Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
The reason these articles are confusing right now is because.......
The ending of the game almost explicitly suggests that the events of this one will deviate heavily from the original.
The only reason i'm okay with that idea is because it means that they're free to rewrite the events of the game as they choose to...meaning that we don't HAVE to feel spoonfed content because they're free to make the future parts as original as they want.
But if they're still going to spoon feed us the events/flow from the original, then this game is just going to take 10 years to complete and completely destroy the whole purpose of the remake.
I'm not so sure that it's that explicit, nor that it necessarily means heavy deviation. The main takeaway is that you're battling fate and while there is now potential for drastic change, that doesn't mean it's a guarantee. Other than the existence of this fate bending phenomenon, characters who seem to know more about the future (but lack the context to understand this yet), and what seems to be the creation of an alternate past reality (Zack and Stamp - how that will affect "our" reality is currently unknown), the characters are still on the same level and path as in the original game.
Cloud is still fucked up mentally and doesn't know his own identity.
(the next 3 aren't explicitly shown, but there's also nothing shown that suggests this isn't also still the case)
Sephiroth is still in the Northern Crater.
Rufus is the new president and is also going to attempt to find Sephiroth.
The party is setting out to find answers - no reason why they shouldn't head to Kalm next.
Cloud is still fucked up mentally and doesn't know his own identity.
(the next 3 aren't explicitly shown, but there's also nothing shown that suggests this isn't also still the case)
Sephiroth is still in the Northern Crater.
Rufus is the new president and is also going to attempt to find Sephiroth.
The party is setting out to find answers - no reason why they shouldn't head to Kalm next.