I gave FFXIII some flak back in the day, but I really did like it. Heck, it has one of my favorite casts. I’m a Snow enjoyer. However, it all went to hell when they made two sequels (with very different setting/theme tone) and decided to keep reusing the lore that people complained about in other games.

Also, I salute you for your courage at saying anything remotely negative about VIIR.

It really is a core part of the vibes and tone of the series. Even the ones with no story to speak of and/or bad old turn-based gameplay had the good music, design, etc.

Cold take, I know, but I think FFVIIR is a falsely advertised sequel.

I don’t know if I’d quite go that far, but VIII is hella underrated.

That was the first Squeenix entry?!

Well, now we hope they don’t cancel this one too.

And FFI has already been made convoluted by Dissidia, so maybe they’d be less tempted to add further timespace fuckery. I’d be down to see if they could present the original story in a way that isn’t a NES game (has a story beside the opening and ending cutscenes).

They would only stand to lose content at this stage anyway. Cut sidequests, making another subtitle-Remake instead of a remake, drastic dialogue cuts, etc.

We’re really getting in the zone now