And the Turks.
I don't think you can go wrong either way with how you include Zack in FFVII. Zack overall was great.
Yeah, He's a great char and I'd be happy if they added anything more about him in the base game. More about the Turks too.
Zack was Aerith's ex. Not sure why you'd tone down Aerith as a potential love interest when Zack is dead and gone?
Hrm, perhaps clearing it up would be better as a term for it than toning it down. The original really didn't have that much going on for the two anyway overall.
One of the biggest problems I had with the original was Cloud's lack of distinct personality. For most of the early part of the game, there's that element that he's taking on the memories of Zack and copying him in many respects. Which is great because it's his mystery and trial. However, once he figures he just sort of lacks a personality at all. I'd really like them to better define him in the remake.
In that respect, the Cloud and Aeris relationship to me is just a part of that big mystery, the confusion of fuzzy memories. Tifa is the one that represents who he who was and who he could/should be. By downplaying the triangle, I think you can get a better amount of separation between Zack and Cloud.
I'm pretty different than most on this though as I've always seen Cloud/Aeris as not an actual relationship, just a device to make the memory stuff more convincing, heh.
Pretty much.
Zack is her young love and then she grows up and falls for Cloud.
I'm personally mixed on Zack's story. On one hand, I did really like his character in CC and his design was great. On the other, his scenes stealing iconic moments from Cloud, having way too much influence when the original game ignores it and his ridiculous over done ending when the original get's right to the point and is far more brutal makes me hesitant about him. If they want to have his influence a bit more in the remake, I think it should go solely to Cloud since his connection is far more important to his character.
I agree in that his connection should go to Cloud if they want to make his influence more felt in the story but in what respect would it be necessary. As I said above, I'd like to more clearly differentiate the two and to define Cloud himself. I think outlining Zack's role and clearing up the elements where the two get mixed up a lot would be beneficial to that. As I recall, Aeris says that Cloud reminds her of Zack but wants to see the real Cloud. I think the best way to do that is to clearly define Zack and highlight the difference between the two.
But eh, it's unlikely to happen like that anyway. I'm in the minority when it comes to this point, lol
Yeah, FF7 as is feels kinda lacking without really explaining what happened in Crisis Core. Not that we need to revisit all the Angeal/Genesis shenanigans but at the very least we could use a few flashbacks of Cloud and Zack's relationship
Oh yeah, for sure. Not so much in the crazy story shenanigans but how Zack relates to the characters, particularly Cloud and Aeris. I think his relationships with those two fill out FF7 a bit better when you think about the events and all that.