LogFAQs > #939471328

Like Martin's ideas quite a bit. Here are mine:

Game 2: Kalm/Nibelheim flashback introduction. New engine/system gives us one "open world" area with Kalm on one end, Junon on the other, and Cosmo Canyon in the middle.

Area is navigable via motorcycle (Cloud) while everyone else follows behind in a truck. Other areas include Midgar Zolom/Cave, Fort Condor, Gonzaga, Chocobo Ranch.

Midgar Zolom is seen in the main story but fighting it is optional/sidequest. Elena is introduced.

Yuffie gets introduced via Fort Condor through mostly a new narrative relating to Wutai and the Original Avalanche.

Bugenhagen/Nanaki stuff in Cosmo Canyon is mostly the same.

Gonzaga mission features a Zack flashback and a triple Turk battle.

Once the party arrives at Junon the game gets more linear, following the events of the main game somewhat. It ends after the Jenova battle on the ship. Everyone dresses in sailor outfits. Game 2 features playable Yuffie and Red XIII.

By the end of the second game, most of the new "Wutai"/original Avalanche plotlines should be relatively resolved or developed into a narrative that more closely references the Ancients/Promised Land.

Game 3: The party arrives at Costa Del Sol. Like the prior game, this one features a large open area with Gold Saucer in the middle and Nibelheim on the other end.

The plot here I imagine will be even more different/revised from Game 2, but at the very least the game needs to follow a path that takes the player through Barrett's backstory/North Corel/Cait Sith, the Nibelheim mansion/Vincent, and Rocket Town/Cid.

Based on Game 1, the developers could probably make a whole game out of Gold Saucer - lots there for padding related to Jessie, Dio, Chocobo Racing, minigames extravaganza.

After Rocket Town, the game goes "on rails" to the Temple of the Ancients and a condensed series of events that gets us to the original End of Disc One. Where Aerith lives obviously.

Game Four: I think it's possible to finish the rest of the game here. Also I wouldn't mind if the plot of this game is completely new. Scenes I would like to see however are Aerith's parents in Ice Glacier. Cloud going bonkers, Tifa escape sequence, Three separate parties looking for huge materia (including some wacky new party members like Zack, Roche, and Reno), Tifa saving Cloud in the lifestream, Vincent flashback, optional Weapon superbosses and a new final dungeon. I never liked the original's tbh. And yeah, obviously "Under the Highwind" has to make an appearance to some degree.

Sorry if this was cringe!