[QUOTE="thelordofpies"]

[QUOTE="Boddicker"]

Ugh!!!! I will never understand why so many regard FF7 as "teh best game EVAR!!1!!". It was groundbreaking at the time, but it's been surpassed MANY times over. How much of this cockriding is even coming from people that experienced it when it was new?

And yes, I owned, I loved it, and I beat Emerald and Ruby Weapon.

Metamania

The hell is The Emerald and Ruby Weapon.

Emerald And Ruby Weapons were extra bosses that can be found in the US version of Final Fantasy VII. THe original Japanese version DID NOT have the Weapon bosses included. We got them as something extra, but the Japanese got the better deal, later on, with a much, MUCH better edition of the game, which also included the Weapon bosses as well.

Hi - elaborate on this better version that the Japanese got? I love the EU version, but would give a better version a go.

Cheers.

Ugh!!!! I will never understand why so many regard FF7 as "teh best game EVAR!!1!!". It was groundbreaking at the time, but it's been surpassed MANY times over. How much of this cockriding is even coming from people that experienced it when it was new?

And yes, I owned, I loved it, and I beat Emerald and Ruby Weapon.

Boddicker

Every game since doesn't hold the same affect on people as FF7. And that's regardless of whether you played it from day 1 or visited it's magic years later. (what does it matter?)

I, however, still own my original copy that I got for Christmas 1997 (damn!). I'd love to see them remake the game. They mention that it's too epic a world to do in full at the current graphics capacity.

I say they should exlopre the option of releasing episodes and making parts optional downloads later on.

FF7 really can be a LOTR style 3 game series. 1st game = prior to world map. 2nd - exploring the world. 3. Post meteor cast.

Online options can WoW style dungeon exploration and team challenges. This game can be brought right up date and beyond.

While the episodes are being released, optional sections are released for download...such as a full and extended Gold Saucer. Emerald/Ruby Weapon challenges. Underwater world. Optional towns. Gold Saucer battle challenge. Full Chocobo challenge etc etc. Ski game.

There were so many optional parts of the original FF7 that added to the richness of the game, but can be optional downloads here released over time....and for money for SEnix.

As many others have pointed out - the story must stay the same, the materia system must stay the same. Battle system must be a hybrid of traditional turn based with a hint of real time as I can understand why it couldn't be fully turn-based.

Thoughts?