UBON'S PROFILE

they're literally making ff15 alongside this, and releasing in chapters to reduce the amount of time and capital that they have to invest at once. it's useless to speculate about what else they could be doing with whatever resources are going into the remake unless you're directing the project yourself.

also, by all indications it's gonna be pretty damn new!

I'm a big fan of their toast

author=alterego
Yes, yes, I know this subject had blown over already. But I wanted to pitch in. Sue me. ;p

okay? but there's really nothing in that post that's breaking new ground. stirring up a finished conversation just to add another hypothetical 'well, what if this imaginary group I can say anything about does get offended?' to the pile just comes off as dense and self-indulgent.

e: also literally everything they've shown off so far looks good, so don't whip yourself into a frenzy just yet! people are going to immense lengths to jump the conclusion that there'll be, like, Save Aeris DLC for fifteen dollars or whatever, and it's the most ridiculously manufactured sort of pessimism I've seen in a while.

e²: like, if you had told me a year ago that FF7 would be getting a remake, and also that hardcore gamers actually hate the idea because they're worried the devs would make it less janky, I'd have called you a liar.

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what's important is to recognize that what seems ridiculous to you might be very significant from someone else's standpoint. experiences, backgrounds, and other circumstances change our perspectives, and it's not good to dismiss something out of hand just because you don't personally feel affected by it. the root of what bothers me with so much of this is the way people leap so quickly from 'this is a social criticism' to 'this person must feel offended' to 'this person's offense is ridiculous and unfounded, and deserves shame'.

I should apologize, too. I deal with a lot of this, so it's very easy for me to get my back up about this subject.