Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

@kyleforrester87 To be fair, it’s one of my favourite games this gen but I was hoping I could strangle the cat. It’s called Morgana/Mona, two girl names, yet is a weird randy 12 year old boy on the inside? The music’s brilliant but I guess it could be a little repetitive on occasion, Mementos in particular. Don’t worry, I’m the same person who dislikes Bloodborne but likes the other Souls games so it’s not the most unpopular opinion here!

Ha ha ha I agree with you here kyle... And I quite liked Persona 3 and 4 at the time but I really didn't enjoy Persona 5 all that much... I kinda finished it out of stubborness more then anything 😂

@kyleforrester87 P5 was a tad strange. Stylish and cool. But the way too long and trite superstition overextended the story segments to a laborious degree. The main arc and characters (both your team and npcs) didn't carry the weight of its previous entree, although graphically it looked fantastic. The dungeons seemed to drag like the story, again on paper they seemed better than p4g but I beat them with a groan rather than punching the air.

It was a bad call personally playing it shortly after p4g and FFx, the story wasn't good enough compared to those behemoths.

Quick question for the forum massive. I'm currently writing a few music tracks in dreams so don't really want to be sidetracked. However FF7 remake is the biggest game ever, should I give the demo a whirl?

@themcnoisy It’s a great demo but its still a month until the game comes out so don’t feel like you have to rush!

@themcnoisy errr yes you should, it’s only an hour and it’s been a long time coming. Stop dreaming and come back to reality for a while 😉

@themcnoisy Yes. Not sure why you would need to ask really.

Also, I think it was intentional dramatic irony when Wedge says "You'll protect us... right, Cloud?" 😭

So many of the things that were emotional before are going to kill me this time around. One thing I hope they add is actually saying good bye to Aeris' adoptive mom. In the original the last time anyone sees her is the before Cloud sneaks out the house. She's never mentioned again, she's just waiting in the house forever for Aeris to return.

@Matroska spoilers

@Matroska One tiny niggle I had was the prelude music not being loud enough when the woodwind comes in. I reckon that will also affect Aerith’s theme given they use the same Midi instruments. One of the most emotional moments in the whole game for me is the section with Aerith’s mum telling her backstory with the music in the background blaring. I really hope they can capture the same depth in the soundtrack because sometimes the orchestration can feel a bit flat.

@JohnnyShoulder Just to see your opinions. Busy on a few tracks, running a business and looking after midgets so the question should really be; Should I play the demo or just wait for full release?

@nessisonett thanks will probably play it next week.

@kyleforrester87 glad you enjoyed it Kyle.

@themcnoisy You have eyes and can read, yes? If you read the last couple of pages there is feed back left by a few of us...

@Matroska You might wanna put spoiler tags on some of that. Not everyone on here has played FF7 yet and the Remake will be their first experience of the game.

@themcnoisy yeah man it’s great, do get on it. Although like you say, if you’re gunna get the main game anyway there’s no harm in holding out - it does play very well.

so i decided to try the other difficulty levels (on a side note i can confirm that choosing 20 minutes will give you a extra scene in the trailer at the end) anyway Easy mode in my opinion was too easy for me, the enemies take more damage, deal less damage and are less aggressive so i won't be using it but it's good for beginners or people who just want to experience the story classic mode is basically no different except during battle the computer will move around and attack for you while you chose commands

personally i think Normal is the best way to play, has a nice balance of difficulty and flow

Just so happens I making a list of my favourite FF character designs (that I've seen before) two days ago and then NHK did a poll regarding the series. haha

Protagonist:
1. Squall Leonhart
2. Lightning
3. Cloud Strife
4. Noctis Lucis Caelum
5. Noel Kreiss

Supporting (Playable characters?):
1. Tifa
2. Laguna Loire
3. Balthier
4. Yuna
5. King

Antoganist:
1. Caius Ballad
2. Sephiroth
3. Kain Highwind
4. Garland
5. Judge Gabranth

NPC:
1. Lunafreya
2. Hope Eistheim (Adult)
3. Minfilia Warde
4. Aranea Highwind
5. Lebreau

Least Favourite:
1. Tidus
2. Wakka
3. Kefka Palazzo
4. Ardyn Izunia
5. Jecht

@WanderingBullet Wakka’s a jobbie but Kefka’s the best villain in the whole series other than Sephiroth. Still, you clearly like XIII so no accounting for taste hahaha jk jk 😉

@nessisonett Doesn't matter if he's the best villain or not, I'm talking about character designs.lol Personally I dislike his design.

@WanderingBullet

I think Kain, Terra, Cloud, Aerith, Lightning, Vivi, Yuna and Noctis are the most "iconic" designs.

Cloud and Lightning are also clearly a gender swap.

My favourite is Zack <3 Hope we get to see a lot of him in the remake.

@Feena Cloud's buster sword was originally Zack's, right?

@WanderingBullet Yes, it was! And it belonged to another SOLDIER member before.
I hope we get playable flashbacks with Zack using Cloud’s interface...I mean, it would make a lot of sense, but if they strayed too much from the original game’s screenplay the FFVII zealots would probably make a big deal out of it...