Also, I agree that FFVII is so overhyped at this point, it pretty much can’t live up to expectations unless they spend years and years on the project, and that’s not happening.

@Jenifer By FFIV-2 do you mean The After Years that’s on the Wii? If so, I haven’t beaten it yet, but I did enjoy the nostalgic elements of it. It seems a bit harder than the original FFIV, but not ridiculously hard. For some reason though, it just didn’t keep me playing all the way through. I do intend to get back to it at some point, probably this summer when there’s a bit more of a lull in new games.

@KJJ: Yeah, I think expectation management has been my highest priority in recent years in order to get the most enjoyment out of a game, especially with games in the FF series. FFVII was not just my first FF game, it was the first game I really played. I can honestly say my life would be much different if I hadn’t played that when I did. Unfortunately, that means any remake that does get made will have absolutely no chance of living up to the original in my mind. Oh well

And definitely agreed with both of you about the FFVII remake. If they do it, yay, but I’m not holding my breath for it. The remake of IV was great, though I’ve heard mixed things about the IV-2 they came out with. Opinions?

@Jenifer I really enjoyed season one, too. E8 was painful. I sat through all of them because it was part of a review. If you want to enjoy the season, watch everything through the first episode of E8 and skip the next six, then watch the last episode of E8 and the last few of the season. You’ll save yourself a couple hours, a lot of headache and might still enjoy what’s going on. All you miss are different swimsuit designs and Itsuki saying “I love you” in English a bunch. I still want to see the movie eventually. Damn you Kyoto Animation.

I find that IV is pretty underappreciated, at least among people I know. A lot of them don’t like it at all, but it’s actually my second favorite behind VI. VII does make the most sense financially for them to remake though. It sold a crapton on the PSN for just being a port.

And agreed, but financially, I sadly don’t see it happening. VI had its PSX remake, and my personal favorite IV recently had a DS remake, so Square probably wouldn’t even consider either of them for remake. VIII would also be an interesting candidate, but considering it was a massive graphical improvement from VII, they probably see it as unnecessary.

Plus there’s one final financial consideration: the rabid drooling masses with pay huge sums of money to see more bishounen villains. Advent Children and its three Sephiroth clones were proof enough that fangirls and their high-pitched, mispronounced ‘KAWAII DESU’ squeal will fill Square’s bank accounts forever, so while they are fucking their reputation of quality, they aren’t going to mess with financial success.

Personally, I would much rather see an FF6 remake than an FF7 one. I honestly don’t understand why people are so rabid about FF7 all the time. I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as some of the other ones.