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Majin-Tenshinhan on 14 September 2019
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Hiku said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:

However, when you keep saying that a 60-hour game is a good thing, this is a 60-hour game focusing on Midgar. That sounds incredibly dull to me,

I specifically said that the 60 hour/2 Blu Ray disc thing addresses the concerns that the game may be 15-20 hours long (which there has been an abundance of comments about after people heard it was going to be Episodic, quoting Telltalle Games), or that their aim is to add meaningless filler content they're not passionate about.

I did not claim that this is simply a universally 'good thing'.

As for focusing on Midgar, of all the games I've played, Midgar may be the most interesting city concept I've seen. And I say concept because the majority of it was left unexplored. But rather than where it takes place, it's what happens that was the most interesting to me. And they can have just about anything occur in it, as we see in the trailers.

I can understand not being as interested in Midgar if we already knew most of what it has to offer. But we don't. It's such a diverse place with potential for a large variety of experiences.
And acquiring Summons in Midgar instead of finding one randomly on a beach is not inherently less interesting, just because it's Midgar. The focus was on the event itself, and not necessarily where it occurred. And that was true for a lot of events in the original game, imo.
Spiderman is less interesting because it takes place in one city?

Majin-Tenshinhan said:
This could be something that takes 10 years to tell the original FF7 story, and that's just not very interesting to some of us.

It's going to tell a lot more than just the original FF7 story.
I get if people just wanted the same story with better graphics. And I understood that back in 2015 as well. But at what point are people going to accept that that's not what this game is? What is the point of complaining about this for 5 years?

We can't have a single FF7 thread without someone complaining about a game that never existed, and never will, even when the topic doesn't call for it. It's getting pretty tiring at this point. Can we make a single topic for you guys to vent all your frustration about this?
Or is this going to come up again for the 5000th time when I post a thread about Tifa's new gloves?

~Edit~
I see other people expressed the same sentiments as I was typing that.

Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Square-Enix have already shown us with FF15's second wave of episode DLC that they have absolutely no qualms announcing something in-depth and then going back on it entirely. What guarantee do we have that they're even going to make a part two?

Episode Aranea, a side/expansion story, is not the same as having a beginning, middle and end for the core game. Even if there are lose ends.

I don't believe there's any realistic scenario where they don't finish the game. In a worst case scenario I can see, FF7 sells very poorly (highly unlikely), and they decide to wrap it up in Part 2 instead of Part 3.

First of all, thank you for addressing opposing views in a manner that actually invites debate instead of simply berating people who don't agree with you. It's a nice change of pace from some others in this thread :p

I feel like a big thing here is that I'm being lumped in with a bunch of haters I've never interacted with and never seen posts from, though? This is my first time ever commenting on the FF7 remake since its very first announcement because, quite frankly, I was instantly turned off by most of the things they said about it. These latest trailers changed that - they made me think that it might be something for me after all, problem is, the misgivings I have about certain aspects of the project don't magically disappear. I don't think it's conductive or helpful for fans to blatantly disregard potential new consumers who have concerns. Please note, I don't feel you are really doing this since you're clearly stating your points and accepting opposing views, but this thread as a whole has been really telling.

I think that I've properly explained what my concerns about this game are, and you've explained your counterpoints well. We disagree, but I think we can both see each other's perspectives, yes? So as far as I'm concerned, we might as well put a pin in it here. I don't know about you, but I feel like I've gained something from the discussion, at least.

As for the project itself, has it been confirmed that it's going to be specifically 3 parts, or are you simply speculating? It's been a long time since I played FF7 but it feels like if it's meant to be 3 parts that having just Midgar in the first part seems a bit small, but I might be misremembering how long it was in the original game.