Final Fantasy VII is not exactly cyberpunk. The aesthetics are completelly different from Shadowrun or Mad Max
Going out in missions through Midgar was like I imagined it was to go through my nearby big city at night. The added technology helped the situation, but didn't create it.
>>4136498Though it wasnt, obviously, like a real Spanish city at night. I don't know where to go to find this Midgar sensation.
>>4136500The fact that you can climb to the shinra tower says a lot. That climb made midgar feel physical. Its symbolical of the separation between wall market and their rulers. You have to manually explore the slums and take your effort undertstanding them, then, as soon as you feel at home in there, you must push forward. You know shit is getting real.
>>4136507Maybe part of the greatness is that we never fully get to explore it. And a lot of it is witnessed in a rush, chased by shinra soldiers.
>>4136509And the impact on the world is different as in cyberpunk dystopias. Its not about mind control or dehumanization, but the focus is more on heavy industrialization. A monopolized one, exacerbated on itself and more in contrast with a, to that date, naturalistic world. What are other settings where this happens?
>>4136515because I think that only Amegakure from Naruto gives me a similar feeling to FFVII and midgar. Not Gunnm, Cyberpunk 2099, Shadowrun or Blade Runner (I said Mad Max in the OP but i meant that one) This is different.
>>4136491Shadowrun is part cyberpunk and part fantasy. Mad Max is not cyberpunk at all, it's just post-apocalyptic.FF7 barely has a defined setting. Like Shadowrun it's got fantasy and cyberpunk elements, but it's far less of a coherent setting and more of a random mashup. It's got no real lore or worldbuilding that serves any purpose other than to prop up the plot, and completely fails to pull together its random patchwork of genres and locales into a believable world.
>>4136491You will never be Japanese.
>>4136491Cuckold clown that you are, ff7 is a defining source of cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is a very young genre, mostly, if not always done wrong. Same with steampunk, almost all works slap some gears of brass colour onto shit and call it steampunk.
>>4136778>ff7 is a defining source of cyberpunkI r8 your b8 0, m8
>>4136491Dieselpunk/thread
FF7 is Kowloonpunk
>>4136491>>4136520It seemed to be late 90s atmosphere with more advanced robotics. >>4136856>DieselpunkNah it didn't have the post war vibe. It honestly was just the modern day at the time with mechs thrown in for good measure.>>4136498>>4136491>>4136500Looking at screenshots of the original after playing both remakes as well as Crisis Core's master is depressing. We truly saw the plight of those fighting for the planet in Redos as opposed to the original and we got a better feel for the level of technology.
FF7 isn't remotely cyberpunk. The technological theme of the game is the environmental impact of industrialization. There is no cyberspace in FF7.
>>4136491Ff7 and Star Ocean 2 have my favorite pre rendered backgrounds of this generation. Just absolute sovl
