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Shadow5YA · 2025-02-09, 16:02

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Originally Posted by Kanon

Maybe in the English localization, but I didn't notice Angeal or Hollander speaking oddly in Japanese. Genesis, on the other hand, is ridiculous in every language.

Angeal gets just as melodramatic when he turns on Zack and reveals his wing.

Jaden · 2025-02-09, 18:32

Done with the game for now, maybe try hard mode later.

I really appreciate how faithful to the original it is, despite also being a pseudo-sequel-expansion and thoroughly modernizing the gameplay. I don't know how they pulled that off, but it's how I felt. Secondly, at risk of contradicting myself, I like how they embrace the cheese. Yeah, it's 90% Rule of Cool stuff, with boatloads of fanservice, and isn't that great? From so many modern games, I get the sense that they're ashamed and apologetic of their roots, but there's none of that here.

Kafriel · 2025-02-11, 12:58

Some games know what they're doing. RE4 did the same, it kept a lot of the original's campy disposition, while at the same time differentiating itself by presenting the main villains in a different light and switching the characters' interactions. The gameplay got way better too, of course.

Rebirth has a lot of material to work with, and it's really great that they decided to dive into the world of Gaia and its residents, e.g. we could have done without Salmon's fetch quest, but then we wouldn't get to listen to Barret and Cloud bantering about how attached Barret is to his daughter. Some people call it filler or fluff, but I consider it important character growth. Gears and Gambits got a lot of hate as a mini-game, but the story that came with it was really good, doing a lot for both Wedge and the Avalanche HQ team.

I'm really looking forward to the final part, to see what they'll do with all the small, 2-screen places that have a story of their own to tell.

JagdPanther · 2025-03-02, 20:10

Finished Crisis Core Reunion today. It's amazing how the difficulty falls off the table if you max out stats. Took me a long time to get to that point, but I finally ground my way there yesterday and then just blitzed my way through Minerva and the end of the game.

Since it's still a month and a half until Lunar Remastered comes out (which is now scaring me because of some additional information GungHo released), I am not sure what to do next. Since Hard Mode is available via New Game+, I might give that a try. I am not enamored with the idea of having to do all 300 missions again, but... with the overpowered equipment I have, I guess the main game itself won't take too long to go through.

Would be one of the only games I've ever Platinumed if I go through with it.

Kafriel · 2025-03-03, 06:33

I usually keep NG+ for another time. Video games are like books in that sense, you can revisit them after a year or two and they feel just as great - going straight into hard mode, especially for side quest heavy games, burns me out fast.

Congratulations for finishing the game btw!

JagdPanther · 2025-03-03, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Kafriel

I usually keep NG+ for another time. Video games are like books in that sense, you can revisit them after a year or two and they feel just as great - going straight into hard mode, especially for side quest heavy games, burns me out fast.

Congratulations for finishing the game btw!

Thanks!

I feel like since I've got 45+ days until Lunar Remastered is out (AND THERE'S NO FREAKIN' PRE-ORDER!) I've got a lot of time to kill. I might as well get this out of the way now. I don't want to start a game that'll take me a long time (like I saw Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer is on sale right now, and that might be a good option for my next game). I could also just not play anything for a while and catch up on the huge amount of reading I've failed to do for a long time.

On the topic of Crisis Core's story and Zack's portrayal in Rebirth...

Spoiler for Zack in Rebirth:

Mad Pierrot · 2025-03-12, 08:46

There is something about Advent Children that I didn't notice so far and yet it's probably the strongest scene ever. Cloud already defeated Sephiroth in VII but what's the difference between this and Advent Children? When Kadaj succumbs to Sephiroth's wounds, he is held by Cloud in the same stance as in the original video game when Aerith dies. What happens next? Aerith of all characters welcomes the Sephiroth remnant to the lifestream to offer him peace. What is Kadaj's response? "Mother...." and he embraces his death peacefully as he abandons his black clothing as well as the mother he sees in Jenova. Sephiroth told Cloud he would never stay as a memory but Kadaj accepting Aerith's comfort feels like Sephiroth's ultimate defeat.

Tactics · 2025-03-12, 21:36

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Originally Posted by Mad Pierrot

Sephiroth told Cloud he would never stay as a memory but Kadaj accepting Aerith's comfort feels like Sephiroth's ultimate defeat.

Rather than ultimate defeat, I think its more of representation that Geostigma can finally be cured.

Geostigma started as Sephiroth polluting Lifestream using Jenova.
Kadaj acceptance to Aerith despite him being a part of Sephiroth meant Sephiroth influence weakened to the point its possible for her to purify infected ones.
Kadaj complete disappearance meant he's a Jenova shape-shifter by nature, not someone injected with S-cells like Cloud and all other failed copies of Sephiroth.

2025-02-09, 18:32	Link #1602
Jaden Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006	Done with the game for now, maybe try hard mode later. I really appreciate how faithful to the original it is, despite also being a pseudo-sequel-expansion and thoroughly modernizing the gameplay. I don't know how they pulled that off, but it's how I felt. Secondly, at risk of contradicting myself, I like how they embrace the cheese. Yeah, it's 90% Rule of Cool stuff, with boatloads of fanservice, and isn't that great? From so many modern games, I get the sense that they're ashamed and apologetic of their roots, but there's none of that here. __________________

2025-03-02, 20:10	Link #1604
JagdPanther WE ARE.... PENN STATE.... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nazareth, PA Age: 37	Finished Crisis Core Reunion today. It's amazing how the difficulty falls off the table if you max out stats. Took me a long time to get to that point, but I finally ground my way there yesterday and then just blitzed my way through Minerva and the end of the game. Since it's still a month and a half until Lunar Remastered comes out (which is now scaring me because of some additional information GungHo released), I am not sure what to do next. Since Hard Mode is available via New Game+, I might give that a try. I am not enamored with the idea of having to do all 300 missions again, but... with the overpowered equipment I have, I guess the main game itself won't take too long to go through. Would be one of the only games I've ever Platinumed if I go through with it. __________________ A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future. –General George S. Patton, Jr. Avatar v. 37.0: Fighter Squadron 31. The VF-31 "Tomcatters."

2025-03-12, 08:46	Link #1607
Mad Pierrot Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: I'm everywhere Age: 34	There is something about Advent Children that I didn't notice so far and yet it's probably the strongest scene ever. Cloud already defeated Sephiroth in VII but what's the difference between this and Advent Children? When Kadaj succumbs to Sephiroth's wounds, he is held by Cloud in the same stance as in the original video game when Aerith dies. What happens next? Aerith of all characters welcomes the Sephiroth remnant to the lifestream to offer him peace. What is Kadaj's response? "Mother...." and he embraces his death peacefully as he abandons his black clothing as well as the mother he sees in Jenova. Sephiroth told Cloud he would never stay as a memory but Kadaj accepting Aerith's comfort feels like Sephiroth's ultimate defeat. __________________

2025-02-11, 12:58	Link #1603
Kafriel Senior Guest Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens (GMT+2) Age: 36	Some games know what they're doing. RE4 did the same, it kept a lot of the original's campy disposition, while at the same time differentiating itself by presenting the main villains in a different light and switching the characters' interactions. The gameplay got way better too, of course. Rebirth has a lot of material to work with, and it's really great that they decided to dive into the world of Gaia and its residents, e.g. we could have done without Salmon's fetch quest, but then we wouldn't get to listen to Barret and Cloud bantering about how attached Barret is to his daughter. Some people call it filler or fluff, but I consider it important character growth. Gears and Gambits got a lot of hate as a mini-game, but the story that came with it was really good, doing a lot for both Wedge and the Avalanche HQ team. I'm really looking forward to the final part, to see what they'll do with all the small, 2-screen places that have a story of their own to tell.

2025-03-03, 06:33	Link #1605
Kafriel Senior Guest Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens (GMT+2) Age: 36	I usually keep NG+ for another time. Video games are like books in that sense, you can revisit them after a year or two and they feel just as great - going straight into hard mode, especially for side quest heavy games, burns me out fast. Congratulations for finishing the game btw!