Final Fantasy VII Remake: a pretty good title but.....the fandom is another story!

 

 

     

    It's almost been a year since final fantasy vii remake was released on the ps4 and my opinions of the game is that for certain its better than that disappointment that is called final boy band camp xv okay final fantasy xv but anyways its really superior than that title from the gameplay like its more HARDER and gives you more of a challenge than ffxv the monster designs look cool and they even found a way to add one of the most weirdest enemies in a ff game called the hellhouse as a boss in one of the chapters. The Soundtrack is a banger I have to admit that because besides the amazing remixes this game has it also includes new songs that are also bangers as well which will become fan faves in the future in the long run. the graphics are pretty amazing but there some problems with the backgrounds when you are walking around in the slums. the voice acting is pretty solid despite not having the vets Steve Burton or the rest of the og crew. 

 

Instead we got teen wolf's Cody Christian who plays Cloud this time around as well as John Eric Bentley as Barret which actually a better Barret than the og actor who plays jet from cowboy bebop I don't remember the rest of the remake's voice cast that's in the English moment but for some reason the og voice cast for Japanese is still there for some reason which still scratches my head. Okay enough with the short review of the game let me tell you the other reason why I typed up this post is because of its insane fandom. I'm not talking about the whole Final Fantasy fandom im talking about FFVII fandom or I say FANDUMB because they are the reason why i dont like ffvii that much anymore because if you say one thing critical about the entry you will get crushed on the internet like its no tomorrow getting responses that your freaking wrong or you are just nitpicking it to no end etc and etc. And people say Final Fantasy Versus XIII fanboys not ffxv dont mind you are annoying oh boy at least we are not as toxic and actually have the right to be upset at square enix for dumping Nomura Tetsuya (or Tetsuya Nomura) original ideas and gameplay elements into the game are toxic. The final fantasy vii fandom only cares about the migar arc which is the starting point of the game which is only like a fraction of the game and forget about the rest of the game when the game becomes good seriously in my opinion the best parts of ffvii is when you leave migar and the game turns into a tale of redemption, self discovery, amazing boss fights, Vincent Valentine, the golden saucer, the weapons, and the lovecraftian like alien creature jenova.

 

 

 

 

    I forgot to include the final showdown between our hero and villain at the end of the game sorry for the slight spoiler but hey its a epic as hell way to end the game the player spent hours on and a amazing way to conclude the game. Yet most correction many of its fans forget or disregard the man reason why final fantasy vii is loved is because of its story about saving a world with broken people as its heroes Barret has regret, tifa has a deep hatred of shinra, cloud is living in some else's life so all this time he is living a lie which breaks him near the end of the game. yuffie is a thief oh i mean "treasure hunter"  that originally traveled with them to steal their materia. the main villain sephiroth who was once a hero who was beloved by all from shinra solider forces/ regular soldiers to the civilians of the world of ffvii to a insane mad man who wants to bring a "reunion" to the planet by colliding it with a meteor with the help of jenova which he as well as solider members cells were implemented in order to give them super strength after reading books/records about his creation. Its not a story about anti capitalism/corporatism as many in the ffvii fandom will tell you because it phases out after leaving migar and focuses on jenova, more on the ancients and their role for the planet, and the struggles of our main cast which comes together to create a grand journey that will change their lives.  

 

 

 

     

    Thats in the original Final Fantasy VII because in the remake sorry for slight spoilers for those who are reading this blog post is actually a reboot, retelling of the famous mythos of the final fantasy series that fans love hence the title REMAKE they shoulda called it REBOOT instead but hey its Japan after all and guess what im all down for all of the changes they will do in the sequel of the remake chapter one: migar arc. Again im welcoming the changes to the story with open arms as a fan of final fantasy and a fan of video games in general and yes we got ever crisis for our orginal atb turn based battle system fix as well telling all of the games in the ffvii series that includes crisis core, advent children, to dirge of cerberus to add to the mix but boy I wished they added a switch port because its perfect for handhelds and hardcore fans of the orginal final fantasy vii title. I have to point something out though im not pointing fingers at anyone but harassing people for different opinions about ffvii which includes the remake but there are some people on the net who are big fans of ffvii and looked forward to it but they gotten burnt out due to dealing with its fan dumb for instance let me give a shout out two good friend of mine as well as a awesome final fantasy youtubers solider first class and the night sky prince who were hyped as hell talking about the remake as well as the orginal but due to stress as well as harassment from the over "passionate" fan base of ffvii they decided to focus on other entries in the final fantasy series due to the reasons I explained just now its a shame because it sickens me that "passionate" fans bully and mock other ff fans for not excepting the remake or pointing out the originals flaws. 

    So to end my post involving ffvii and its remake let me say that im not going to let anyone enjoy how I enjoy final fantasy vii or its remake but even though night sky prince have different opinions on how we enjoy ffvii but at we put that aside and enjoy final fantasy as a whole along with solider first class and many amazing ff fans that aren't toxic and managed to treat each other with respect and kindness. I like final fantasy vii despite my gripes with most of the fan base regarding the title Also I thank Yoshinori Kitase, Nobuo Uematsu, Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima, and the father of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi as well as an for the tifa fans thank Masato Kato as well due to making tifa into a full fledged character in ffvii as well as his other inputs in the title. For making Final Fantasy VII happen and creating many many memories for many gamers and introducing many in the west during the psx era to the amazing JRPG era. So till then that all I have to say and I look forward to seeing many of you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

      

Why modern Hollywood Fails at Telling Stories!

  Ah hollywood how much I enjoy bashing your practices and storytelling methods that completely abandon any orginal ideas for the sake of profits. Ever since the early 2010's people on youtube like otaku assemble told people in his video that hollywood only does a reboot, sequel, adaptation these days because of risk of losing profits even though they make around over billion dollars on a good day at the box office. But recently due to the covid-19 crisis box office has taken a toll on hollywood due to what is going on and the one of the most successful films to come out of 2020 was a video game adaptation of a famous blue hedgehog from a company by Sega. 

  Ever since the writers strike of 2008 or some since 1997 hollywood became a joke because they went to the cheap route of treating fans like piggy banks and idiots who want to watch the most boring and blandest crap as much as possible look at the writers strike of 2008  and it's aftermath hollywood started to push reboots, adaptations, sequels, etc and most aren't even good reboots let alone adaptations or sequels due to poor writing, bad acting, unfaithful to the source material. And the people in the writing seat tend to be complete jerks to their audience on twitter to the point they scare their audience. Trust me you don't want to anger your audience because they keep you from getting homeless. Let alone give you more job opportunities in Hollywood.

  Let me recomend a book called don't support those that hate you by brian Niemeier of project frame Xseed fame where he goes into detail on the subject that I'm talking about here. Other words that book supports my opinion that Hollywood lost it's way, lost it's touch, lost it's magic as per say. They went completely creativity bankrupt in the creative side and to the inovation side of things as well and yes creative and inovation go along with the word creative. But let me say this hollywood is only there for the money these days not to entertain people but to suck em dry of their money from their wallets. While many actors to writers spit on the face of their many audience that they get their paychecks from. So stop supporting them and start creating our own content in order to start a new age of creativity because California including Hollywood isn't going to do jack what for the time being.

Its been a while what took you so long!

 Man oh man it's been a long while since I typed on a blog. And I know it's gonna be a short post because I haven't typed here in three to four years how I can tell because of my previous post that was up since 2018 yes thats a while ago.

 Let me tell you why I wanted to type on a blog again is because I felt inspired by independent book authors I met on twitter named Brian Niemeier which is famous for his project frame Xseed books (thanks blacksaged for recomending his works to me) and his friend and fellow author JD Cowan who makes really good blog post on his blog. Which in turn got me into writing again I know I'm a amateur compared to them when typing on a blog but one day I will slowly get to the level of capturing an audience.