I've seen enough to have absolutely no faith in it being a good adaptation, Nomura and Toriyama's trademark stupidity aside (shitty camera angles, slow drawn out scenes when the plot needs to get moving, WOOOOO EXPLOSIONS EVERYWHERE ARE YOU EXCITED YET?!?!, people flipping over skyscrapers two hours in). I'm pretty much in solely for Takahashi, he's great at combat design. Problem is the demo is kinda middling, which is crazy given the scale of the project.
Totally willing to give the gameplay the benefit of the doubt, it just isn't as tight as I would like and part of me fears that's coming up from on high due to it being a tentpole game. Again, hopefully it gets better later. He's not let me down so far, dude's the only reason Dissidia was worth a damn.
Nicholas Carter
Depends on the game and design of the areas. Most used it poorly, but stuff like ye olden Dragon Quest would suck if you added field enemies. The new games do dungeons entirely different to compensate.
Hudson Morales
Unironically correct, several scenes are harmed by a lack of choreography due to budget and disc space.
>The visuals do not hold up In terms of fidelity you're spot on. I think the same designs and shots would (mostly) work. AKA, it's fine of you squint, would be find in HD with new assets. >as well as the monotonous and never-ending turn-based random encounters. I'll give you that they're too slow and frequent. Game needed some adjustments.
>As a big fan of the genre, I'm never going to stop liking the turn-based random encounters, but I'm not going to pretend it's not a relic from the past that's difficult to enjoy if you weren't there for it. I think anyone can deal with it if done well. The problem is FF7 has kinda shit gameplay.
Owen Nelson
Sure, the character models aren't the best, but it has one of the best examples of beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds.
Carson Gutierrez
Good point. You really don't need to redesign areas or anything for a modern remake: just recreate the existing assets in real time. Shame Square's too keen on sucking their own dicks to do that.
Isaiah Gonzalez
>jacksepticeye uploads a video clickbaiting the new demo >"I've never played the original." >millions of views and acceptance of his feinged nostalgia Everything is not okay
Honestly I just think jrpgs aren't for everyone. As much as everyone hypes it up FF7 is just another classic jrpg Final Fantasy game very similar in game play to those that came before it. I think many of the new comers to FF7 because of the remake simply aren't jrpg fans because chances are if you like jrpgs you have probably already played FF7 decades ago as it is arguably the most popular jrpg ever.
