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Happy Birthday, Aerith, Sorry About Dying!

Today is the birthday of Final Fantasy VII's Aerith Gainsborough, but she's... dead. What do you say to her?

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BrainSyphoned1539d ago

Now that Sean Bean is your voice actor you don’t have anything to worry about Aerith.

KwietStorm_BLM1539d ago

Nice spoiler for the new players, dummy.

AceRimmer3021539d ago

This is common knowledge nowadays, just like knowing Darth Vader is Luke's father. Lighten up, Francis.

XVision841538d ago

Definitely not common knowledge, this should be spoiler protected.

Teflon021538d ago

Not common to ppl who don't know the original game actually. I know plenty who never followed FF because they don't play RPGs normally who are interested in the remake. It's not much of a problem talking about it. But still. This title is a bit ridiculous. Imagine being excited for FFVIIR and you actually didn't play or know anything? This literally just spoiled a big part of the game for you.

It's one thing if it's in the article but to literally go hey let's name this article a big spoiler for no reason lol. Kinda ridiculous.

goldwyncq1538d ago

There are a lot more non-gamers than gamers.

Rebel_Scum1538d ago

Yeah it's common knowledge. But so is having enough respect to not spoiler shit for cave dwellers blatantly.

KwietStorm_BLM1538d ago (Edited 1538d ago )

Yea I keep forgetting everyone was born at the same time and played the same games.

Gaming1011538d ago

In case you don't realize, the vast majority of gamers still haven't played an old game on PS1. In fact you'll find a lot of them have never played any Final Fantasy games whatsoever. I am one of them.
I know it's hard to imagine an existence outside of your own, but just try. I thought absolutely everyone must have played Metal Gear Solid, and at minimum MGS 2 and 3, but there I was talking to several gamers buying MGS4 who never played anything previous, and the PS3 was their first console ever.

You will one day meet brand new gamers who never bought any previous console. I know this is a bubble world where everyone here thinks everyone else is into gaming and knows everything that nerds consider common knowledge, but believe me, there are way more people that exist than just old gaming nerds.

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Nacho_Z1538d ago

Agreed, the fact is that a large proportion of people who are interested in this new game will know very little about the story. It's not just for people who played it when the original launched, far from it.

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phoenixwing1538d ago

I have played and beaten ff7 but still have a little consideration for people who haven't. I'm sure sooner or later you'll play/watch a remake/remaster of a game or movie and not want the story elements spoiled ahead of time. It's just plain courtesy.

whitbyfox1538d ago

The problem with Aerith is that nobody is going to invest any time into her character’s stats, levels, equipment etc, because they know what is going to happen.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5218d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5218d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212118d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan18d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5217d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5217d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos18d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani17d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum18d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman18d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim18d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I disagree Batman

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Famitsu Weekly Sales [3/25-3/31] - Princess Peach, Dragon’s Dogma 2 + Winning Post 10 2024 in top 10

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we bring you a summary of estimated weekly game software and hardware sales from March 25th to March 31st, 2024.

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ZeekQuattro23d ago

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

Switch OLED Model – 42,957 (6,958,780)
PlayStation 5 – 18,272 (4,713,002)
Switch Lite – 8,302 (5,793,705)
Switch – 6,274 (19,755,912)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,574 (746,561)
Xbox Series X – 938 (252,674)
PlayStation 4 – 679 (7,925,339)
Xbox Series S – 438 (306,446)
New 2DS LL (including 2DS) -6 (1,192,906)

VersusDMC22d ago

Rise of the ronin sold twice as much as Dragons Dogma 2 this week...but no articles about that. It's only news if a PS exclusive is being outsold.