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How would you feel if the Final Fantasy VII Remake allowed you to change Aerith's fate?
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One is DLC released that would have been out over 2 years after its been out and still a non-canon DLC.
What people are proposing is a radical shift in the story of FF7 Universe as a whole, by keeping Aerith alive and saying stick with it, while ignoring the people that are making the game statments and interviews where they mention how important her death is and saying its still the same story (with some changes) but will still be the same story.
I just don't see Square being willing (or financially able) to do an alternate version of the entire second half of the game based around Aeris not dying. Especially since all that would happen is just Meteor crashing into Gaia and killing everyone, including Aeris herself.
I am on board for VII next march to change the way folks think of VII completely.
fanfic like prediction... - Sephiroth sends the remnants Kadaj and his gang to kidnap Aerith on disc 2 in midgar. You have to fight him in the end. on top of Shinra / all over the city.
the next game is Final Fantasy VII-2 set in the open world The Aerith moment has already happened in Midgar. You can somehow prevent it or save her.
This would be a wild change lol
fanfic like prediction... - Sephiroth sends the remnants Kadaj and his gang to kidnap Aerith on disc 2 in midgar. You have to fight him in the end. on top of Shinra / all over the city.
the next game is Final Fantasy VII-2 set in the open world The Aerith moment has already happened in Midgar. You can somehow prevent it or save her.
This would be a wild change lol
Why would they? I mean I guess it would be a cool Easter egg if you could go on a DLC Quest after the main game to resurrect her like all those cheat code urban schoolyard legend rumors said back in the day though.
I would like it, if it were optional and really convoluted like some of the theories about how to do it back in the day
no shit, I obviously know all of this. People are also proposing NG+ scenarios and DLC in this thread, too, in fact the first comment is that. The planned XV DLC was a result of fan surveys. I don't agree with it and never voted for it myself, but it's not unprecedented for fans to want to save their favourite characters is all I was saying and using the FFXV DLC as an example of real demand being there and not just this bizarre idea of ~not true fans~ who didn't really play the game wanting Aerith to live and being ignorant of the story.
and neither do I.
Why are people spoiling the story for people who haven't played the original? That's in poor taste.
I can't wait for the thread of a poster claiming the ghost like things around Aerith are the spirits of Tidus, Yuna and co.
Since FFX is a prequel to FF7
Since FFX is a prequel to FF7
It would be a horrible idea and I probably wouldn't get the game because of it.
Her sacrifice, the way death impacts Cloud and the struggle he goes through finding himself, how Tifa helps him through that in her story beat sequence, you can't just swap characters for a death scene and expect it to make sense. Plus the entire circle of life mythology and ending with Holy only happen because of her, she's the reason they survive.
I am not for this idea of Aeris fans clamoring for her to live, fans don't always make the right suggestions and this would be one of those times.
Her sacrifice, the way death impacts Cloud and the struggle he goes through finding himself, how Tifa helps him through that in her story beat sequence, you can't just swap characters for a death scene and expect it to make sense. Plus the entire circle of life mythology and ending with Holy only happen because of her, she's the reason they survive.
I am not for this idea of Aeris fans clamoring for her to live, fans don't always make the right suggestions and this would be one of those times.
It's Crono, Lucca and Marle's ghosts again, just like in Chrono Cross.
I would be down for that. There is no reason why her shocking death cant remain in the domain of the 1997 game. But Square has no balls to do it.
they wouldnt, i was just saying that it would be cool if it was changing that much. At least in the villain department. like i totally believe we are fighting you know who before the game ends next March. Idk the context or if itll be final boss or not/ But I think it is possible
I think it would be pretty dumb if you fight Sephiroth in person considering he's basically a corpse encased in crystal at that point in time and all the "Sephiroths" you see before the Northern Crater are just Jenova using her powers to disguise herself as him.
Nah it would feel a little too fan servicey, even for a game like this. I wouldn't mind them changing the point at which Aerith dies, but she needs to die and stay dead. That's the arc of her character and it would feel pandering to take that away.
This, bringing her back would work against the story. Say you bring her back to life. Great? What about the rest of the characters motivation? What happens to the motivation to stop Sephiroth and the threat he represents? What really does she have to contribute to the story outside of being a party member?
I'm so shocked that many believes that they will change or allow to change the main key element of the story and the biggest event in gaming in general.... like seriously?
Have some logic and sense SMH.
Have some logic and sense SMH.
I thought about this when watching the E3 trailer...then instantly thought that Square would probably mess it up horribly and make her character so bad that I'd only wish for Aeris's original fate, anyways. It's usually not worthwhile to mess with a classic.
As a non-canon what if type of deal it would be interesting otherwise it is deep betrayal of the core narrative the game is trying to tell. To put it bluntly, there is a reason why this death was so emotionally resonate to this day.
Well, as long as it's only choice I wouldn't be too bothered by it but it would play against the theme of the game. The original premise was for her to die because it was related to the idea of loss that Sakaguchi was experiencing at the time and makes the following quest even more important for the team, not to mention that it plays heavily into the future of the characters.
Then again, I would be lying if I said that I wouldn't at least try to keep her alive this time because I always liked Aerith as a character and her death was quite a sad moment that I already experienced.
Then again, I would be lying if I said that I wouldn't at least try to keep her alive this time because I always liked Aerith as a character and her death was quite a sad moment that I already experienced.
Initially, my opinion was "No, thanks," but then I realized that believing that makes me somewhat of a hypocrite.
That's because I think Final Fantasy IV would be a better game if I could keep all the party members alive somehow. I would totally save Cid's life, negating his brave sacrifice.
That's because I think Final Fantasy IV would be a better game if I could keep all the party members alive somehow. I would totally save Cid's life, negating his brave sacrifice.
Well, I never finished the game because Kain leaves the party too many fucking times.
At the end of the game when he is in Aegis' lap on the rooftop. He has a peaceful death. The game makes it ambiguous and it seems like he's just sleeping. But Aegis' words and the events in the late part of the game hint that he is dying.