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I for one hope this will finally shut people up! It took 20 years, but you finally got your remake. Personally, I think were better games out there, even within the series.
The nostalgia held people so tight because it was the first game in the series to wow folks with the power of "next gen". Though I honestly never saw what others saw in it. People gushed forever about the graphics. Even back then, the graphics didn't impress me. Then again, my hierarchy for a game's worth goes Story > Mechanics/Control > Music/Sound effects (voice goes with that now) > Visual effects. For what it was, it was still a decent game. The story was a tad convoluted, but it got the job done. I will say flat out though, I have ALWAYS hated Cloud and Sephiroth. The emo pretty boy thing just doesn't charge these batteries.
Now, with everyone's sacred cow finally getting what the remake treatment, maybe better games will get some of that love as well. I myself am more looking forward to Bloodstained and some new IPs rather than holding on to nostalgia for a game that wasn't even top shelf in its own day almost 2 decades back.
And to people who allow themselves to be coerced into buying a game system for one game... "A fool and his money..."