Recent content by WookinPaNub

What are the sources on what their original plans were for the story? I keep hearing a lot about what the original ideas were and some of those seem to get brushed upon or referenced to in this game. Like how Barret was originally supposed to die instead of Aerith and he technically dies in this...

Most likely this. The major difference between the party standing outside of Midgar in OG and Remake is that in OG they need to stop Sephiroth from reaching the promised land, in Remake they need to stop Sephiroth from destroying the planet. It’s a stronger hook considering there’s now a few...

It’s gonna be an annoying few years waiting to see what they do and hoping it all turns out okay. If only there were some way of us knowing what these games are gonna be like. Like some kinda vision of the future from a buncha spooky ghosts, but that’d just be fucking stupid.

This is why I’m in the “it’ll end being mostly the same” boat. If they wanted to fundamentally change the narrative the way many people are assuming they will, I think they would’ve made a stronger choice in showing its differences, not just a tacked on climax that leaves the characters exactly...

Obviously Cloud was just trying not to embarrass Barret

That’s a good point. I was just spitballing possible ways the whispers may affect the future installments. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of them. I think best case scenario is that they’re used to smooth out some of the clunkier elements of the original narrative; worst case is they make it...

I can’t shake the feeling that all of this “fighting against destiny” and introduction of spooky time ghosts is all gonna end up with the party ultimately choosing to embrace the future they were shown by the ghosts and defying Sephiroth. And it’s all gonna culminate in Aerith heading to the...