i have so many thoughts about #FF7R and i don't fully know how to express them. full disclosure: they're all good thoughts. my emotions are rampant and i have been obliterated by this game. I can't believe this is only one PART of the full story.

and i want to put it out there once again that i never played vii back in the day. I didn't have video games readily available to me and what little i got to sink my teeth in were exclusively nintendo game. (which is why i am still a nintendo junkie today)

that being said, i grew up KNOWING about final fantasy and especially ffvii once that hit big. By the time I was in high school, I pretty much knew the plot and twists of the game by word of mouth.

I'd had the thing spoiled for me early on but i was mostly fine with that because i'd never expected to actually play it. even still, i loved the game from that outside perspective.

my first interactions with the characters were in advent children and games like KH and i was HYPED to finally see these characters i'd grown up hearing about.

and then when the companion games finally came out (Dirge of Cerberus/Crisis Core); i dEVOURED those despite only having that vague overarching idea of vii's plot. i was flying blind but i was still happy to do it

and THEN (then) squenix finally remade the game after yEARS and YEARS of hearing about the intent to remaster it. i FINALLY got to EXPERIENCE the game, in full HD glory and i cannot even comprehend how INCREDIBLE it is.

i'm fortunate enough to the New Fan playing alongside my friend, an Old Fan, and i've been delighted with her commentary on the things that have changed, the things that were added, and how much justice square did this game

EVERYTHING about this game feels like it was a passion project. characters are fleshed out, voice acting completely beyond compare, everyone is HOT, worldbuilding is DELICIOUS, and not an ounce of what i was given left me feeling like i was cheated out of a first-time experience

i'll probably have more things to say about this when it's not 7am and i'm not am emotional roller coaster. gonna pseudo end this thread with two bullets: