It’s bizarre. Were it a AAA title I’d put it down to GAAS shenanigans or DRM to please the shareholders, but from an indie studio? What were they thinking?

“I cannot figure out why Cloud did not just pull out his giant sword and cut his way through Cornetto’s dudes until he found Tifa.”

That’s a strong case for a patch, not a remaster.

The reason they exist is money of course; but I don’t think art needs to justify itself. Now and again you get something like One Piece, which was a delight.

You don’t think that having the writers hew to a given editorial position would be, literally, promoting an agenda?

But that can be a patch!

“But a remaster would also potentially open up the possibility of it coming to other platforms instead of just being a PS exclusive.”

re. “new actors playing familiar heroes”, I think the main thing the MCU’s had going for it has been that they’ve resisted the temptation to reboot, even with the multiverse in play.

It’s only a generation old! It’s still playable! It still looks great!

I’m guessing most of the files are watermarked so leaks can be traced. Noone’s gonna throw their career away to leak one film.

Two different writers. They're not a hive mind.

What do you think "credibility" means?

Dude, you’re just asking me to repeat myself.

Games aren’t cars. Making a mistake in a game won’t, generally, kill you and those around you. There isn’t a devastating consequence to having the player learn, once, in a 20- to 200-hour game, that there’s green floor-lighting or piled-up candles or whatever to highlight the ladders rather than bright yellow paint.

You’re not accounting for Sturgeon’s Law. Most music is shit, so older music seems better on average as the dreck fades into obscurity.

The story has a lot of hints at larger worldbuilding. That’s not Nolan’s strong suit, though.

This isn’t an enterprise app or whatever, UX standards aren’t the only concern here. The ubiquity does make it recognisable, but that’s also what makes it jarring: it puts very obvious UI into the scenery, that don’t make sense in-universe. And even that would be moot if it could be toggled (like such cues could be in…

“Lowest common denominator” doesn’t literally mean “worst”, it means it goes broad with its humour/sensibilities to maximise its audience. Such works tend to be simple and anodyne, by design, as too much subtlety or substance risks alienating swathes of viewers.

What you’re describing is the lowest common denominator.

Imagine flexing that you don't understand irony.