£70 for Midgar? is this a joke?

[Non Stop Disco]

Does this game really end at escaping midgar? if so why would I pay 2.5x the price of the original full game just for the pleasure of seeing Tifa's tits in semi-HD? (Go for Aerith, she'll stick around)

[Abacus]

Originally posted by Non Stop Disco:

Does this game really end at escaping midgar? if so why would I pay 2.5x the price of the original full game just for the pleasure of seeing Tifa's tits in semi-HD? (Go for Aerith, she'll stick around)

It is a fully made, long game. It has tons of content and you WILL be missing out if you pass it up.
Buy it on sell. I did and I waited. There is no reason not to at this point.

However it is a great game. Better yet it doesn't just "change" things. It makes this game MUCH more relevant when considering the original.

Also, the changes start right after the first reactor. You know things have "changed" and to not spoil anything, I'll stop there.

FF7 is not nor ever was the best RPG. That was marketing used in America to sell a game most people had no clue what genre to place in. It also had a strong personal emotional attachment by the Dev. Regarless, It needed a LOT of extended explaining, as do some of the other FF games.

The remake along with all the extra media, enhances and fills in many blanks of the original. You could say Remake expands on...the ending.


Content wise:
You go to more places in Midgar. Areas aren't a few screens and are fully developed. The towns/sectors are modernly portrayed.

A minor non-plot example:
After you meed Tifa at the bar and are in the fully developed town (was literally one elongated JPEG in OG), you have a desert/border area where you can fight and do side quests....this wasn't in the original, nor where the heap of side quests and hidden events. Also a more diverse selection of Materia is already available.

[Non Stop Disco]

Thanks for your replies, I will be on the lookout for a version on sale I suppose. So many good memories from the first one (even with the terrible translation at times )

[Abacus]

Originally posted by Peter Quincy Taggart:

"Also, the changes start right after the first reactor. You know things have "changed" and to not spoil anything, I'll stop there."

This is a misleading statement. There are changes present but they (a) do not appear to be changing anything significant in the plot until the final few chapters, and (b) the changes at the start/middle simply add depth to the characters and Midgar rather than significantly changing events/worlds/timelines. The only early change I remember that was jarring was the idea that war with Wutai was contemporaneous.

So you basically won't know how massively things are different until you're close to the end of Midgar.

If that all sounds OK with you, then you should be fine with this game. If that concerns you, probably not.

i without reading any media new that there was some form of "restart."

The game very clearly shows Sep knows whats up, and is making an appearance earlier "this time" and changing the flow of the OG.

I haven't read any theories or anything, just a LOT of books and stories. Including as many have claimed, nearly every JRPG during the golden age (~1990-2004.) It should have been obvious before even the church scene that, Seperoth has returned. Not just showing up earlier and being noticed by Cloud.

They have wanted to retcon so much in this title, that they gave up on extended media and just (through the story itself) made Seperoth the literal "changer of ways."

Of course it's ok, The OG has been out of over 20 years, why would I wan't an exact copy?
Since FF7 isn't my favorite and patently not the most complex and is filled with plot holes, I like the idea of a more coherent basic hero's journey.

[paper_Cat]

Originally posted by Non Stop Disco:

Thanks for your replies, I will be on the lookout for a version on sale I suppose. So many good memories from the first one (even with the terrible translation at times )

it's on sale now ..

[Feared-HUN]

What's even better, or sadder (depends on point of view) the game is brutally cheaper on Epic Store with the coupon it's like 28 euros vs 45 euros on steam. I don't like EGS either, but money talks.

[Heavenstake]

the game is on sale now

[Ackerlight]

get it on Epic Store for 34 Bucks