While all of this naturally sounds bananas, and while I also know that lots of media pulls influences from various religious stories, that summary of the end times could also act as a mad lib summary for the opening summary of your typical post-apocalyptic anime or JRPG:

...a 20 year old mediocre licensed racing game that’s also being released on other platforms is what’s luring you to finally spend $200-300 on what’s probably the best Nintendo console since the SNES? I really can’t tell if that’s sarcasm...

This is a great investigation! Also a great reminder that while much of Crisis Core is fantastic (particularly developing Zack as a character and his past with Cloud and Aerith), a huge portion of it feels more like weird fanfiction that unnecessary complicates the original game. Why did Sephiroth need to be dragged…

I’m the same way. I also used to pride myself on having a large book collection, but in the past few years have realized there are few books I read that are actually worth keeping. Because of that, I get most fiction books through Libby or Kindle because I very rarely reread those, and the remaining books I buy…

I think both Final Fantasy fans and PSP owners were pretty damn thirsty in 2007.
-Signed, a FF fan and PSP owner who was pretty damn thirsty in 2007

After finishing FFVII Remake the other day, the most AAA of AAA games, and while having a rather stressful week, I wanted some more of that JRPG goodness in the most primal watch-the-numbers-go-up-to-feel-accomplished way. I was already about ten hours into Lost Odyssey, but the actual experience of playing that game…

So like...clearly we can all agree now that the stock market really is just a series of fickle imaginary lines with very little basis in actual economics or reality? Otherwise, why on earth would a CEO’s simple boneheaded tweet like this have such a monumental impact on his own company’s valuation not once, but twice?

Such an amazing fight. In addition to what was listed above, I also enjoyed that this fight really forces you to keep track of all three party members to a level that wasn’t required before. All the stage hazards and various projectiles mean that you need to keep Aerith out of harm’s way, whereas in most fights your…

All would normally be fair points, and yet here you are in the comments of an article that spoils the bejeezus out of the ending, in the comments section that’s further spoiling the same ending. Your comment is literally in a thread surrounded by endgame spoilers. Don’t get offended at me for assuming some baseline…

Even before the pandemic, it’s been clear to a lot of people that while individual consumer action is good and necessary, it’s far more important to focus on the product sources as well as end-of-life solutions. Every person in America could recycle to their hearts’ content, but all that positive impact could be…

The key phrase is more conclusive than expected. If they ended at the point where they leave Midgar in the original without the new meta portions, it would feel far less conclusive - a To Be Continued screen right as the world opens up. At least this gives some direction as to the larger narrative, which is far more…

I mean, you’re a trio with a giant sword, bare fists, and a gun arm fighting against a trio with a giant sword, bare fists, and a gun arm. The Assess summaries for each even hint at each of the characters. The AC villain trio use a small katana, bare fists with a weird amplifier device thing, and a handgun, so it…

My mistake, you’re right. I was curious why I thought that and realized it came up before:

Yeah, I get that. The only way I see it working is if the characters’ pasts aren’t affected (timey-wimey shenanigans), as if they’ve stepped into a new timeline fully intact. Cloud’s character is so intrinsically tied to him taking on Zack’s persona as a response to deep trauma that removing that plotline doesn’t…

Agreed. And they didn’t just feel cowardly but also lazy and attention-seeking - it’s like if GRRM put what he thought was crucial info in italics (it’s gonna be a red wedding, wink wink). If Cloud’s cold-blooded instincts are compelling him to kill Reno in order to minimize future threats, that’s a really interesting…

First of all, I 100% agree that this game is incredibly anti-newcomer, which seems absurd. The end credits may as well have included a link to buy the original on PSN. But even as someone who has played the original countless times in the past 20+ years, the “fight against fate” portion feels wildly unnecessary to me…

...uh, yeah, it’s pretty well known that this game only includes the Midgar portion of the original game (so only the first 25% or so), even the developer has publicly announced that multiple times. While it feels more conclusive than expected, it’s still very much To Be Continued. It’s pretty disingenuous of SE to…

I (and every explainer video I’ve seen so far) have assumed that those three bosses are versions of Cloud, Tifa, and Barret from some kind of far future, trying to preserve the “victory” of the original timeline.

This is a supremely dumb comparison, because this instance is the finale of a game, as opposed to being 25% into a game that keeps on going right after this point. Who cares what you knew at this point in the original, because the original story didn’t go on pause for 2+ years once you left Midgar.

As others have mentioned, you don’t need to actually use the materia for it to gain AP, you get AP along with experience for each battle. So it shouldn’t affect your strategy.