Final Fantasy VII Remake Review Thread - Current 88 Metacritic / 89 Opencritic

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deskpro2k3 said:

Runa216 said:

I've been generally avoiding spoilers, but I'm personally SUPER excited to see what changes are made and how the story and characters are altered. I still have the original FFVII in all its glory, that continuity is never going away. to me, this is an AU version of the same story but with a different plot (as in, same themes, same characters, same world, different series of events). That's what I expected, that's what I wanted from day one, and it sounds like that's what I'm getting. 

Honestly, are there people out there who literally just wanted the same exact plot over again? 

Yeah, and apparently some are oblivious to it. SE said it clearly from the very beginning that the story will be expanded, and Midgar will be the first game. That alone is enough to figure out that the Remake is not 1:1 with the original. Can't elaborate any clearer than that. 

I think expansion is ok for most people, doubts begin when there's heavy deviation from the original material, which is what this first part poses for the next ones. Now, I'm certainly talking out of my ass there, as that's just pure conjecture, we need to see the followups in action first.