toythatkills
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After beating Grandia and being amazed by the opening of Vagrant Story, I decided to go back and play Final Fantasy VII for the, I dont know, sixth time or something. I was going to play Vagrant Story, but after said amazing opening, the game proper started and I opened the main menu and was confused to the point of being scared off entirely.
Ah, familiar old Final Fantasy VII, how I love you. And I do, because its perfect, and should never be remade. Have a poll of gamers though, and itll probably come out on top of a list of remakes desired by gamers, every single time.
Here are the things youd have to change in a remake, for it to have purpose as a remake:
The music would have to be updated, probably to something like the rockier Advent Children soundtrack. It doesnt sound like much of a change, but when you play Final Fantasy VII you realise how perfect the music is as it is. You can come back to the game after five years and hear a familiar piece of music and instantly it transports you back in to that exact place in the game. I imagine many people could hear a piece of music and know right away where in the game it places them. Changing the music loses this familiarity, and instantly its just not Final Fantasy VII any more. It just wont feel like Final Fantasy VII.
The graphics, of course, would need to be overhauled. This is a terrible idea. Not only are the backgrounds at the moment totally gorgeous, but the character models are near essential for the lighter moments of the story. With the Advent Children style models, everything feels grittier and more real. Imagine dressing Cloud as a woman at Wall Market and then the ensuing farce in Don Corneos room if the Advent Children models were used. It just wouldnt feel right any more. It wouldnt feel authentic. The super-deformed anime style of characters in Final Fantasy VII allows for these comic moments by making them appear almost cartoon-like, and it doesnt harm the more emotional moments.
You can only hope that Square-Enix would leave the story entirely alone, and but for a few typos, the script is perfect as it is. The battle mechanics, too, are excellent. Theyre almost basic next to something like Grandia but the depth in the materia system and the variety in enemies and their weaknesses more than makes up for it.
So you have to ask yourself, if remaking any part of the game will result in a game of lower quality than the original title, why on earth would anybody want it to be remade? Final Fantasy VII: its perfect how it is.
This is all moot if they decide to make a full set of 1/35th soldiers have some effect on something, though. That would more than make it worthwhile and Id feel a little less like I wasted my childhood collecting them all.
After beating Grandia and being amazed by the opening of Vagrant Story, I decided to go back and play Final Fantasy VII for the, I dont know, sixth time or something. I was going to play Vagrant Story, but after said amazing opening, the game proper started and I opened the main menu and was confused to the point of being scared off entirely.
Ah, familiar old Final Fantasy VII, how I love you. And I do, because its perfect, and should never be remade. Have a poll of gamers though, and itll probably come out on top of a list of remakes desired by gamers, every single time.
Here are the things youd have to change in a remake, for it to have purpose as a remake:
The music would have to be updated, probably to something like the rockier Advent Children soundtrack. It doesnt sound like much of a change, but when you play Final Fantasy VII you realise how perfect the music is as it is. You can come back to the game after five years and hear a familiar piece of music and instantly it transports you back in to that exact place in the game. I imagine many people could hear a piece of music and know right away where in the game it places them. Changing the music loses this familiarity, and instantly its just not Final Fantasy VII any more. It just wont feel like Final Fantasy VII.
The graphics, of course, would need to be overhauled. This is a terrible idea. Not only are the backgrounds at the moment totally gorgeous, but the character models are near essential for the lighter moments of the story. With the Advent Children style models, everything feels grittier and more real. Imagine dressing Cloud as a woman at Wall Market and then the ensuing farce in Don Corneos room if the Advent Children models were used. It just wouldnt feel right any more. It wouldnt feel authentic. The super-deformed anime style of characters in Final Fantasy VII allows for these comic moments by making them appear almost cartoon-like, and it doesnt harm the more emotional moments.
You can only hope that Square-Enix would leave the story entirely alone, and but for a few typos, the script is perfect as it is. The battle mechanics, too, are excellent. Theyre almost basic next to something like Grandia but the depth in the materia system and the variety in enemies and their weaknesses more than makes up for it.
So you have to ask yourself, if remaking any part of the game will result in a game of lower quality than the original title, why on earth would anybody want it to be remade? Final Fantasy VII: its perfect how it is.
This is all moot if they decide to make a full set of 1/35th soldiers have some effect on something, though. That would more than make it worthwhile and Id feel a little less like I wasted my childhood collecting them all.
