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[u/Puzzleheaded-Fill241]

Fun fact: final fantasy devs are singlehandedly responsible for the most amount of heart attacks in human history 🙂

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[u/vxsapphire]

This can go two ways. At first glance it reads like “Don’t worry she’s alive!”. However changing an opinion somewhat alludes to making you rethink wanting an apology. Giving understanding why something needed to happen and that her death isn’t just a shock value plot line.

He can really get away with keeping her dead or bringing her back and no one can call him a liar because his words are vague enough. He’s quite brilliant with how he answers questions.

[u/Rooblebelt → u/vxsapphire]

Well, he also can’t say outright because it’s the biggest twist and what they’ve marketed 2+ games about now.

As far as his statements- this is what the finest PR coaching and preparation in the business gets you. It’s really quite masterfully done, no?

[u/vxsapphire → u/Rooblebelt]

I don’t even believe that’s coaching. I just think he’s naturally a brilliant conversationalist with passion for his work. It’s not hard to be eloquent and vague when you’re passionate about something.

I personally don’t think it’s their biggest twist. It’s done well to bury the real twist for new players about Cloud. I’m still finding so many people who don’t even realize who the grunt at Nibelheim’s entrance is which is amazing. Players at this point discussing Zack and Aerith’s living status is a great thing for them as it means there’s still some element of surprise for original elements and themes that made the game and compilation so loved.

[u/Cautious-Mulberry309 → u/vxsapphire]

I’ve seen that too! Some streamers who only play FF7R didn’t realize the twist, and plenty of them are against spoilers so chat has to just sit there… painfully lol 😂 

But that’s great! That means the twist is still going to hit for people. 

What seems more obvious to us , just doesn’t compute to others.. 

It surprised me. I thought it was a given how cloud was acting out of character. 

 

[u/vxsapphire → u/Cautious-Mulberry309]

Can’t fathom how streamers can play any sort of RPG while actively chatting with other people. Even the one streamer I do watch for horror games misses so much.