It's a totally different set of issues of class inequality and a commentary of capitalism and environmentalism with some discussions of race and stereotyping in the original. It was made in Japan sure but was a plain old polygon character adventure.
Remake is less about those things (maybe as a way to force them into the sequel) and more about being a sexuality and gender identity anime. Which, hey, sure those are important issues but that's not what the original was. It is a huge shoe horn to me and maybe I should have been more specific. I didn't play the other more recent ones so maybe that's what I should have expected.
Edit: Not to mention it's all in Midgar which was the worst and most tedious part of the original.
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MajorHavoc@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
They're flipping Timmy off for being ungrateful. FF8 is a great game.
helloharu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Timmy can get in the bin.
palebluethought@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
this meme must have time traveled from 1999
I thought in the modern day we properly recognized FF8 as a top-5 all time
helloharu@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I love FF8, its one of my favourites. Whats the problem?
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I mean I love FF8 but prefer 7 & 9 by a lot
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · -9 pts · 2y
The old 7. Remake is just a weird anime social issue circle jerk.
highenergyphysics@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Man it must be really something to consume a piece of media and miss the entire point
Like, do you think All Quiet on the Western Front is about how badass war is?
Onarock@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I thought it was about being quiet and western
distantsounds@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
That was just a front
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · -4 pts · 2y
It's a totally different set of issues of class inequality and a commentary of capitalism and environmentalism with some discussions of race and stereotyping in the original. It was made in Japan sure but was a plain old polygon character adventure.
Remake is less about those things (maybe as a way to force them into the sequel) and more about being a sexuality and gender identity anime. Which, hey, sure those are important issues but that's not what the original was. It is a huge shoe horn to me and maybe I should have been more specific. I didn't play the other more recent ones so maybe that's what I should have expected.
Edit: Not to mention it's all in Midgar which was the worst and most tedious part of the original.
Dio@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 2y
Who is, "We" And why.
Onarock@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Me and yes
helloharu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
No its me
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
They're flipping him off because he doesn't have a PS1 to play this masterpiece with.