FF7 Remake Devs Reveal Whether Or Not Barrett Can Use Cloud's Sword
The developers of Final Fantasy VII Remake have revealed whether Barret Wallace can wield Cloud's iconic Buster Sword weapon in battle. The Buster Sword is infamous for being a ridiculously oversized weapon, to the point where it has been parodied many times, especially whenever the tropes of JRPGs are being mocked in other forms of media.
FF7 was released on the original PlayStation in '97. The game had groundbreaking visuals at the time, but it was a long way off from the era when developers would need to wonder how to make unusual items fit in a realistic-looking setting. This was the issue faced by the developers of FF7 Remake, who had to walk the tightrope of making the visuals match what fans remember while updating them in such a way that they still looked good. Cloud and the Buster Sword have appeared in a number of crossover games and FF7 spin-offs over the years, so their design had to be just right in FF7 Remake.
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Only a few FF7 characters have used the Buster Sword, with Cloud Strife, Zack Fair, and Angeal Hewley all using it at some point in the series. The other party members in FF7 and FF7 Remake have their own weapons and fighting styles, so they've never used the Buster Sword in battle. FF7 Remake Character Modeling Designer Masaki Kazeno was asked in an interview for the Square Enix website whether Barret could use Cloud' Buster Sword.
«Barret’s biceps are clearly massive when you see them in game. As an easy-to-understand comparison, the surface area of a cross section of Barret’s upper arm is around four times larger than Cloud’s. If you extrapolate this difference in terms of simple physical strength, then yes, Barret does look like he
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