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Fuck the story, plot, whatever. All we wanted to see was *insert character name* out and about.
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While some people theorize that somehow, Red was hermaphroditic and was impregnated by Aeris (Hojo was trying to mate them, aften all), the truth is far simpler.
Bugenhagen told Red XIII to go with Cloud and the gang so that he could find others of his race! I thought it was pretty clear that his tribe was scattered by the Gi, and that he was simply the only one left in Cosmo Canyon.
... I'm such a nerd.
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Reading about this just makes me want to play the damn game again. To me, it seems that fans would be content with a Psycho (the movie) style remake for new consoles.
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Get help
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Comparing dislike of a game to denying the slow murder of millions since 2009.
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Maybe it's 'teh bed spillins' and lack of grammar or the homophobic allusions in your post. I don't know. Anyone?
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Fuck thats too much!
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Yes, they would've liked MGS4 better if they had to press O after each sentence.
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Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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No demo, no translations, no buy.
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It's Final FANTASY. It would suck if it was realistic.
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Or is this just an article so that AJ can boast that she watched it before most of North America? Thats all it seems to be about.
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I'm also prolly gonna get banned for it too, heh.
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Actually i agree Spoonman. Fine... I'll agree with Scazza too. Ok movie, but why the hate? Meh...
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I'll get the movie, enjoy it, and probably chuckle a bit in five or ten years when people are complaining as bitterly about the Tales series or Gears of War.
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I liked the movie...which seems to be about as "against the grain" as one get get among gamers. Well, that and actually liking Final Fantasy 7.
are you implying that liking FF7 is against the grain?
You do know how many spin off's this one part of a series has HAD, without ever having a proper sequel?
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I'm not denying that most of that is probably folks just jumping on a bandwagon (even gaming has its hipsters), but even so...
Also, it seems a touch disingenuous to be invoking the spin-offs when you yourself had this to say in other posts on this article:
ha nice one AJ. And keep in mind how the fanboys still declared the first cut of the movie to be 'totally amazing'
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I think its a pretty funny description of what complete is like
Now please understand, I'm not holding your (or anyone else's opinion) against them. You're as entitled to dislike this movie or anything else pertaining to Final Fantasy 7 as I am to enjoy it.
All I'm saying is that the burden of proof no longer lies with the fans...it's really the harsh critics that seem to be dominating the discussions these days.
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FF7 was meh compared to 9.
That's all.
@Nightshift Nurse:I liked FF7 when it came out, but I think a lot of the FF7 bandwagon is run on the fact that people who had never touched a RPG before or hadn't touched one from the NES on picked it up and for them it was their first time.
For me, I thought FF9 was so much better and the last old style FF we got, after that we've never looked back, save for FF11 which IMHO has the richest story out of all of the FF's, but most people who played it will never know.
No matter what my issues with 7 were, it's not nearly as bad as 8.
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I personally like 8 much much more than 7. And THAT is going against the grain.
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My experience has typically been "sucks" "generic anime characters" "emo" etc. being dropped with more frequency than any praise for the title. I also think it's worth noting that equally hyped and iconic titles from that era (Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, Metal Gear Solid) seem to avoid much of this backlash...which has no doubt contributed to my feeling that Final Fantasy 7 has been somehow singled out.
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I personally think its the best of the PS1 FFs but still you can see that theres so many people who adored the others more and yet wheres there spin-offs!!
Besides if were talking "generic anime characters" and "emo" then your talking VIII :P Which I loved as well. God damn IV to IX were nearly all fantastic
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GOD DAMN YOU
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But like I said, I've enjoyed every entry in the series...and I loved part 8. I personally feel that Final Fantasy 6-7-8 represented the highest peak of the central offerings.
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I see what you did there. I will don my flame retardant suit and second that.
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I also liked 8 more than 7. To be honest, after leaving Midgar, 7 fizzled for me and I didn't like Cloud. Hell, I bought a PSX at launch because I had previously read in EGM (back when EGM was like 8 million pages) that FF7 was coming out for the PSX.
That said, upon finishing it, I found that Cloud was a crap main character. And I had said to my friends, at that point, I would have loved it if Zack was the main character instead - he seemed infinitely more likeable from the 5 minuyes we saw him.
Lo and behold, 10ish years later, Crisis Core comes out and yes. I liked it much better than the original (gameplay notwithstanding).
Likewise, as much as I liked FF8, it would have been much better with less Squall and more Laguna.
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Squall: DIE SEIPHER!
Seipher: DIE SQUALL!
Squall: OW!!
Seipher: OW!
Quistis: There, there, now go fight a big massive monster
Rinoa: Hi
Squall: ....
Rinoa: Wanna Dance
Squall:.... (dances anyway)
....time passes
Rinoa: Save me Squall!
Squall:....
...More time passes.
Rinoa: Squall's dead!
Rinoa: Oh wait, no he's not.
Rinoa: I thought I lost you.
Squall:.....whatever.
....More time passes, battles, evil-doings, more battles, more evil-doings
Rinoa: Love me Squall
Squall:....
Rinoa: I have become an angel, love me Squall
Squall:....
Rinoa: Save me Squall! I'm floating in outer space
Squall:.....whatever
....more time passes, battles, evil-doings, plot twists
Rinoa: I love you Squall
Squall:.....
The End.
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That's because people are less *fucking mentally delusional* when it comes to these other games. You have less crazies obsessing over MGS than you do over FF7.
See:
[sephslave.ytmnd.com]
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Wait, wait, wait...you guys never got any of the NES or SNES titles?!?
Jesus, I'm sorry. I never realized that was the case...it's actually giving me kind of a fresh perspective on where some of this animosity may be coming from too.
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Originality is relative. So, what would be an original character for a JRPG might not be for, say, an FPS or action/adventure game.
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Halo 3's demo apparently came with a game. Buggered if I can remember what it was though, something to do with crack?
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ha nice one AJ. And keep in mind how the fanboys still declared the first cut of the movie to be 'totally amazing'
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FFVII fans wanted Cloud to fight a cross between Sephiroth and MGS2's Raiden with a bike that shits swords?
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Oh.
Carry on then.
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