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SammyGiireal on 07 April 2020
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sales2099 said:

Basically FF7 fans are where I stand when Halo Reach the game retconned Halo Fall of Reach novel, which is the most beloved novel in the extended universe. To this day I consider Halo Reach to be fan fiction and recognize it as a great video game, nothing more.

Then you have to argue with fans who only play the video games and take it as gospel, leading to a complete fracture between lore and game fans. I don’t envy the arguments that will take place regarding which FF7 is the definitive story. Good luck on that. 

To the fans who feel outraged by the changes, you have every right to complain as they took something you held dear and made it different (in many cases worse) for no reason.

To those downplaying these concerns, you simply can’t relate and or aren’t half as invested in the IP as the one voicing their critiques. This is not an insult, this is just acknowledging the gap of perspective.

This. I always consider Canon what came first. In this instance if you lived through the mid 90s and were of a certain age (I was 12-13) Final Fantasy VII was a genre defining, monumental achievement in the industry. The game was released during the golden era of the JRPG genre too. Just based on that, most us of didn't expect  the FFVIIR to be as influential and monumental a piece, and it isn't. However, I am very disappointed at how the story was handled here, as it pretty much makes the original work irrelevant at least as far the Remake is concerned.

I suspected this could be the case, as Crisis Core introduced elements (Like Genesis) that made no sense in the context of the original work. With Nomura's (the director this time around) notoriously bad storytelling prowess my fears were justified. What boggles the mind, is that perhaps a deeper retelling of the original story was all that was needed, and Nomura decided to pull "Some KH bulls*t" with a story that is still remembered by most of the original fans as the pinnacle of what that genre had to offer. It was a story held sacred by fans, and to me it took the wind out of the sails in terms of my desire to play the game.

Perhaps I should treat it as a work of fan fiction, perhaps that way I might be able to overlook Nomura's lunacy, and enjoy some of what is there. But, I don't feel like rewarding Square with 59.99 of my hard earned cash (especially during times of Pandemic crisis) for ruining one of the greatest JRPG stories of all time. This is far fetched, but I wonder if Nomura has something against the series, had he been left to his own devices he would have ruined FFXV too, it makes me wonder.