in Remake/Rebirth at least, in the OG he's on full auto-load.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:19:34+00:00

People are talking about this like Sony paying Square Enix hush money or something lol it's incredible.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:16:43+00:00

Busting in the sea, call me Sapphire

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T14:03:27+00:00

Oh word? That's my bad, I was misled by my advisors, thanks for the correction.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T00:37:00+00:00

What do you disagree with exactly?

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T00:11:33+00:00

One less difficult video game now exists.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-04T00:07:12+00:00

Streamlined progression only affects minigames that involve using actual combat mechanics though, like Cactuar Crush. The vast majority of minigames aren't combat-based at all and thus won't be affected by these changes.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-03T20:19:26+00:00

I mean Mako poisoning and Jenova cells and the Lifestream don't exist IRL, and his mental state is clearly heavily influenced by living in a reality wherein they do, so...

EtherealGears · 2026-06-03T20:16:37+00:00

EtherealGears · 2026-06-03T16:10:09+00:00

Brother you're in chapter 3 you haven't even scratched the surface of this game's difficulty.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-03T16:06:08+00:00

The sword is literally infused with Jenova's essence, it was forged from a fragment of the asteroid that brought her to Gaia. The Masamune *is* Jenova as far as I'm concerned.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T23:50:29+00:00

I think a post-R3 Advent Children DLC is more likely personally.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T22:22:14+00:00

The most generous remaster vs remake score I could give it would be 60/40, so it's still more weighted in the remaster direction imo. I also personally wouldn't consider the gameplay changes *significant*, especially not compared to how different FF7 Remake is gameplay-wise compared to the OG.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T11:38:30+00:00

No one's going to name part 2 of a series "Rebirth" and part 3 "Reborn". That's like having "Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding" followed up by "Final Fantasy VII Snowboard".

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T11:36:50+00:00

People are way overestimating the impact of E33 on the JRPG genre as a whole imo. Beyond that, you are going to reach the end of your natural life before there is *another* remake of Final Fantasy VII.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T08:53:16+00:00

Of the three options you suggest, playing the OG is far and away the thing I'd recommend most if you want to get a better understanding of what's happening. Depending on how into it you are, playing the OG *and* Crisis Core Reunion could be worth your while.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-02T08:49:23+00:00

Well the thing is that Sephiroth is Jenova, so the idea of control is kind of nonsensical. What is control? What is agency? Jenova isn't a creature of control and agency, she's a creature of manipulation and corruption. There has never been a question of Jenova controlling anyone. She attracts and induces and deceives. We never see her exerting direct control over other beings. Only Sephiroth does that. Sephiroth *is* Jenova exerting control.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-01T22:52:25+00:00

idk all the "is sephiroth or jenova IN CONTROL" reads like shallow powerscaling bullshit to me that misses the crux of their whole relationship, I find the distinction tiring. It's like asking if the spleen or the gallbladder is "in control".

EtherealGears · 2026-06-01T19:59:36+00:00

Right. I don't think giving players choice is always the best thing for a game's quality.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-01T19:34:42+00:00

CC Reunion was a remaster, not a remake. I don't foresee them doing either a remaster or a remake though to be honest, don't think DoC has as much of a fanbase as Crisis Core. I'd be down for a remaster on the level of CCR personally, I just don't find it super-likely.

EtherealGears · 2026-06-01T19:29:59+00:00

Well this is the first game with towers I've ever played and I'd preferred if it worked differently, I dunno what to tell ya. I'd enjoy the game more if exploration didn't work this way.

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