Remember that you can dislike stuff without making it part of your personality. Report and ignore shitposters that only spam and argue in bad faith./ffg/ spam filter: https://pastebin.com/SJ1sb9r0>General Info on Final Fantasyhttps://finalfantasy.fandom.com>What version should I play?http://pastebin.com/nDC7j5bn>Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdLsIQEGj-E>Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicleshttps://youtu.be/JRIElEOQa4c>Final Fantasy XVI Infohttps://na.finalfantasyxvi.com>Launch Trailer "Salvation"https://youtu.be/_CrV3hkJuvs>DLChttps://youtu.be/RecsFD6SWfchttps://youtu.be/aveDvd66clk>PC Trailerhttps://youtu.be/LBqpFlA_4Is>Final Fantasy VII Rebirthhttps://youtu.be/WgdkN2tCAFwhttps://youtu.be/Q56cRDseTGQ>Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasyhttps://youtu.be/dgTNtB9mysshttps://youtu.be/L-UITSfBZpc>Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis>>>/vmg/1916155>Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omniahttps://www.youtube.com/@DFFOperaOmnia>Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visionshttps://pastebin.com/1yvynbW8>Final Fantasy XIhttp://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtmlPrevious thread: >>565108420
As long as the shippers only attack each other and don't say anything bad about the games and the people who made them I'm fine with their war being waged here. In fact, as guaranteed sales pigs for SE, I consider them some of our most treasured allies, and will defend them if I feel they're under attack.
Some people really need to figure out that you can dislike stuff without making it part of your personality. You don't have to go out of your way to remind everyone every time it comes up, and argue with anyone who does like it.
Sex with Krile
As long as no one makes negative remarks about Yoshida, FFXIV, or FFXVI, we will be fine.
>>565503059BASED FIRST POST BEST POST
>>565503059Based.Shame the fatherless never heeds this.
As long as no one makes any negative or neutral remarks about Nomura, Kitase, Hamaguchi, Toriyama, Matsuno, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning, Remake, Tactics, E33, Duellum, Kastaclsym, Sebbywebz, WotV, or BE we will be fine.As long as no one makes any positive or neutral remarks about XIV, XVI, Yoshida, CS3, Spirits Within, Sakaguchi, OO, or X-2 we will be fine.Take care to not agree with anyone's /ffg/ approved positive or negative opinions too much. Agreeing with someone can come off as disingenuous, but only when certain posts or certain ideas are agreed with, not others. Also remember that if you disobey any of the rules, this automatically puts you into the opposing category of posters. There are no exceptions. These are the rules.I'm still not 100% sure X-2 is listed as being on the correct "side" here, but we did have a mini melt so I'm adding it.
>>565503072>only authentic post is from a pedodamn...
>>565503059FPBP
>>565503059More people need to read this
why did armored machine have a program that mimicked Ultros Tentacles and Entangle? Does Kefka have a tentacle fetish?
The savior of Dissidia and Final Fantasy!
>>565503041FPBP.I feel the same way. If I felt differently, I'd say so. It feels good not being too insecure to express myself.>>565503201Enjoy SoP. It got mixed reviews but it's really good if you ignore its flaws.
>>565503201Be sure to take lots of screenshots of your character (female) and post them in /xivg/ while pretending to be them. I know you'd like doing this a lot.
>>565503402Cry some more, you fatherless loser.
One true love and kissu hug! Canon and cute couple!
How old is Rikku again?
>>565503665BASED!
>>565503814Okay, well whatever you do, be sure to spend more time in /gpose than playing the game, and post your character on /xivg/ while pretending to be them. You will love doing this, I know it. This is who you truly are.
>>565497645FF6 needs a Remake.
>>565503665Based & won.
>>565503932It really does.
>>565503665Bodied that freak.
imagine the noise the children heard.
>>565503665Irrefutable & defeated the no-dad loser.
How do I Rikku? Just got her today, already had her full kit on day 1. Am I really meant to just sit there for most of the match once I hit max bravery? Or should I be running around cleaning crystals to prevent the enemy from getting to them?
>shadow is implied dead post Kefka>Umaro and Gogo pop out of nowhere despite not being in the scene from before.
>>565504213Yup, it's seething.
>>565504321He makes the thread as soon as it hits 750, not when it's about to be archived. If you're going to sperg out constantly, at least sperg out correctly.
OOcucks kneel before Duellum.
>>565504602The fatherless Discordtroon cannot sperg out correctly. If xe did, xe'd die instantly from the contradiction.
>>565504370When isn't it seething? That fatherless loser is on its way to abandon its shallow shilling of XIII in favour of praising Aerishit and pretending she's anything but the slums' meat bicycle, and now that it got defeated with arguments, it's just raging and crying.
>>565503059I am honestly baffled how shit this general is. Thanks to remake, I slowly but surely started to get more and more into this franchise. Now that I played all ps1, ps2, ps3 FFs + rebirth, 16, all I can say is that I really like this franchise. My next goal will be the snes games and even trying go get some platinum trophies. But it doesn‘t matter, what you say it‘s always like>oh no you like 13? you bad>oh no you like remake? you bad>oh no you like 16? You badBla bla bla, this is almost like the pokemon community, but just more annoying.
kind of fucked up knowing the world of ruin had it's tectonic plates shifted when areas of the world were pushed further south or north and barely moved at all.
Hamaguchi said part 3 is already playable. Did he cry on the reunion with Aerith part?
>>565503953>>565504321>>565504962Serve your ban.
>>565505212The insecurity of the final fantasy fanbase is unmatched
>>565503932Never played ff6, but I don‘t agree. The only games that actually need a remake are 12 and 13. Before you already start your angry typing, wait a second and hear me out.>6 is already feature complete and beloved>12 was gutted midway, because sakaguchi leaving>13 was gutted, because hd development is difficult. >versus never existed, nomura never knew what to do and tabata managed to ship that shit (eventhough he was probably the worst manager at square) and we will get verum rexBut 13 and 12 suffered the most and they should take a new shot at making them great. I wouldn‘t mind hd2d of ff6 though.
>>565505532The E33 fanbase is dangerously close already, and I have faith that it will eventually surpass the insecurity levels of the Final Fantasy fanbase.
>>565505725FFVI is the best one. You should definitely play it.
>>565505725NTA, but the games that need a Remake the most are VI and XI. >VI is not the game that people think it is, either due to technical limitation, budget constraints, or time constraints; people's imagination and nostalgia does a lot of heavy lifting in this game>XI barely playable, horribly archaic, was woefully outdated even at its launch, needs a drastic fundamental game engine overhaul to be truly playable in the modern era; XIM shows a lot of promise of what XI *could* be likeXII is fine. TZA is perfectly playable. XIII is fine as well, the only thing it needs is a port/remaster so that it's playable on modern consoles and so that you don't literally need a patch to keep it from crashing on PC.
>>565506245>XIII is fine as welllmaolol
>>565503041Problem is the shippers don't play the games and actively attack anyone that actually does play them and wants to discuss them here. I guess that's why their Redditbirth dating sim didn't sell so well...
Vincent still had his scythe in June 1996.
>>565506647I don't really think XIII is getting better unless you remove Lightning, and that's not going to happen. Maybe they could add a Hard mode, but knowing SE it will require a full playthrough in order to access, so it will be pointless and people wont play it anyway.
>>565506860Exactly, but enough about the Aerishitter already. He's banned, good riddance.
>>565506935Nice CG for 1996
>>565506245You haven't played VI.
>>565507261He hasn't played XI either. Very opinionated about those games he hasn't played though.
>>565507261>>565507370I've played both of them. I even played VI when it came out. Didn't play XI until recently though. Just because you read opinions about Final Fantasy that trigger you doesn't mean that your enemy hasn't play the games.
>>565507618*You started XI and gave up in the base game to cry here that it needs a remake because you couldn't figure it out*You played some of VI while in diapers and now instead of playing the Pixel Remaster you cry here that it needs a remake instead. You'll do anything besides playing Final Fantasy.
>>565507835Serve your ban.
>>565507835>*You started XI and gave up in the base game to cry here that it needs a remake because you couldn't figure it outFalse. I did "figure it out", it just requires a million mods to play, and XIM shows that it doesn't need to be that bad. >*You played some of VI while in diapers and now instead of playing the Pixel Remaster you cry here that it needs a remake instead. When I first played VI I was well past diapers, and I have also played the Pixel Remaster. It was nice using the Amano sprites mod. >You'll do anything besides playing Final Fantasy.Serve your ban.
>>565505383They just left Aerith like 3 seconds ago. Hardly counts as a reunion.
If FFXI was so great, why did they abandon it for FFXIV?
>>565508290SE's CEO Matsuda was senile and making some very retarded decisions at the time, like the XIII trilogy for example.
>>565508290I'm the guy saying that XI needs a Remaster, and they didn't "abandon it for XIV". They've even gone back and added content to it and it still gets updates because the lifers never unsubbed and it's still beloved by the people who play it. I think there's a good game in there with great stories, I just think it is massively held back by a game engine and archaic design that was already outdated at the time of its release. The XIV spaghetti code meme clearly began with XI.
>>565508476Why are you answering the shitposter? It's not arguing in good faith.
I don't think XI needs a nusquare DEImake but if they could actually do a faithful remake without fucking it up no one would complain
>>565509041Mostly because I don't want to be associated with him by proxy. It can already be interpreted that I am shitting on XI, which I am not doing, so I don't want to be lumped into a category with someone who is blatantly shitposting.
>>565509079The problem is that because it's the engine that needs updating, I don't think you can even do a Remake, since the very foundation upon which the game is built is the thing that needs to be brought up to speed. Like, just making it so that you can actually play the game with keyboard and mouse would be a HUGE improvement, but that's apparently isn't possible.
>>565508080You have to emphatize with the protagonist. To him, one second away from Aerith is already an eternity. It's called immersion.
Shippers are pathetic.
>>565510083Cloud hates Aerishit, sadly.
Liking a canon couple is not "shipping", it's just appreciating romance.
>>565509079>DEImakeWhat did he mean by this?
>>565509361>thinks XI can't be played with keyboard and mouse>endgame in XI is literally all keyboard macrosYeah you definitely did not play FFXI lmao
Everytime I hear news about Part 3, I get kind of excited. Then I remind myself of Rebirth's gameplay.
>>565510780>>thinks XI can't be played with keyboard and mouseIt can't be. XIM can be played with a keyboard and mouse. XI cannot be. >>endgame in XI is literally all keyboard macrosKEYBOARD, yes. Your options for playing XI are KEYBOARD or controller. >>Yeah you definitely did not play FFXI lmaoKill yourself your insufferable shitposter.
Can you play XI with one hand?
>>565510984A mouse can most certainly be used to play FFXI. I'm beginning to think that you may not have played the game.>>565511062Yeah
>>565511562>A mouse can most certainly be used to play FFXI.Not really, no. Apparently you know this and are just being belligerent. Using a mouse is detrimental to playing XI. Even if you try to use a mouse, you are limited to the same turn speed that keyboard and controller have. XIM shows how a mouse should be able to be used with XI, but for some reason cannot be.
>>565506935Vincent sephiroth theory?
Who is the sexiest XI girl and why is it lilisette ?
>>565513247Um, no, it's Prishe.
>>565513247Aphmau
>>565512759early drafts had vincent with sephiroth's name as the placeholder alongside three lackies he never has in the final game. in fact sephiroth wasn't in the game at all, neither Zack nor Tifa. It was just cloud, barret, aeris, red xiii, and a chocobo according to promotional material with the plushies. The turks were reworked.
>>565513698She's 15. Nice
It's weird no one has figured out the shitposter self deletes their own posts for attention.
>>565513698>AI slop
>>565505386You won, it had to evade its ban and then pretend it deleted its posts itself.
>>565513698>>565514750>Minecraft YouTuberKys
https://myfigurecollection.net/item/3301309https://myfigurecollection.net/item/868303So what's the difference?Looks like the new Rebirth one is still posable, but the joints arent as visible? Is that it?
Having a threesome with Rikku and Krile
>>565513247>>565513287>>565513698Arciela because of Hayamin.
>>565506245>>565508038>>565510984>>565511695Wtf 11 reboot still isnt out yet? Hasn't it been like 10 years since it was announced
Krile is only 14.
>>565518083Out of 10
>>565502967I'd like to let /ffg/ know, that I found the VII item video I asked about one week ago, if some were still looking for it for me. Thank you.>>565512759Some think Vincent's his father.
>>565517640Get an actual Tifa figure, fag
>>565519180im not a brain damaged indian
Stop it Rikku...why are you staring at me like that?
>>565519932Roleplaying is not allowed by 4chan's rules.
is that FF7 New Threat mod actually worth playing? Seems overhyped to me
>>565517371>>Minecraft YouTuberWhat are you talking about, schizo?
Yozora for duellum
>Tifa canonically wears a thong with her sexy dress>They give us gay shorts in the gacha and people pay for itHow is everyone ok with this? They keep cucking us and you guys just take it
>newfag mistakes his c00mer headcanon with the real canon
>>565522235After 2B and Joker from Persona 5
>>565523049Evidence for the gaslighters who say there is no censorship
>>565523105>>565523223Juat in time, fucking gaslighter. Go suck square enix cock more so they keep censoring Tifa like when they nerfed her tits.
>>565523223Not him, but that's just a concept by Ferrari. It never made it into the final game. Ever Crisis is PEGI 12 in the EU btw
>>565523223Concept arts aren't canon, c00mer.
>>565512759VJump back in Oct96 made a Seph's age = Vinc's (in appearance) age+1 joke on these two.They also made a Tifa's BWH sizes = Misao's+1 mockery before anyone knows Tifa's BWH sizes.
>>565523528>concept art is not canon>scenes in the game are not canonAnything else is not canon, fag?
>>565512759The original Sephiroth had Vincent's design and was Tifa's brother. That's why Tifa and Vincent look like siblings.
>>565523732>deflectingWe accept your surrender.
>>565523172Yoko Taro should direct a Final Fantasy game.
>>565523464They should increase the rating. They hooked us with bunny Tifa and the promise they would give us more as time went on. Instead they do a 180 and go harder on the censorship.
>>565523850Thong is more canon than the shorts shit slurper. Not that you care, cuck.
>>565523925The game is dying. It's gonna EoS soon.
>>565523748No, Tifa is a honey bee in NPC that was repurposed to be part of the main cast.
>>565523914He's busy directing a worse series right now
>>565523748That's actually pretty cool
>>565524447Is he directing Persona?
My wife Eiko is cute!
>>565524053Luckily, VII doesn't sell anymore.Nobody buys it.
>>565524506out of 10 ToT
>>565524194That's a myth
>>565524506Is she going commando?
>>565524194to be precise >>565523645https://i.4cdn.org/v/1777506281550859.jpg
>>565524805It's that or Tifa actually worked there.
>>565524567Just like turn-based games
>>565523850You won.
>>565523748And later Aeris was reused from FFV's Lemure.
OO fans are the P5 fans of Dissidia
>>565525469I don't get it.
GIRUGAMESH
Aerisu!
>>565526275If you can't name all the weapons, you're not a real FF fan.
>>565526275pointy sticklong knifeother long knifedildo chainother other long knifecleaver
>>565525282I really liked that tradition, that monsters could become playable in later games and I'm sad it went away. Bahamut, Leviathan, Terra, Gogo, Aerith, Typhon, Gilgamesh, Quina and Yojimbo. Were there others?
It's up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWbpwZZHs6c
>>565528097>4 subscribersNot watching your video, baldy. Buy an ad.
>>565528505Hi I'm imbred.
Looks like people hate how Cloud and Kain got nerfed due to how strong Rikku and Clive are.
>>565503336>fatherless spammer has been at it for this longlmao its barry
>>565523049>>565523223Reminder that the Nier gacha (also made by Applibot) was allowed to have sexy girls, so this is a Nomura/FFVII problem.
>>565529341clive needs buffs his ur abilities have small range and he needs a few more iframes at the end of him using flames of punishment. he’s only an issue if you let him chip away the boss hp
>>565503336
>>565530672Nomura used to enjoy watching cucks slurping his cumstains or jizzing together with him to his secondhand fap material (since 1993).Back then she, and only she, has all 3 unique pantsu with each outfit.
>>565532738How far we've fallen...
>>565532738how cringe
>>565529341>Rikku is god tier FF girl>...Clive is god tier FF man?
>>565532738think you're just projecting anon
>>565533389Is that the motherfucking Tekken guy?!
>>565534793Wrong game, the Tekken guy is from XV.Rookie mistake, you'll stop mistaking games as you gain experience.
>>565532738We need to go back to this, Nomura is not based anymore
>>565528097He's wrong.>>565533389Rikku not even closeClive, yes
>>565535256Sorry, but nobody play Tekken 7
>>565537570>chineseGo away. This is an American website for true Americans, not commies roaches.
>>565537332>Rikku not even close
>>565537679Not being able to tell the difference between chinese and korean is a huge red flag that screams low intelligence.
>>565537679You struck a nerve, the cockroach is malding.
>>565537996It really is, isn't it.
I think the recent censorship of Tifa is happening because square added a sex scene so graphic and vulgar in part 3 that they are starting to protect Tifa's image preemptively. Am I coping? Or can it be true?
>>565537719What is wrong with her eyes?
>>565540940She's a reptilian
>>565540824>protect Nomura's nasty secondhand fap material (since 1993=97-4) imageLike cutting off that (((TOSHIMA ONNA = old hag))) line which was word-to-word copied from that eroge where herself came from only you illiterates didn't know, and honestly believe that would stop ppl from noticing that she's not anything else than a cheap knockoff prepared for shiteaters? >>565524852 >>565532738
>>565528097Sorry, my guy, it really is about hopping. VII was grounded and Advent Children was weightless and bombastic.
>>565528097How can Complete ruin AC when it gave us more? More scenes, more lore. It expanded the story and gave us more worldbuilding. How could that ever be a bad thing?
>>565528097>the new additions are actually subtractions>chipping away at what little precious artistry is present in the original versionI didn't even know there were 2 versions, but this seems like an extremely dangerous thought process to entertain.
>>565510083Okay so why leave her?
>>565532738I think the problem is the Japanese rating CERO sytem, even Sakurai complained that they were a nuisance with the female characters from Smash. It's like if a game show panties it can't be sold to everyone/teens anymore.
>>565549898Nomura is lucky. Nothing will ever be his fault.
If part 3 is already playable as Hamaguchi says, can he hurry up and release it? I want the happy ending with Aerith already.
>>565520802Aphmau is a Minecraft YouTuber, faggot. Of course I'd expect a fatherless shit-poster like yourself to play dumb https://youtu.be/bovNMCpPeOc
>>565550598The game is ready to ship, they're just holding out for the perfect release date. We don't want it until it's on an anniversary date.
>>565550849This is like that time when I said in a Street Fighter music thread that Sakura's them from EX is awesome but everyone ganged up on me because it was the theme music for an youtuber I didn't know.
>>565524053how would censorship help then?
>>565523925>They should increase the rating.Isn't the issue with Final Fantasy that no one young is playing it? What's the point of having the gacha game app be available for 13 year olds? There's no point in that. Not only are zero 13 year olds every going to play a modern Final Fantasy title or gacha game, but in the case of gacha games a 13 year old is never going to spend money on a gacha. Meanwhile the actual target audience for Final Fantasy (boomers) are upset because everything is censored, and not only is it censored it's not even as fan servicey as the original game was in 1997. I think Nomura might be retarded.
>>565553429But it's not his fault. People blame him for everything but he's never once been at fault for anything.
>>565553947I wonder who is to blame for the censorship of Final Fantasy VII if not Nomura.
the new event ranked 111th Censorship worked, brothers
What am I in for? I don't know much about Final Fantasy lore, I played and enjoyed X. I'm reading I might need to install Special K and change config files just to get the game running?
>>565554834Why didn't Aerith save the event? She was uncensored
Once again, it's Aerith's fault. Not Tifa's fault. Not Nomura's fault. Not Square Enix's fault. Neither is it the fault of no one and instead simply how things panned out. No. It's Aerith's fault. It might even be Yoshida's fault too.
>>565558354Didn't have to do that? I just launched the game and it worked? But given how shit SE is at porting games, might be.Otherwise, you're into a Nioh-like: very fast, no i-frames.
>>565558354You would appreciate the game more if you were more familiar with the series since the levels are references but the plot is self-contained. No need to worry about that.
When is Sephiroth in DD? When this banner ends?
>Rebirth trailer is kino>The new coverart is peak Nomura>The game is entering 100% ceritified wild ride territoryI'm as happy as the next guy about how good Rebirth is looking, but the real treasure is knowing that somehow, in some way, Nomura reclaimed his mojo and is fucking BACK.
>>565524506The best
>>565564197>>565566524Ty friends, hope it's good
I don't understand why my game looksso bad. I compare to videos in youtube and their game has beautiful fur, way better lightning, everthing looks betterMine looks like 999% sharpness and everything ugly and weird shadows.I have everything in fucking max. 100% resolution. No AMD fsr thing.The only thing i can't enable is Nvdia DLSS but there's no way DLSS makes game look way better and makes lightning good and fur not look like shit.
>>565576676I like it, but I never beat it. It get hard fast.
>>565576838SoP is just a bad game. It's only spammed here by shitposters to attack other Final Fantasy games.
>>565576838Can't really help you there outside of tangling with every single setting imaginable and hoping for the best, very sorry. The port *is* known to be very bad.
>>565505212If anything, I'd say the general is tame compared to other online spaces, where if you didn't know any better, you would assume people hating on shit is their full time job
Talking about FF games you hate is still more FF themed than every single thread being just p*dophile losers.
>>565578153Why are you so afraid to spell a word, Anon? Think you'll lose some engagement? Here?
>>565576838Have you ever played a game made by Team Ninja before? Their games always look like that. SoP was already among their best-looking games at the time. And if you're gonna bitch about the game, at least bitch about the gameplay. The cultists in here are so eager to shit on another Final Fantasy they've never played and I'm ready to see them bring up metric whenever they lose an argument.
>>565577992Well at the very least we didn't have someone posting a video of himself fucking a horse IRL, so I'd say we have some standard baseline we respect.
>>565578304The kids these days have been encouraged to self-censor so much that they do it unprompted.Like broken cattle.
> p*dos seething
>>565578347But anon, if the game is supposed to look as bad as mine, why every youtube video i compare with looks much better?Everyone's game looks good but mine, it's like something is disabled in my game but i have all max.
>>565579013If you think yours looks bad, try looking up the PS4 version on Youtube.
>>565578782This guy is the Freya of FF8.Completely forgotten and irrelevant.
>>565580027>Completely forgotten and irrelevant.Every character not named Squall / Rinoa then?
>>565573709What new coverart?What wild ride?
The job system lore is so confusing to me.Like how the fuck Jack Garland, an obvious warrior/dark knight can literally pick any weapon he wants and be super powerful white mage or monk or whatever?It's so stupid people shouldn't be able to switch jobs at willy nilly and be super awesome at everything. Specially when other game protagonists like FF 1, 9, 4, etc can't change jobs at all.
>>565581926Jack's crystal is special. It'll be explained later in the game
>>565581926>Jack GarlandHave you been spoiled on the story?
>>565582710I'm pretty sure him being named Garland was revealed shortly after the initial trailer (most likely because every single person who watched the trailer instantly guessed it anyway). Didn't Nomura himself talk about it?
>>565582825Weird, I remember it being kind of a surprise. Like the fact he knows Princess Sara's song.oh well.
>>565582710It literally says so in the wiki
>>565576838>>565558354Did you install Special K? If I recall, it fucks with the fur because it's poorly optimized and GPU intensive. Otherwise, the bottom probably has TAA on and you disabled it.
>>565583654The wiki also tells you that Edea's full name is Edea Kramer, aka Cid's wife. Which is a big spoiler.
This genuinely has to be one of the worst character designs i've seen in my life.How do retards take this character seriuosly? Is it just porn addict incels the ones who like it?Literally mini short sailor dress with bandages? On a super short "roar i'm a badass independent strong woman with a 40 year old voice! i use a swooord!".Like what the fuck.
>>565584660Calm down, c00mer.
>>565584660I'm not even a puritan like you but this is still better than manly Wuk Lamat or Lightning
>>565584660Calm down, Ahmed. You won't get your 70 virgins by crying in a basket weaving forum.
>>565584660Still way better than FFXVI.
>>565584660Still completely mogs FFXIII.
>>565588042Irrefutable.
>>565587669That's a pretty low bar.
>>565587669Low bar>>565588042Lower bar
>>565587669Correct
>>565587669Not at all. FFXVI has the best character designs in the series.
>>565588042lowest bar
Chart describing how each character rapes Rikku
>>565589668>the tranny is a sex predatorI see. So that's why he likes Hope so much.
>>565589774Lightning's pronouns are "xhe, xhey".
>>565589668Interesting. Definitely way better lore than FFXVI.
>>565589668Can't rape the willing
>>565573709>>Rebirth trailer is kinowhich one?
Looks like we need to remind them again: Before you start talking negatively about Naoki Yoshida, FFXIV, or FFXVI, just remember he's a human being.
>>565590474Speaking of XVI lore, some cultist made a thread about it in /vrpg/ hoping to discuss the lore but it's still gotten zero replies since yesterday. I almost feel bad for ignoring his thread, but I only want to discuss RPG games there.
>>565589774>>565590185You pissed it off, it's deflecting again.
>>565590970I thought she wasn't willing when she had 9999 bravery... but maybe she was just sitting on that bravery to be a tease...
>>565591398That's funny
So, why is the fatherless angry today?
>>565595241Part 3 confirmed for Feb 2027 release, far later than we were hoping
>>565595485Good. The sooner this whole farce is over, the sooner we'll be rid of the shippers.
>>565595241He played FFXVI. I'd be angry too, honestly. That game is awful.
>>565597432Why do you speak of yourself in the third person?
>>565597432This
>>565598351Because it's malding.
>>565573709Bot post scraping from before Redditbirth flopped?
>>565598351Sumimasen, my tomodachi. I'm afraid I don't understand what you're trying to say.
anyone else struggling to even start rebirth
>>565599920i'm not poor so I can afford both a console and a pc.
>>565598351He can't help himself. It's what gets him through the day. That day becomes a week. Then a month. A year. A life.
>>565599416Are you ready for Nomura's wild ride? The purist tears will be delicious!
Why hasnt square penis made a online blitzball game? Are they literal imbeciles?
>>565604850I don't think anyone would play it. I know I wouldn't.
>>565604850Neither would I.
>>565604850Ronso too sexy
>>565608663albhed women are literally naked.
>>565608747There are so many games from before GamerGate that just couldn't be released today.
>>565611683Stellar blade released, Eve is even based on Tifa. Nothing is stopping square enix but themselves.
>>565604850Sure, why not? I'd definitely be better than XVI.
>>565612210>Eve is even based on TifaIt's true that Eve is Tifa, but better, but Eve is not based on Tifa. Eve is a scan of some Korean model. I'm so tired of Nomura cultists, man.
>>565611683Rikku is puro sexo
>>565612275Not exactly a high bar.
Everything good SE does is Nomura.Everything good *any* video game does is Nomura.Everything bad SE does is Yoshida.Everything bad *any* video games does is Yoshida. Any questions?
>>565612579She's 8 you sicko.
>>565612275When you think about it, a blitzball game would have more RPG elements than XVI
>>565612904out of 5!
>>565591398>"I made a XVI thread (again) and just like when I make my daily XVI shitpost thread on /v/, no one ever posts in them except for my own samefags."Thank you for sharing.
>>565613535She's 4, you sicko.
>>565613574Do you have any proof that I made the thread? Of course you don't. Posting anything related to XVI would be the last thing I'd ever do on that board.
I've been reading the FFXVI lore book Logos and it's really good.No point in discussing it here with you shitters though.
>>565559556They should release an event where Tifa has no clothes and her huge titties and pussy are out for everyone to see, haha. Then we can compare the ranking to the events where she's clothed to see if that's the problem, haha.
>>565617479Why are you lying?>No point in discussingTrue.
>>565617479The 10/10 FFXVI does have the best lore and worldbuilding in the series.
>>565617479>No point in discussing it hereTrue.
>>565617479Good, you can have it all to yourself. I don't want to talk about it and nobody here cares.
What mods do you guys recommend for FF7 Remake and Rebirth? >inb4 "tifa and aerith nude mod"
>>565623268Play the 10/10 FFXVI instead.
>>565623268I'm a consolefag
>>565623268Mod to restore Tifa's tits to their og massive size and nude mod. Dead mod to get rid of Aeris.
>>565624373Thanks for beta-testing for us
I pulled 6 of these dumb things and I only upgraded it a bit before realizing it's a waste of eggs. It's pretty dumb that even with dupes a UR can be kinda shit for stats. Defense either needs a rework or they need to stop giving it as a main stat to the rarest abilities.
I've been playing Stranger of Paradise all day with my boyfriend.I can't see anymore.All i think about now is killing CHAOS.Gunner sucks.
>>565622183Not beating the allegations
>remake is a sequelSequel to what?
>>565629541Advent Children.
>>565631268It's a sequel to dirge of cerberus, actually
Wasn't there some schizo here that said it was behind schedule due to a willful misinterpretation of a statement?
Don't open.
>>565631268>>565632718Who reset the timeline after the world is saved?
>>565632718Not officially. Though Deepground at least seems to be a thing. They said it's after AC. I don't know why they didn't just say it's after DoC, if it wasn't merely because of AC's name recognition.>>565634272Sephiroth. And presumably Aerith followed after him.
>>565634771>sephiroth gained more power after 500 years>decided to reset time to the point where cloud is the strongest
>>565634771>they said it's after ACWho?
>>565519932That smug grin, you just know she knows how badly you want to fuck her.
>>565627991Defense is unironically the counter to RF Fire
Do you guys ever talk about other FF besides VII?
>>565637181Yeah
>>565636584Kitase and Nomura when they said the Remake and Advent Children were connected before people started to interpret those statements as the retrilogy leading into AC.
What did the newfaggots forget it's called the VII Compilation.
Clive needs an HP multiplier similar to Firion. He feels way too squishy and his full heal is on too long a cooldown to make up for his low HP.
We need more egg events...
>>565641320He's kinda shitty because it's feast or famine with him. Turbo whales will slap the fuck out everyone with him
What server do I roll on in XI?
>>565642542I'm on Asura, its the most populatedBahamut is secondmostBoth are closed to new accounts now apparently lol
>>565638958Kitase said Remake leads to AC.
>>565647104Advent Children was a lot cooler and more serious than the 7R games though.
>>565647104
>>565637181The schizos are VII-onlys or are VII-diehards so there's not really much else to talk about without someone schizoing out. Even genuine discussion of VII usually turns schizo.
>>565647104They said it will be linked to it, not that it leads to it
>>565647104Can someone remind me how Sephiroth gets split into 3 brothers and where Geostigmata come from? That's all I remember about Advent Children. That, and best Tifa.
Why won't square give us figures or outfits like pic related for Tifa? They said the outfits would be something the character would wear, but why wouldn't Tifa dress like this? She already dresses provocatively in her everyday wear, they need to stop covering her up if they want money.
>>565582710It was in later trailers.
Rydia is so loose
>>565652590Clearly it says will not change any core story elements that will stray from AC>>565651504Various Ultimanias say Cloud is happy at the end of AC finding his Promised Land, being cured from geostigma and forgiveness for himself.
FF8 deserves its own videogame universe.
>>565654958Does VIII even have fans?
>>565654818Then why are we trying to fight fate if it's so happy?
>>565654958I view the VII compilation and extended universe to be an overall negative. Personally I would not wish this for my favorite FFs or video games outside of FF.
FFXVI needs a sequel.
>>565654958FF8's universe is sexist as hell. You have a sorceress god that looks like a tranny and only passes down power to women, the game even makes jokes about trannies. No wonder they'll never remake FF8. Leftists would never let SE get away with it if it were made today.
>>565653126I guess no one knows. And I don't care enough to look it up or rewatch the movie. It's not like it matters anyway.
>>565658240Agreed we still don't know what happened after the ending
>>565659114Nobody knows what happens at the end of FF7 and yet nobody asks for a sequel.
>>565659205Neither is he. He's just shitposting. That said, Advent Children does actually occur after FFVII, but no one can answer my question about it.
Oh, I see what happened. Asking for clarification about what happens in Advent Children was seen as a shitpost, so someone started false flagging about XVI. God dammit, I wish we could just talk about Final Fantasy here in the Final Fantasy thread, but no, it's always something schizo (and usually samefagging too)
>>565659629We can always talk about XIII
>>565659205I don't care about ff7. I want answers about XVI's ending. Ending the game with a GoT book rip-off was just stupid
>>565659738I just wanted to know what needs to happen in order for the VII Remake to link to Advent Children, and the only things I remember about Advent Children is that Sephiroth is split into 3 bros and that Geostigmata is a thing. I didn't want a weird schizo false flag retaliation meltdown about XVI because someone perceived my genuine inquiry to be a shitpost. I don't understand why genuine discussion of VII is usually seen as an "attack".
>>565655558Fate is meteor. So far meteor is happening and it's in the damn logo.
>>565660078GoT had a shit ending too. At least they were faithful to ripping off their source material's inspiration to the end, even if they aren't the same.
>>565660263It's insecurity. As soon as you start an actual discussion about it, insecure fans tense up. Because discussion opens up the possibility of criticism.Remember, 99% of /ffg/ posters are not here to discuss. They are here to monitor for posts they dislike and to strike them down. It's like whack a mole. Your discussion must be whacked down so everyone can sit in silence and whatever narrative in their heads can be maintained - unthreatened.
>>565660683I'm just so tired, man. I can't even genuinely talk about the only Final Fantasy that /ffg/ is allowed to talk about.
>>565660263I'm pretty sure they already stated in an interview that Remake is just a 'what if' timeline, which I thought was weird. They could have used the Buster Sword's old design to symbolize the difference in timelines so they could coexist with the Compilation. But what they did was basically try to overwrite the Compilation and say it has nothing to do with it which just makes the whole timeline thing unnecessarily complicated for both old and new fans.
>>565660683So that's why it's forbidden to give honest criticisms of FFXIII, the worst FF game ever?
>>565655558Fate is the bad ending of OG. Remake is a repeat of OG because of the bad ending, which should lead to the good ending ie. humanity survives will lead to AC.
>>565660926Not a what if if everything happens the same.
>>565661343It's already not the same because Cloud didn't dump Aerith's body in the lake in the what if timeline.
imagine if /ffg/ where a final fantasy game.
>>565661732So was it Barret who buried Aerith by the lake in the ending?
>>565661889Don't know, ask Nomura
>>565661972Because somebody has to bury Aerith. If it's not Cloud then it should be Barret as the man of the group.
>>565654345Is it just me, or does she want to fuck Golbez in The After Years?
>>565662123Hot. After taking it in the ass by Cecil, she takes it in the front by Golbez.
>>565655558The bad ending of OG is Aerith died and Cloud was left unhappy. The ultimate happiness he wants to achieve is saving Aerith and being with her.
I guess we will never really know what happened at the end of XVI
>>565663418Aerith died in disc 1 in OG.
>>565663418>The bad ending of OGThe real VII only had one ending. Could you poser stop pretending you played the game? It's painfully obvious you never did.
>>565663418I'm saying Cloud would be happier selling flowers than being a delivery boy at a bar.
>>565663960Or being cured of geostigma
>>565660378>The fate we want to change is the fate we already defeated lmao, no
>>565663485Maybe if the game had been more successful, the team wouldn't have disbanded and we could've gotten a sequel.
>>565663418Why are people so in denial of the fate we are trying to change? (You) may be happy about Aerith's death, but Cloud isn't. The trilogy is about HIS feelings and wish to change fate.If it's about Tifa, that optional route will always exist, don't worry.So go rub one out and try to properly connect with Cloud's feelings afterwards.
>>565663587You struck a nerve, the aerishitter answered itself again.
>Another Sephiroth figure announced I swear he looks gayer every time they make one.
>>565664704>projectingcringe
It merely talking about Advent Children is inherently seen as a shitpost... perhaps we need to reexamine the IP we spend our lives defending.
>>565663587Yes, the unhappy one, lmao
>>565663587No because you see saving the world at the last second defying fate and all odds after every plan had failed was the BAD ending apparently. We're going for the good ending, where we get nuked and JENOVA gets everything she wants, remember?
>>565664764Are you off your meds again?
>>565664321No what? Aerith still died in part 2. And what you expect there will no meteor?
>>565665313JENOVA... or Sephiroth?
>>565665868Meteor will be defeated because Holy was summoned. Just like in OG. That already happened, btw, because this is a sequel.
>>565666015With or without Aerith's lifestream boost from the afterlife? Also, did Sephiroth really turned back time after DoC to a time when he will be defeated?
This picture triggers the aerishitter.
>>565664573But "fate" wasn't changed. Aerith still died.
>>565666332Aeris always dies. This is the truth of the universe.She dies, and the parasitic imprint that Zack inflicted on Cloud dies with her.
>>565665847Can you answer this question: >>565653126 ?
>>565666405All Zack did was save Cloud and told him to follow his dreams
>>565666457No, I don't watch shit movies.
>>565666858Then why did mentioning Advent Children trigger you into being defensive?
>>565666332Why is she alive at the end of the game?
>>565667004Where? Are you okay?
>>565667071Here: >>565664764
>>565667064She's not. Everyone mourned her
>>565667130>people see me as a shitpostYou're imagining things again. Take your meds.
I know Anons in here are just drama queens who want to shitpost to kill time but I still enjoy seeing people talk about FF7 than yoshipiss' game
>>565667395I think you need to stop getting so triggered, anon.
>>565666405Aerith is the one trying to get Cloud to leave Zack's influence behind.
>>565667212In one timeline.
>>565667615It's not me who's getting upset over imaginary people. Take your meds.
>>565667808>imaginary peopleWhat "imaginary people" are you even inventing here? I'm so fucking tired of you schizos, man. So fucking tired.
>>565667742There are no timelines. We literally saw her returning to the lifestream.
>>565667894>no uFigured as much. Idiot.
Threadly reminder: Redditbirth flopped and sold 2x less than XVI.
>>565668164All I did was ask you what "imaginary people" you're even inventing. No one said anything about imaginary people except (You). And you still haven't explained why mentioning Advent Children triggered (You) so much, but you did claim that you haven't seen it, which makes it even more strange that the mention of it triggered you.
>>565668394Nobody cares about your movie. All I did was tell you to take your meds because no one was reading your talk as a shitpost. Now you're melting down.
>>565668691>no one was reading your talk as a shitpostYou did though. That's what you're currently doing.
>>565668691Now that is a supreme shitpost.
>>565668759You need to take your meds.
>>565668930Are you just gonna keep spamming that?
>>565669231Are you just gonna keep being a schizo?
These posts are basically turn-based combat which makes them better than FFXVI
Reminder that the past several hours of schizophrenia happened because someone read an interview excerpt that was posted and then asked a question about Advent Children, wondering what needs to happen in Part 3 so that it links to AC. And still, no one has even attempted to answer the question. They just melt down about the fact that it was asked.
>>565669575>They just melt down about the fact that it was askedWhere are these people melting down?
>>565669663In this thread. You're doing it right now, even.
>>565669769Can't show me where it happened? So you're just a schizo imagining things. Got it.
>>565667895We saw Cloud blocking the sword. Just play the game.
>>565669996>Can't show me where it happened?Yes, I can. You are implying a new, different question now. This current wave of melting at the mere mention of Advent Children began here: >>565665847
>>565670159Nope, that's just me, one person, calling you out for making things up to stir up drama. It has nothing to do with your favorite movie. Your meds please.
>>565666689Aaaand you just outed yourself as a tourist who never played the game.>>565667662Not in the real game. That was added in Nomura's fanfic. You'd know that if you played the real game.
>>565670430>It has nothing to do with your favorite movie.It has everything to do with Advent Children, which is not my favorite movie. If AC were my favorite movie then I wouldn't need to ask VII's biggest fans questions about it.
Is this because I said I was going to watch AC again in the last thread. It's a good movie you faggots need to stop bullshitting around every thread.Zack offering to give Cloud a hand fighting Sephiroth was kino. Cloud's schizoness/ seeing his friends is cool and I'd rather see you plebians explore that instead of attributing random nonsense to events and characters via your headcanon.Zack isn't a parasite like wtf read is that.
>>565670576You can't show me these imaginary people melting down over your movie. All you're doing now is crying about me calling you out for making things up to stir up drama.
>>565670986>You can't show me these imaginary people melting down over your movie.You're doing it right now. >>565670974>Is this because I said I was going to watch AC again in the last thread.Perhaps that planted the seed. Someone was posting interview excerpts earlier this thread, and one mentions how the VII Remake trilogy will "link to" Advent Children, so I just asked how Sephiroth gets split into the 3 bros and how Geostigmata happens, because that's all I remember about Advent Children, and I wondered if those things connect to anything that might need to happen in Part 3 in order to "link to" Advent Children. Some guy keeps melting at me telling me he's not melting though. Do you have an answer to my questions, if you watched it recently? And if the questions I asked doesn't answer it, what needs to happen in Part 3 in order for the VII Remake to "link to" Advent Children?
>>565671179As far as Geostigma, in the film it says that it's because the sephiroth gene is in the livestream, corrupting it when the livestream surged to prevent meteor.As far as the three bros, they appear in the northern crater where sephiroth was defeated but outside of them being described as remnants and puppets, it's doesn't explicitly say how they came to be.
>>565671179>You're doing it right now.Proving me right again that you're an illiterate schizo. Good job. Get your meds soon.
>>565671475>in the film it says that it's because the sephiroth gene is in the livestreamWell that's a weird explanation. So in order for Geostigmata to happen, Sephiroth must die, so there is no chance for a Sephiroth redeemed ending which I've seen some people propose. >they appear in the northern crater where sephiroth was defeated but outside of them being described as remnants and puppets, it's doesn't explicitly say how they came to be.So I guess all that *needs* to happen that has not already happened is that Sephiroth needs to die. Thank you for answering the question, I truly do appreciate that. You may not consider yourself the biggest VII fan, but I sincerely believe you have an almost 100% chance of being the biggest genuine VII fan here for being the only person who was able to answer my question about Advent Children who did not become triggered by the mere mention of it.
>>565671179>>565671475Also, in terms of linking them to remake and rebirth, I'm guessing that because sephiroth is in the livestream now, he's just fucking shit up.In the movie Vincent describes the livestream as basically white blood cells for life and the earth. I would guess that has something to do with it. I didn't finish remake/ rebirth so I don't want to get into whatever argument is happening around those.It's worth noting as well, that the whole sephiroth gene being in the livestream doesn't actually get dealt with/ spelt out in the movie, he just takes over Kadajs body after he gets the jenova cells and then gets defeated by Cloud, the remnants go into the lifestream to be Zack and aeriths kids or something, and the beginning of the film opens 500 years down the line and everything is green and lush so I guess you just have to conclude it sorted out.
>>565671841Yeah shouts outI'll play the trilogy when they're all out in entirety
>>565672071>In the movie Vincent describes the livestream as basically white blood cells for life and the earth.>the whole sephiroth gene being in the livestream doesn't actually get dealt with/ spelt out in the movie, he just takes over Kadajs body after he gets the jenova cells and then gets defeated by Cloud, the remnants go into the lifestream to be Zack and aeriths kids or something, and the beginning of the film opens 500 years down the line and everything is green and lush Interdasting. Maybe I should rewatch it after all. Apparently there is a 2nd version with more stuff in it that is different from the original version that I watched back when the English dub wasn't available yet. Back when you could still search directories on Google to get a bunch of shit for free.
>>565672547Yeah the complete edition. Go watch it It's legit. I watched it subbed though.
>tourists' only source of information on VII is the movieGrim.
>>565672980>...and he knows more about VII than anyone else in the thread, even the people who defend VII Remake from all potential discussion
>>565673093You wish you knew so much about VII.
>>565672980My source is everything pre-rebirth. Don't be upset and lash out, join the discussion.
>>565672980You struck a nerve, the tourist samefagged like crazy.
>>565673338>Don't be upset and lash out, join the discussion.Clearly you don't understand /ffg/'s posters. They aren't here for discussion. In fact, they seek to prevent all discussion, lest it accidentally lead to an unauthorized opinion. No, instead they try to prevent discussion by deflecting to shitposts about other games.
Just came back from work, who's winning?
>>565673576Called it like clockwork.
>>565673652The new guy
>>565673652The "tourist" whose "only source of information on VII is the movie"He knows much more about VII than all of the VII fans in this thread.
Stop pretending I got mad. All I did was explain that I'm not mad for 10 hours straight.
>>565673652The real VII fans. The tourist got so triggered that it stopped talking about his fanfic already and is now pretending he didn't get rekt.
>>565674129Wait until you tell your friends and family about this latest victory
>>565674129You angered it.
>>565674476You really are very sad. It's the weekend, go do something fun instead of another 19 hours of "you struck a nerve" samefagging.
>>565674476So did you, it's so mad it lost the argument that it's now lashing out, like an angry child throwing a tantrum.
>>565670156Only Cloud sees that. The rest of the party didn't see Cloud blocking the sword.
>>565677357The rest of the party saw Cloud beating the crap out of Aeris.
Can't wait to play Yozora in Duellum
Will they leave out Vincent getting cucked?
>>565677851That whole plotline kinda puts a stain on Vincent, it sux.
>>565677778That's not how "Dissidia" works, anon. Dissidia, as a concept, is Final Fantasy only. I can see them maybe adding outfits, but Dissidia is, by definition, strictly Final Fantasy.
>>565677523Not in Rebirth
>>565677975It's okay. There are worse fates than being cucked and then later being given a loli harem.
>>565678136yuffie is 18 by the time of dirge though...
>>565677989The (open) secret is that Verum Rex is an extension of the Versus XIII trademark and Yozora is a FF character (Nomura said it). The reason for Square being cagey about Nomura even saying 'Versus XIII' is a part of this.KH haters and Disneyfags will fight this for various reasons, but that legal dispute is one of the reasons for the major silence from Square on KH, in addition to VII focus.
Does the whole of Japan shut down during golden week. I'm waiting for them to ship something to me.
>>565678475Why is everyone at SE and Disney working against Nomura? A man who never once did anything wrong should be an asset for any company, but it's like they keep him chained up.
>>565678475I'd like to point out a fun fact that Yozora's shirt contains all the KH symbols except for the iconic Mickey symbol even though he is owned by Disney. He even has the same chocobo keychain the exact same one on Tifa's gloves. What does Nomura mean by this?
>>565678814>Owned by DisneyThere's the flaw in your thinking>>565678684The horse than runs gets whipped, and he's in Japan.
>>565678475>Yozora is a FF characterObjectively false.
Sadly even if Yozora and Verum Rex is a Square game/property, and an extension of the Versus XIII trademark. It's not strictly a FF game (i.e. Final Fantasy: Verum Rex)and probably wouldn't approach Dissidia.
>>565678998>There's the flaw in your thinkingEvery OC in KH belongs to Disney, that's just how copyright works.
>>565672980the movie damaged the game to the point that it's beyond repairyou have "fans" that believe emo cloud is canon lmao. He was goofy little dork at the end of OG7, sad cloud should never be a thing.
>>565678090They cut that too? Fucking cucks with their DEI bullshit.>aerishit beats a poor guy with a chair from behind, shattering his spine and crippling him forever>all the trannies clap>clout beats the crap out of her>"nuuu we need to cut it, poor women ;_;"
>>565679546when someone works way too hard to justify the plot of AC and the depiction of the characters you know you're dealing with someone who saw AC first
>>565679546>you have "fans" that believe emo cloud is canon lmao.That's Nomura fans. Every single depiction of Cloud that happened after the OG is Nomura, and Cloud has been "emo" ever since Kingdom Hearts, and Nomura keeps getting put on FFVII stuff, so Cloud keeps being emo because that's who Cloud is to Nomura, and so that becomes who Cloud is to "fans" as well. Then they'll say that>OG just had a bad translation, that's why he wasn't emobut he's even more of a cool guy in Japanese.
>>565679761>th-that was zack!>I'm just going to ignore the fact that everything after cloud finds himself shows him not emo even though he's still dealing with aerith's death and an oncoming meteor and sephiroth at the northern cave>he's emo in AC because of geostigma and aerith though!!!!!Seems like the only thing making him miserable is marriage with Tifa. The only thing he doesn't want to do is be at home. All he does is bike around ignoring her calls.
>>565680209Sounds like #deadbedroom to me.
>>565679761Nomura fans are NOT VII fans. They're just Kingdom Hears fans.
Cloud isn't even emo in Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, he's just dismissive and brash, he's even got that flippant arrogance in 2.I think emo has been conflated with edgy because of the mid-00s scene, they are different things.
>>565680334True.
>>565680874To be fair, my PS2 stopped being able to read DVD-based PS2 games after I got the super saiyan power up in KH2 and it could only read the purple discs after that, so I don't remember much of 2 except that I didn't finish it. I just know that all post-OG stuff is Nomura and that Cloud is emo all the time now.
https://youtu.be/hnDIGh1b9m0?si=MmNv7Uqe2algQA4xKino
>>565680209Cool story bro
Do you think Rikku is into raceplay?
>>565686883>cloud was on the way to a happy ending, but he returned to the way he was in the past - why?Same reason Sephiroth came back. Garbage writing that will do whatever it needs to in order to make sequels repeat the same shit forever.You start with "Cloud and Sephiroth fight... again" and work backwards from there. And then autistic people pretend the writing is good because they value getting more time with the characters over all else.
I actually kinda liked Cloud having a yellow aura during the original Omnislash Version 5.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_HTJmPyBFc
This is how Cloud actually looks like according to Aerith.