It’s honestly kinda crazy how long some games spend in development. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is a perfect example of something that should’ve been quick but ended up being so bloated and took forever to make.

FF7Remake was announced in 2015, got stuck in development hell for a bit, released 2020. The sequel released 2024. The third one still hasn’t been teased yet. How many people are attached to a franchise if it takes 10 years to get the full story? I loved the first remake but dropped the second one, I just didn’t care about the story as much as I did ~5 years ago.

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      The real reason is probably more that I was not a fan of early 3d stuff in general. The camera was kinda crap, the controls didn’t feel great when walking around, etc. Not just an FF thing, either; this was for games as a whole except for racing games. I hated Starfox as well (coming from the Amiga world, some stuff felt like going backwards).

      Being able to suplex a train, though, was a nice bonus.

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        Yep and yet you’ve people arguing that kids should just play those. They’ve aged like fine wine.

        I mean I grew up with these moon logic puzzles and I still get very frustrated as an adult.

        There’s no way I would be doing this to myself if I didn’t have any connection to these old games I had alternatives, and no nostalgia.