An interesting post on reddit which talks about how just improving the graphics wouldn't work (and leave the game as is), because some parts would look asinine and stupid today.
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"Now then all. So quite a while back I made a post about this but didn't give it a whole lot of thought at the time. But now we're a conceivable step closer to a release, it's certainly started to occur to me again. I'm sure I'm probably not the only one either.
There was a lot in the original game that you could get away with a 'suspension of disbelief' due to the old nature of the graphics, but now we're about to revisit this world in a massively up-scaled format, there is a whole lot of shit that I can't envisage any amount of SoD can cover up. So I thought I'd run through some examples and see what you peeps reckon. Note: There is some blatantly obvious shit I'm not going to bother with that I assume won't be there (The Dolphin game, opening a forest with a harp, being fucking dopey enough to let the second-hand of a life-size clock to knock you off-balance, to give some examples).
Anything that requires covert activity.
Assuming that they don't materialise weapons out of thin air ala FFXV (Looking at the scene in the trailer with Cloud and Aerith, I think we can safely assume not), I can't see how you're meant to sneak a fucking Buster Sword into Don Corneo's mansion, The upper floors of the Shinra tower or into Junon's military base? I suppose for the latter your squad might somehow manage it on your behalf, but no tailor is making room in a dress to conceal a weapon with that amount of girth (ehuehueh).
Fighting massive mechanical bosses on an elevator.
Even disregarding the practical application of a fight on an elevator.... How did they manage to get a fucking tank on an elevator? And assuming it's now been redesigned to be able to fit a tank on it, why the fuck is it made of glass? Colour me flabbergasted if this boss still exists in the exact same context.
Accessing the Gold Saucer
As if it makes any kind of business sense making the only access to Gold Saucer be via a cable car at what is effectively a shanty town or via a lift from a desert prison. How does Dio make any fucking money?
Getting caught at the Gold Saucer
So by this point you've already fought tanks, taken down a sea serpent and faced off with Jenova. But apparently some fun fair security had the gumption to incarcerate you. Also, is the desert sort of like international waters? I can only assume if there was a Gaia equivalent of the United Nations they probably wouldn't be all that fond of trial-free incarcerations and chocobo-racing convicts. Then again, I guess they do live in a Corporatocracy, so maybe the free market loves that sort of shit?
The Buggy
Do we seriously have to drive that?
Palmer
Well shit, if some amusement park security guards could take you down why not an overweight man in a beige suit with a magic gun? Is there anyone out there who can't beat AVALANCHE? I would assume a battle with him will probably involve more troops and maybe Palmer hidden behind a turret or something? Part of me hopes not.
The Tiny Bronco
So aside from a group of people with no formal aviation qualifications managing to get a plane to fly and even control it without manning a cockpit... Hell, even setting aside Cid being able to run as fast, possibly faster than the Tiny Bronco mid-flight, how does a vehicle that was in no-way designed to even touch water manage to maintain the ability to embark on long-haul sea travel? Maybe it'll now be a sea plane and the whole time it was docked in an olympic-size swimming pool that was built during a failed bid to host the Olympics? Rocket Town 2020 anyone?
That pool thing in the Temple of the Ancients and the fountain at the City of the Ancients
It seems that as well as having the ability to speak to the planet, the Cetra also harnessed the power of a primitive form of mobile, multi-angle CCTV delivered by the medium of water projections. Despite that they managed to not see Jenova coming.
The Sister Ray
So to start with, the Sister Ray is a cannon that was built to only ever fire in one direction (Poor Sapphire Weapon would have been fine it'd just done a bit reconnaissance). But it is a feat of completely alien proportions to disassemble, transport to a city on the other side of a mountain range and reassemble it on top of Midgar in a space of time equivalent to the gap between Premier League home fixtures. Maybe they had a protocol in place in the event they ever needed to mount a giant gun to Midgar? Maybe it just went through a ready built tunnel between the two places? Give a bonus to the guy who convinced the board of directors to spend money on that.
There's probably a ton more examples I haven't put here. And to have a moment of self-awareness, I'm doubtlessly over-analysing the shit out of this. But I'm finding that there's a bit of amusement to be had from it. Let a pasty white dude in his 30's have a bit of fun, yeah? Please do feel free to take apart my examples or tell me I'm being a fucking killjoy, or even better add some cracking examples and solutions to my list!
P.S. Unrelated but I just wanted to add that I watched a video on Youtube this morning by a guy called Night Sky Prince and at the end of the video he called his supporters 'Ultimate Weapons'. I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that's fucking hilarious."