PS4 owners, rejoice! Just today, Square Enix has released a demo for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake! This demo allows gamers to play through the opening chapter of the game, as well as the events of the iconic Mako Reactor 1 bombing mission.

Moreover, those who download the demo before May 11, 2020 will also receive an exclusive PlayStation 4 theme when the full game launches next month!

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In FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, players will be drawn into a world where the Shinra Electric Power Company, a shadowy corporation, controls the planet’s very life force. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra’s elite SOLDIER unit now turned mercenary, lends his aid to an anti-Shinra organisation calling themselves Avalanche. The first game in the project is set in the city of Midgar, and is a fully standalone gaming experience designed for RPG players that crave unforgettable characters, a powerful story and the ability to choose their style of play with a battle system that merges thrilling real-time action with strategic, command-based combat.

Head to the PlayStation Store right now to try out the demo. Final Fantasy VII Remake releases on April 10, 2020.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox
PlayStation Store Demo Link

 

[Deleted User]

Obviously this level 1 user whom has successfully derailed the thread and made them self the center of attention is trolling.

 

[the_randomizer]

Boy, this thread went to shit fast. Either people are going to like the game, play it, not like it, not play it, etc. Who the hell cares what people play or don't play? Just let people be themselves. Sheesh.

 

[Deleted User]

Boy, this thread went to shit fast. Either people are going to like the game, play it, not like it, not play it, etc. Who the hell cares what people play or don't play? Just let people be themselves. Sheesh.

The hero we need, but don't deserve.


If I may give an actual take on the topic besides my satirical comment about how much it's been delayed:

I'm not interested in Final Fantasy myself, but I'm aware of it's popularity and I know a few people who like it so I have a lot of respect for the franchise in that regard and I can celebrate the fact that this game, although some OG fans would prefer it to more closely match the original's gameplay, appears to be a high quality product which offers old fans a new way to experience the characters and story they love and new fans a chance at experiencing such a well regarded story in a format that's more palatable to their tastes. Overall it's a high quality game which had a lot of effort put into it which offers something for both old, new and yet to be Final Fantasy fans, which is a big win for the Final Fantasy community and gamers and Square Enix should give themselves a big pat on the back.

 

[tabzer]

Boy, this thread went to shit fast. Either people are going to like the game, play it, not like it, not play it, etc. Who the hell cares what people play or don't play? Just let people be themselves. Sheesh.

Except nobody criticized anybody's game playing choices. A troll came by and intentionally misrepresented a popular situation in order to be relevent. Nobody is a victim.

 

[FGFlann]

Tbf you took a perfectly innocuous post and extrapolated it out into trolling. But having a bad opinion isn't trolling. Saying that's the case is not conducive to constructive discussion and just generates animosity.

 

[tabzer]

You can believe that. I don't agree with your bad opinion.

The guy could have easily said,"I'm not interested in this remake", but he knew that would either be ignored, or met with "who cares?". He was trying to be relevent. And now he is. People are responding to him in sincerity, and he's acting like a victim. I think it's pathetic, but others respond to it.

There is no assumption that what he did was a troll. It was successful, even if it was low effort and cliche. I am not being hostile. I know how to troll.

 

[FGFlann]

But it's all assumption. It's nothing but. To get where you are requires you being a mind reader. You are assigning a lot of meaning to words that don't imply them and words that weren't targeted at anyone specific. The level of thought that goes into a post doesn't directly correlate with its intent, not every poster has to be as verbose as us. It doesn't automatically imbue it with malintent. That not everyone likes what you like is a lesson we should learn as children. We don't have to dive in there and defend the honour of video games from every non-specific, inoffensive post we see.

 

[tabzer]

It's deduction. Not assumption. The post functioned as a troll. While trolls are mythical, ugly creatures, the technique of trolling is something else. It's a fishing technique and the target is a general audience. I think your issue is that you don't know what the word trolling means.

We don't have to dive in there and defend the honour of video games from every non-specific, inoffensive post we see.

That's assumption. I'm not sure if how I feel about this game, but I am being honest about it. I don't care if people aren't interested in the game. What piqued my interest was that a lazy person was patronizing something ambitious. I enjoy teasing irony and hypocrisy. I was trolled. So, of course, I can say what trolled me.

 

[FGFlann]

My issue is really the uncharitable treatment of another user that doesn't deserve it. With a post that innocuous, you're never going to convince me that this is anything but assumption, because I can see the evidence with my own eyes.

Since we're not going to make progress with reason, I guess we gotta break it down now. I'm going to show you what I deduce from that post and out of pure curiosity, I would like you to do the same. Show me how you interpret it.

Don't mean to rain on the hype train but.

Everyone is excited but I disagree.

You played it once you played it before, a remake is just a game you're paying for again but slightly prettier.

We've all played the game before and know what's going to happen, we don't need to buy it again.

 

[tabzer]

uncharitable

I digress. I have given this topic of conversation a lot more consideration than it is owed. If you want to be "charitable" please do so without throwing my honesty under the bus. Okay?

 

[FGFlann]

Nobody's questioning your honesty. We all make mistakes, that's normal, part of being human. I'm not even insisting you're wrong, I'm inviting you to convince me. If you don't want to, fine, let's draw a line under the whole thing and move on.

 

[tabzer]

Now. If you want to assume what he wrote isn't what he wrote, we can re-translate it all we want.

Don't mean to rain on the hype train but.

I'm going to rain on the hype train.

You played it once you played it before, a remake is just a game you're paying for again but slightly prettier.

You played it once you played it before, a remake is just a game you're paying for again. Also, the graphics are no big deal.



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Don't mean to rain on the hype train but.

Everyone here is saying PC is better than Mac.

You played it once you played it before, a remake is just a game you're paying for again but slightly prettier.

But Mac is actually superior.



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Don't mean to rain on the hype train but.

No offense, but...

You played it once you played it before, a remake is just a game you're paying for again but slightly prettier.

Your mom is kind of old. I don't see what your father sees in her.

 

[FGFlann]

Haha, I'm definitely never going to accuse you of not knowing what trolling is. But you're not convincing me of any good intentions with this. If you're not going to engage in good faith and explain how you've come to the conclusion you have, why are you still engaging in this manner after you said you'd stop?

 

[tabzer]

Haha, I'm definitely never going to accuse you of not knowing what trolling is. But you're not convincing me of any good intentions with this. If you're not going to engage in good faith and explain how you've come to the conclusion you have, why are you still engaging in this manner after you said you'd stop?

I've not assigned morality to what anybody has done. What conclusion did I make do you disagree with? What did I say about stopping? When I type something, do you just reinvent what you are reading in the same manner you did for low-effort guy? Or do you have to see it in terms of good vs evil, meaning you've already designated who was being good, because they appear weak, and therefore (somehow) innocent?

 

[FGFlann]

Alright, I'm happy to accept that saying you'd "given this topic of conversation a lot more consideration than it is owed" doesn't necessarily mean you want to "stop".

I disagree with the conclusion you've made that their post is trolling, and I object to you using that conclusion to denigrate them. While their response has been to tell you they're not interested in the argument and they don't appreciate the insult. You accuse them of attempting to make themselves "relevent"(sic) but this is projection because it is you that is drawing attention to them. That is correctly identified as hostility as far I'm concerned. The level of effort in the post doesn't matter one whit to me but the response to it does.

As for morality, and good vs evil, I've not brought it up. Perhaps a guilty conscience?

 

[DANTENDO]

Bloody hel you two never heard so much nonsense both on ignore

 

[FGFlann]

Bloody hel you two never heard so much nonsense both on ignore

Y-you, too.

 

[tabzer]

As for morality, and good vs evil, I've not brought it up.

But you do when you bring up the question of "good intentions" and infer that I am inviting hostility and being insulting.

But you're not convincing me of any good intentions with this.

I disagree with the conclusion you've made that their post is trolling

Okay, but it did troll by function. I'm not saying the guy was smart and knew what he was doing, or that he had bad intentions. You are saying that it isn't trolling by re-translating it into a softer troll.

You accuse them of attempting to make themselves "relevent"

To a degree, everybody does that when they post. The method in which people do so can vary from trolling to offering progressive points of conversation. I didn't insult anybody. If he doesn't want to be low-effort and troll, then he should do something about his approach when posting in a thread. Let's not talk about "what's fair", lol.

 

[FGFlann]

Okay, but it did troll by function. I'm not saying the guy was smart and knew what he was doing, or that he had bad intentions. You are saying that it isn't trolling by re-translating it into a softer troll.

This is very important to the issue at its core. If something is functionally "a troll" but is not intentionally a troll, it cannot be one. Because trolling as it is defined requires knowing intent. I have to insist on being specific with this term because we are in danger of generalizing it to the point of where any opinion that incites a negative reaction from someone is a troll. Sometimes you just disagree even if it's worded badly.

And yes, when people post on forums they wish to be heard. Every garbage opinion gets to be put on the internet, but that doesn't make every ill-thought out comment a troll, and it doesn't mean that opinion becomes relevant. It becomes so when it is given relevance by others.

 

[Ichisuke]

Though largely absent from the demo, I object to the the alterations made to FF7's story. I especially didn't like how the narrative responsibility for the Reactor 1 bombing was taken out of Avalanche's hands at the end of the demo and became just another example of Shinra's villainy. Taking responsibility and coming to terms with the bad things that Avalanche did for the sake of saving the planet is a part of Tifa and Barret's character arcs. From the audience perspective, being told that "They're innocent, it was Shinra that really did it" is a bit of a cop-out.

Well... With a bit of "fantasy"... Lol... you can look at it this way....
Script from the original game when you go in 7th Heaven basement:

President Shinra
.........today the No. 1 Reactor was bombed. The terrorist group AVALANCHE has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
It is expected that AVALANCHE will continue its reign of terror.
But citizens of Midgar, there is no need to fear.
I have immediately mobilized SOLDIER to protect our citizenry against this senseless violence. Thank you and good night.

Jessie
Oops...
Hey, look at the news... What a blast.
Think it was all because of my bomb? But all I really did was just make it like the computer told me.
Oh no! I must've made a miscalculation somewhere.
Hey, that was my bomb's debut. Makes me kinda proud.

When you return to 7th Heaven and you talk to Jessie in the basement, she will tell you that the bomb shouldn't have made all that damage... And when you go to reactor 5 the president will show up, meaning that he already knew their movements (everyone is surprised that he's even there).

Now.... "off course"(cit.) this is a very stretched theory buy maybe even in the original it was implied that Shinra played a role in Sector 1 bombing from behind the scene.