Could be a stretch, but I’d say that FF handled the very delicate topic of slavery much better in FFIX in relation to its Black Mages. You won’t catch any spoilers from me here though!

I’m already seeing the comments, so let’s be clear about something here:

“Cancel Culture” did not kill Alec Holowka. We don’t yet have the full picture of how he died, but it sounds as if he died by suicide, and had been suffering from a host of psychological and personal difficulties prior to that final, tragic act.

No…

People are going to start making a lot of excuses for this, and that’s fine. I think it’s fair to point out that some of this discussion is premature since we barely know anything about her and how the game will deal with her being trans, if she is.

I feel like part of FF7's charm was “bad” graphics and poor translation. By recreating it all super realistic HD it leaves less room for imagination. A lot of older games, I think, were helped by what the player “put into it”. Like Nintendo’s stance on never wanting to give Link a true voice for voice acting, that we…

I’m trying really hard not to get my hopes up for FFVII. It’s an all-time fave, but I feel like whatever magic it had will be diluted by this episodic thing they’re going to try with it.