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Justified applause I stayed up late to see the Final Fantasy 7 livestream and I have to say that I was actually pleasantly surprised. For once with these things they actually showed more than I expected and the games weren’t even that far away.

I’m already confused as to whether Crisis Core is meant to be a remaster or a remake, but I appreciate that they’re making the effort and that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth isn’t too far behind. If you’re a fan of the original this is all great news and I’m now really looking forward to both games (not least because I’ve kind of forgotten most of Crisis Core).

I was watching the stream with my roommate though and he was less impressed, arguing that Final Fantasy 7 is overrated. The main point of his argument was that the original translation was very bad, which I’ll concede but it wasn’t bad by the standards of the time and I felt it had a charm and quality of its own.

He’s probably right that nostalgia plays a part, but I’d argue that Final Fantasy 7 deserves its classic status and the fact that its story and characters still work in the remake, admittedly with a better script, is proof enough to me that it deserves all the attention.Rendak

Now you know I guess by the time anyone sees this we’ll know what Square Enix is doing with Crisis Core but I’ll be shocked if it’s a remake that looks like Final Fantasy 7. I mean, everyone’s heard of that game but who’s ever heard of some little PSP game? Only hardcore Final Fantasy fans.

And yet, I guess they could use the same combat and basics graphics from