Yes, those were great enhancement!. Don Corneo scenes were padded out but staying true to what made it so good in the original. But that didnt't happen with the Shinra escape for example, here we went from the renowned scene of escaping the prison with blood smeered on the floor and finding the president witg a masamune in his back, to a kingdom hearts esque piece of garbage where all this is replaced by silly stuff, whilst also ruining Sephiroth as a mysterious character.
Same for the group NOT blowing up the reactor, totally unneccesary change..
Dude calm down a bit. Its okay not not like something, no one is blaming you.
But you should be aware that a lot of people actually like the changes, because they did want more than just a plain remake. You wanted a plain remake and thats fine and I understand that. Personally I like all the stuff you find very negative. It gives me much more to think about.
The reason FF7 stuck with me for so long was because the story of even just the original was going over my head as a kid. I liked the characters but I had to watch summaries of the whole story and everything that was going on every now and than just to be reminded of how it all fits together. I mean Sephiroth, Jenova, the Cetra, Lucrecia and Vincent, the lifestream, the concept of memories and their manifestation in Cloud... thats already quite a stretch for a "basic story"
Now it just got a bit harder to keep track of everything, since the story spans more than one game.
Sure there is stuff I dont like, e.g. the whole deepground story doesnt really add anything for me and everything about it does not "feel" like FF7, including all the character design in DoC.
However there are certain aspects I really like about the remake story line for example
- somewhat confirmation that Jenova was controlling Sephiroth in the OG, he never really had any free will --> he now wants to retake control and becomes stronger than before. You say we lost the mysterious Sephiroth, I now feel like we got a very mysterious Sephiroth that for the first time is acting on his own will and is unrestrained from Jenova. I like that concept because Jenova always felt a bit detached. She is never really there, its always Jenova cells this and Jenova cells that. But we never see her or hear her. She is just this alien from another world with the only goal to destroy the planet for whatever reason and using Sephiroth as her vessel. Now we have Sephiroth for the first time being himself and being more powerful than ever before. I find that interesting.
- the concept of people living in someone's memories, albeit an abstract concept, it kinda makes sense from a spiritual level
- Destroying Aerith's and especially Zacks influence on Cloud and the guidance they were giving to him, by killing his memories. Clouds story will be super interesting to see in the upcoming games, since Sephiroth will take everything from him. Same goes for Aerith, she has lost a vital connection to the life stream. This promises an even greater focus on characters than in the original, which I love, because thats the true strength of the series.
A lot of people fool themselves by saying that FF7 OG had some straight forward plot that was basic and easy to follow and somehow remake messes with that. When in reality most of these concepts were already well established in the OG (as the video shows), but it wasnt really given much time and explanation, so most people who werent theory crafting just glossed over it. Advent children and now remake go deeper into these concepts like memories and certain aspects of the lifestream. But its not like the devs are making these more abstract and convoluted concepts front and center at all times. They still realize that the characters are what is important in FF7 and they have shown this with the remake. All the other stuff is mainly in chapter 2 and chapter 18, while sprinkled in for a few seconds in other chapters. All the rest is FF7 as we know and love, so I dont get the outcry over it. Enjoy the stuff you like and if you're not into the weird stuff, then just ignore it and try to enjoy the ride with the characters and see how they develop and adapt to the new situation.
