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PS2 Final Fantasy 7 Spinoff
Bagels writes "Square Enix is finally answering the prayers of thousands of FF7 fans with a side-story PS2 game called "Dirge of Cereberus: Final Fantasy VII." Not much is known yet - the game focuses on the character Vincent, it's set one year after the upcoming movie, Advent Children, and it's early in development as of now - but this is sure to be a hot topic amongst fans and critics of the series alike."
it will obviously be a game I cannot play wearing pants.
My ex-girlfriend wanted me to start dressing like a vampire after that, which I declined :P
Proof of why God isn't proven
God spoke to me.
FF7 crossover with Hercules? Oh sorry, they already did that in Kingdom Hearts. =P
...will Aeris be alive?
Hail! The merger is now complete my masters and Square Intellectual Property is Now Ours!
LET THE BEATING OF THE DEAD HORSE BEGIN!!!
-=[ Who Is John Galt? ]=-
That there never is a "Final" Fantasy?
Good games, though.
FFX-2 was chock full of new ideas! The trouble is that they all sucked.
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I call this "the Enix influence".
(Note: somewhat obscure joke, based on the sequel to the seventh part of one popular western CRPG series...)
Scene: North Corel, eighteen months after the end of FF7...
Barrett: "Yo, homes."
Cloud: "So there are some news about these Cerberus things?"
Tifa: "All I found among Sephiroth's belongings was a map showing the way to a place called the Isle of Cerberus, and this letter."
Barrett: "Okay. Slap it down there!"
As Tifa opens the letter, it magically animates, casting a gigantic holographic projection of Jenova in air...
Barrett: "Jump back!"
Jenova projection: "Sephiroth! Know that my face is most goth-like! While it's unlikely that this ludicruous gang that you spoke of manages to ruin our plans, you must send a clone of you to the Isle of Cerberus, to learn the secret of Acne Medication! Soon I and my horde of puppets will destroy the planet!"
Cloud: "We must send Vincent to the Isle of Cerberus..."
Vincent: "Hm? Why me?"
The rest of the characters unceremoniously tie Vincent to the back of a gold chocobo, which panics and runs off across the ocean. Then, at one point, it disappears mysteriously with a "Zot!" effect.
.. there's Final Fantasy A+!"
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
OK. You're a purist. And God hates fanboy purists, so I'd keep one eye on passing storm clouds.
I've enjoyed FF from #1 all the way through FFX-2. They're just enjoyable diversions, folks. There's nothing to be "purist" about. FFX-2 was fluffy and fun. Cracking a smile during an RPG will not bring about the Apocalypse.
bastardization of my favorite stories when there's a continuation made after the story has ended. it's as if there was a braveheart 2 being made.
No, it's not even on the same continent as the city that contains the ballpark. This comment is particularly ironic considering how Braveheart 1 was a bastardization of actual history.
Square can do what they want with their properties. I can play them or not. If they produce a sequel I don't like, well, that's life. There's no point in whining like a sissy over it.
--- Ban humanity.
Exactly. I think the best thing Square could do is to build off of games such as FF7, FF3 (4), and Chrono Trigger, widely considered some of the best games of all time. No need to go crazy on new battle systems and what not; I think many fans of the series would just die for extensions of these classic games with only slight modifications. I know I would
Equal video game time for everyone's favorite aardvark! Yaaaah- Huh? It's who? He's a what? Tarim - there is no justice!
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
On a second thought, after playing FFX2, maybe it would be best NOT to have a sequel...
Yes. It would be hard to make a sequel as good as FFX2, so why bother trying?
Rob
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:)" and get moderated "Score:3, Insightful" out of a possible 5.
A typical example of one such post; was to post something like "Who plays ANY game wearing pants?
This, rather shamefull, example was typical before the new geek order.