Current Events > So what was the better game? FF7 or FF7R?

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I gotta go with the original.

FF7R has it beat on graphics and possibly music but in terms of story, gameplay, atmosphere, pacing, tone, immersion. FF7 smashes it

FF7R didn't even let you ride chocobos and that's a staple.

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Yeah but did you defy fate ghosts in the original? No?

Haha yeah, SLAMMING!

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FF7R technically isn't even finished yet

Right now I prefer the original but once I have the fully fleshed out remake I might prefer that.

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for the content they both cover, I'll go with the remake.

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boxington posted...

for the content they both cover, I'll go with the remake.

Actually yeah I'll agree with this. I loved FF7R more than the portion of FF7 it covered.

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

FF7R technically isn't even finished yet

Right now I prefer the original but once I have the fully fleshed out remake I might prefer that.

They released FF7R as a complete game

The next one is a sequel.

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Tough to say. I really, really hated the ending to FF7R, but I did like how they fleshed out Midgar. If they continue with the alternate universe garbage, then I have no doubts that the original will end up being better overall.

there was definitely too much padding for the short runtime just to keep things taking place in midgar.

something is wrong when both games can be finished around the same time story-wise.

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Dorfmann_ posted...

Tough to say. I really, really hated the ending to FF7R, but I did like how they fleshed out Midgar. If they continue with the alternate universe garbage, then I have no doubts that the original will end up being better overall.

Bruh, idk about you but I'm excited for my Zack saving Aerith from Sephiroth and banging her fan fiction to finally come true.

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What a ludicrous thing to ask.
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...

What a ludicrous thing to ask.

What did you vote?

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Haven't played remake, but it's definitely the original.
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FF7R didn't do much for me. But I have no idea how much of that was the games fault.

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FFVII is overrated.

Not even a top 5 JRPG on the PSX.

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As a whole, the original is still better.

...but I will say, the Remake's battle system has a level of depth that I enjoyed more than the classic system. Having an ATB meter AND real-time combat with different combat styles is kind of brilliant, and adds a level of strategy and preparation that's absent from the original.

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Hayame Zero posted...

As a whole, the original is still better.

...but I will say, the Remake's battle system has a level of depth that I enjoyed more than the classic system. Having an ATB meter AND real-time combat with different combat styles is kind of brilliant, and adds a level of strategy and preparation that's absent from the original.

FF doesn't get enough credit for actually trying to innovate. People seem to prefer to play the same exact system for 20 years.

I didn't say DQ, you just thought it.

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Problem is when Square innovates their FF battle system the result is usually awful, and when it's not it's set up to fail either way. 10-2 was in a dum girlie game about dressup so nobody remembers it and I genuinely think that in any other game 13's battle system would be well-liked, but when literally everything about a game takes agency away from the player, a battle system seemingly doing the same, and it being literally all the game consists of, was a poor choice.
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13 has a great battle system
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i haven't played remake but obviously the original is better. it's a complete story. remake is just a partial telling. it only covers like the first 2 hours of the original game

I really liked 13-2 with the monsters you could get, ngl

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Alteres posted...

I really liked 13-2 with the monster you could get, ngl

It's good, but unfortunately leveling the monsters is so grindy the game gives you little reason to experiment with them and just stick with your few high level ones.
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Zikten posted...

i haven't played remake but obviously the original is better. it's a complete story. remake is just a partial telling. it only covers like the first 2 hours of the original game

Midgar is more than 2 hours

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7, obviously, it's a complete game. But I enjoyed what they did with FF7R, i wish it was done to a complete game so it didn't need as much fluff. But ignoring the fluff, Midgar is much more fun in R than 7. I also don't hate the idea that R is pushing where the original was one path and the remake is a new path that will be different. I'd obvously prefer just take 7, making it pretty, fixing bugs/glitches, and throwing in some more end game content if i had my way.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

People seem to prefer to play the same exact system for 20 years.

i've bought every mainline dynasty warriors since 4 for a reason. Change is the devil!

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