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SnesTea on 17 December 2009
tehsage said:

Alright, so, Aerith dies in FF7. Yes, I'm pretty everyone and their mother knows that by now. However, I'm a little curious as to why her death bothered people so much versus what has happened in other Final Fantasys.

For instance, in Final Fantasy VI, an entire kingdom is killed. AN ENTIRE KINGDOM. Pshh, we don't care about them. We only care about party members!

I'm playing Final Fantasy IV right now. It's my first time, so, no extra spoilers please. Anyhow, three people in my party have died so far. Two of which were fucking children. TWO KIDS SACRIFICE THEMSELVES. Aerith is killed. "OMG NOOOOO" Two children die. "Who cares?"

 

>__>; Thoughts?

This is why FFVI is awesome.



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nofingershaha on 17 December 2009

Entire kingdom = statistic.

Palom and Porum = kids = annoyance

Aerith = potential love interest + we were young and innocent then = HEARTBREAK!!!!!



tehsage on 17 December 2009
nofingershaha said:
Entire kingdom = statistic.

Palom and Porum = kids = annoyance

Aerith = potential love interest + we were young and innocent then = HEARTBREAK!!!!!

=/ I don't even know how to respond to that.



Severance on 17 December 2009

i personally didn't give a crap about her, but if tifa died i'd give a crap.
Aerith is just that annoying useless "Princess Peach" like character that is just a plot tool.



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Nanaki on 17 December 2009
nofingershaha said:
Palom and Porum = kids = annoyance

 

True. And they were ressurected anyway.



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tehsage on 17 December 2009
Nanaki said:
nofingershaha said:
Palom and Porum = kids = annoyance

 

True. And they were ressurected anyway.

Oh hai. Thanks for not spoiling anything. x]



Nanaki on 17 December 2009

Oh, sorry, but this game is pretty old. I really didn´t though, that someone still don´t know the story.



getsallad on 17 December 2009
--OkeyDokey-- said:
Okay, it's Aeris, not Aerith.

I love this argument. Can't we have it?

Aerith's death was a big deal because FF VII was - and is - a big deal. That's the simple truth. It isn't considered more shocking, it's just that more people know about it. I'm sure that everyone who has played and liked FF VI for example will agree that the entire kingdom dying is a big deal. It's just that not as many have played FF VI.



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finalrpgfantasy on 17 December 2009

maybe because those were 2d graphics and you can't see much, but the Aeris scene was in 3d in fmv cutscene and was in front of the screen and was a girl and more important the scene was in the best selling FF game.



Gilgamesh on 17 December 2009

FFIV went over board people were sacrificing themselves left and right, it started to get really annoying because I'm spending hours training these guys and then they go and kill themselves.

Also maybe graphics had something to do with it, when everyone played FFVII the first time it was one of the best looking games of the moment, I find it hard to get attached to a 8 bit character compared to a 3D character.