Beyond SE wanting to make money, what was the point of remaking Final Fantasy VII? What did the remakes add to the story that was necessary and worth it?

Final Fantasy VII is absolutely timeless, and deserves to be regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time.

The remakes are cannibalistic. They aren’t inspired like the original, they’re only an imitation with modern graphics. And most of you gobbled these remakes up. What do they add other than money into SE’s pockets?

>>714264684 (OP)
The game will be defended to the death by people who would have loved it no matter what. All they want is more time with the characters. It doesn't matter if it's tedious, boring, nonsensical, badly written, insulting to your intelligence, utter trash. You could make a 100 hour game set in Seventh Heaven and they'd like it, because they get more time with the characters. At some point they became obsessed with the characters, but don't actually care about the story or the game they're in.
Is AC good? No, but it gives us more time with the characters, so they like it.
Is BC good? No, but it gives us more time with the characters, so they like it.
Is CC good? No, but it gives us more time with the characters, so they like it.
Is DoC good? No, but it gives us more time with the characters, so they like it.
Is 7R good? No, but it gives us more time with the characters, so they like it.

>>714264909
CC is a good game all around

>>714264909
These people are children in adult bodies. Unable to let go of their favourite toys. The original is great, maybe the best FF game to come out. But it’s repetitive regurgitation by SE debases the original.

>>714265015
How old are you?
What was your first exposure to FF7?

>>714264684 (OP)
>What did the remakes add to the story that was necessary and worth it?
nothing.
that's why anyone with a sane mind wanted a 1x1 remake, not a retarded "what if" fanfic.

>>714265691
Why would anyone want a 1-1 remake? The original will remain the definitive way to play, why do you need the same story articulated in unity engine 5? What does that add to the original?

>>714264684 (OP)
>What do they add other than money into SE’s pockets

I'm pretty sure they don't even do that.

>>714264909
>You could make a 100 hour game set in Seventh Heaven and they'd like it
as long as we can have sex with Tifa and Marlene, yes, we would.

>>714265845
Apparently that's what people want based on SMRPG's sales vs Rebirth's.

7 was never my fav FF gotta admit (prefer 8,9,10), but the remake was so tedious to play. Nu-FF mmo type quests just never interested me, and some levels like the scaffolding one just made me quit the game 10h in. I also can't stand the dead looking anime faces that every NPC and character has, they seriously all look the same. Just music and "atmosphere" isn't enough.

>>714265965
You’re a slop eating brownoid

>>714265845
>why would anyone want to replay the game they love but with a massive graphic upgrade?

>>714265996
Then the video game medium will never be taken seriously as an art form. This methodology shows gives into the philosophy that the originals aren’t good and that they constantly need updating for a modern audience instead of being a product of its era worthy of time invested and an appreciation of their graphical capabilities and design.

The people who bought those games deserve shame.

>>714264684 (OP)
>Beyond 4, what's 2+2?

>>714264684 (OP)
In theory, there's a worthwhile reMASTER of FFVII to be made. The reMAKE, however, was a horrible idea even more horrifically executed.
>>714264909
This. Fanboys have no filter or self control.

>>714266090
Alright then. Name one (1) remake that was better than the original and I’ll suck my own cock (which I can do)

>>714266196
So that’s it? Game publishers make money so that’s the only reason they should make games? You’re a slop eating goypig

>>714264684 (OP)
I dropped the first remake myself but
>They aren’t inspired like the original, they’re only an imitation with modern graphics
Isn't true. The bossfights, and overall setting of Midgar were done very well. There is a good game buried beneath the bloat
It was the Nomura timejannies, and constant timewasters like Aerith high five QTEs that made me quit.

>>714265091
I don't really see the problem honestly. I prefer good stories and think good stories would be better, but I cant ask greedy nips and jews to do that for me. I'm not buying this shit, but I am going to rebuy trails in the sky soon anyway. I wouldn't even mind if they added time jannies too. the rest of trails is a trainwreck, but it's not like they can delete the good games.

>>714265996
thats because smrpg is just a bunch of silicon engine prerenders squashed down to fit in a 4 mb game cart

>>714266370
It's not the only reason they should make games, but it's the only reason they do. A question was asked, and the realistic answer was given.

>>714266287
youre making me remember the unobtainable touhou reiden remake

>>714264684 (OP)
Fans begged for it.

>>714267064
Based Sky enjoyer.
I still haven't finished Coldsteel 2. Once I freed the school and realized the civil war was about over with 0 stakes I tapped out.
At this point I'd just go back to it to see where Olivier and Renne end up.

Reminder to always protect your SOLDIER honor!

>>714267378
renne is palling around with a retconned D:G cult victim in wokified calvard (some kind of store)
>olivier
married scherazard, didn't do anything for basically all of cold steel.

>>714266876
Everything good in FFRemake is in the original. I’m yet to see anything to the contrary.
>>714267301
These “fans” don’t truly love the game if they think it should be remade. You don’t hear people who love Orson Welles classic “Citizen Kane” asking for a modern remake.

>>714267195
You should demand more from the people who make your games, not concede to their materialistic visions and low effort output.

>>714267654
>didn't do anything for basically all of cold steel.
How the fuck does that make sense? Wasn't the whole arc set up to be him masterminding against Osborne?

>>714268309
theres a reason cold steel spawned like 10s of fanfics trying to fix it none of them starring olivier, despite oliviers VA asking when falcom is going to make him the MC
and sky has like one fic over 100k words for sky thats just a really bad crossover with darkest dungeon.

>>714266169
And that's a good thing.

>>714265015

I thought CC was amazing back then, nowadays I wish it never existed and I literally puke If I play it.

Rebirth has one of the best combat systems, and the level of character customization in the game is great.

Ff7 og looks and plays worse than a flash game (remember that)
Any praise you have got og can be chalked to nostalgia and if you prefer the story of og you're no different to ppl who prefer book version to movie adaptations because it has more 'soul'

>remake VII
>know so little of the story you have no idea Vincent is Seph’s dad
>better make three whole entries for this

>>714269586
>Vincent is Seph’s dad
What delusional Vincent fanfiction is this from?

>>714269757
Bro it is insane how poor reading comprehension is. The cave scenes where you get his ultimate, keep going back and talking to Lucrecia (seph’s mom, jenova lied)

>>714269338
Low IQ post. FFVII still looks and plays well. Even the shitty on screen models are forgiveable because the maps are all well designed.

>>714269913
Exactly. I’m still taken aback by the beauty of some of the stages. Looking off the highway at midgar’s end toward the sunset…

>>714269757
Vincent cucks Hojo in the remake.

>>714264684 (OP)
>what was the point of remaking Final Fantasy VII?
Reliving the glory days. Final Fantasy hasn't been relevant in almost 25 years but Square wants to keep partying like it's 1997.

>>714269865
I know who the fuck Lucretia is. She's one of my favorite characters.
All I remember is Vincent crying over his oneitis he was obsessed with, but wouldn't give him the time of day (at least until a copy of her brain eventually gets uploaded into a new loli body).
Continuing to go back and bother that loser would just be mean.

>>714268781
Your post reflects your intelligence
>>714269290
Best combat systems? As in like most other ARPG’s? and it has character customisation in the form of what? Funny costumes? That doesn’t make it an improvement or a replacement to the original

>>714269338
It doesn’t play worse than a flash game. It has the aesthetic of an early 3D game. It’s a matter of taste one could say, or maybe the zoomer mind cannot comprehend something looking good beyond Unity Engine 5 regurgitation like those “Super Mario 64 Ultra 4K” videos.
> Any praise you have got og can be chalked to nostalgia and if you prefer the story of og you're no different to ppl who prefer book version to movie adaptations because it has more 'soul'
But thats the thing, the original does have soul because it’s permanently engraved in the collective consciousness of gamers since it’s debut, as still IS relevant as evidenced by SE incessant attempts to recreate the same magic. It’s a beautiful game with pure soul, and your contrarianism does not accrue you any internet points. Also most books ARE better than film remakes. I can only think of The Shining as the exception for this.

There was no other point. The first one was an extremely insulting experience to play through, didn't bother with the second, and I hope the third tanks even harder

>>714270035
That shows creative bankruptcy and nothing else. A creative company cannot constantly relive halcyon years, they need to constantly be creative with new worlds and stories. This is likely why SE is facing financial flop and flop.

>>714271406
What did you find insulting about the first?

>>714270356
It shows Vincent’s past
>vincent works for Turks
>Lucrecia is hojo’s assistant
>they fuck and get preggers
>hojo experiments on baby
>hojo injects Vincent with cells that let him morph

Etc

The
>you will never best Gast
Lines are in reference to his experiments trying to create ancients, making Sephiroth was one of them

>>714264684 (OP)
>What did the remakes add to the story that was necessary and worth it?
Hours of fun characters interactions that weren't in the original. The remakes are worth it to me just for all the time you spend hanging out with the characters

>>714270961
The second sentence in your post shows yours.

>>714271724
the ghost janitors were put in specifically to insult the people who expected them to adhere to the original story, and the end of the game was them patting themselves on the back for having the courage to break past it and do their stupid multiverse horse shit

Also, the "Hard Mode" they added where you just can't use items, but every single chest in the game is exactly the same items you can't use was lazy bullshit too.

It really as simple as money. Just a greedy cash grab to milk one of the most successful RPGs of all time. That why they made it episodic. Gotta buy the game three times! It's some Blizzard type shit. Very scummy. FF7 is maybe my favorite game ever, yet I still haven't touched these games cuz everything about them looks retarded, from the combat to the new fucked up plot.

>>714270961
>Funny costumes? That doesn’t make it an improvement or a replacement to the original
You haven't played the game but position yourself from a place as if you have. You're a fucking joke.

>>714267834
Technology has dramatically changed in games over three decades, where movies can be aided by technology but it's more about the actors' performances. Moron.

>>714264684 (OP)
1. To make money
2. To canonize compilation shit

>>714266287
REmake