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CyricZ posted...

So I recently played the Secret of Mana remake.

It's nigh one-to-one mechanically, and it puts into stark clarity how borked mechanics in old games could be.

There's a fair amount of bork in FF7.

If they don't remove the bork, people will complain about it. If they do, people will also complain about it. This whole remake is a lose-lose situation sadly.

The graphics could use an update, and the script would definitely benefit from a better translation(informed by the original, of course).
Mechanically speaking, IIRC Magic Defense straight-up doesn't work(it does nothing), so they really ought to make it work or remove it(the game got along fine without it, after all). Everything could benefit from more clarity, which could be fixed with useful tool-tips. They could definitely stand to put in references to how to recruit Yuffie and Vincent(and make the former less awful). Just, like, have a NPC mention something about seeing some weird girl around, or rumors that there's something in the basement of Shinra mansion.
They could also completely revamp the entire business with chocobo breeding and racing.
Aside from that, add more sidequests(and make some of the existing ones more obvious).
That would all be fairly non-controversial, I think.