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Team Avalanche / Re: Time to celebrate!

« on: 2012-12-25 19:22:39 »

Congratulations and thanks. Happy holidays. 

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Graphical / Re: A Perfect AC Cloud Model

« on: 2012-10-08 12:34:20 »

thats very subjective
I dont like the AC cloud at all
screams Nomura way too much

Wasn't it Nomura who did the original character designs too?

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General Discussion / Re: Kingdom Hearts series

« on: 2012-09-24 23:58:03 »

Well, I am currently playing Kingdom Hearts, the first one on PS2, and I don't like it so much. I prefer 358/2 Days or BbS.

Yeah, you should have started with KH1. I started with #2 and then played #1 and didn't like it, so I stopped playing it. But then I gave it another chance and really liked it. Stick to it.  You'll like it.

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Releases / Re: [WIP/REL] FMV Inspired MOD, All Main Characters

« on: 2012-08-25 23:54:25 »

This is so cool. Great job.

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Bootleg Questions / Re: [Tutorial] Tifa's Bootleg

« on: 2012-08-08 22:43:35 »

To skip movies, press 'Ctrl' and 'S'.

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Graphical / Re: DoC Vincent retexture project

« on: 2012-08-04 00:10:43 »

i mean his outfit notthe story.a

I don't think it's ever mentioned.

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Releases / Re: [Project] FF7 Re-animated

« on: 2012-08-01 15:28:05 »

This is amazing. Every time I think I've modded FF7 to the limits, I'm proven wrong.

Just two things: the running does look too exaggerated like Shankifer said, and Cloud's shoulders seem a little bit too high.

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy Versus 13 Cancelled

« on: 2012-07-24 00:01:50 »

I thought this would mean more work on Kingdom Hearts III, until FFXIII-3.

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General Discussion / Re: Cloud Strife Then, and Now

« on: 2012-07-23 16:09:59 »

Zack's death was well before FF7, and he wasn't emo for the majority of the game. He was a douche to Barret at first, but that wasn't being emo, that was just him not really caring because it wasn't his problem. His behavior was actually pretty typical mercenary behavior. I'd say that while Zack's death and misplaced memories) were certainly contributing factors, Aerith was really the catalyst that tore him apart.

Yes, but until the end of the game, he didn't really know who Zack was, and he thought that he was Zack. So it would be impossible for him to be depressed over something that, to him, didn't exist. So you're right, Aerith's death was what really got him.

The scene where Tifa goes through his mind and sorts things out acted largely to heal his memories. From that point in the game on, he was not only reassured in his own identity, but emotionally stronger than ever. This was a key point in the story, as it marked the end of his personal journey so that he was finally prepared for the task at hand.

I completely forgot about that scene. Square must have also forgot about it too, because with this they have no excuse to make Cloud 'emo' again after this.

Geostigma didn't so much contribute to an existing emo attitude as it brought a defeated one back. With geostigma, he felt that those close to him were in danger, and that he was powerless to help them. Also, it's worth noting that pretty much everybody who was afflicted with geostigma seemed pretty emo (just look at the kids' faces), and I suspect this was never intended to be thought of as a personality trait, and rather as a symptom of an illness. This was made much clearer in Advent Children Complete (almost all the extra 25 minutes of content was story, not action).

But wait, Square does have an excuse, Geostigma. Even though the 'emo-ness' should be a symptom of Geostigma, they make it seem like Cloud's personality (think all the other non-canon appearances of Cloud).
But AC Complete did have some action; like when Cloud saves Denzel and Tifa and cuts down falling buildings. And they show Denzel smashing a fire hydrant. But who can call that action when the movie has so many other big fight scenes.

It's generally only been in non-canon appearances (Kingdom Hearts, Dissidia) that he's been portrayed as that dark, brooding, emo tool for no reason at all. Unfortunately, his appearances in these games has colored public perception of the character as a whole, and done a lot of damage to the FF7 property.

What's worse is that today's Final Fantasy/SE fans really like the emo tool.

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General Discussion / Re: Cloud Strife Then, and Now

« on: 2012-07-22 17:43:06 »

Well, he turned 'emo' because of Aerith's death, the geostigma, his life being a lie, Zack's death. I'd be more than a little depressed if all that was going on to me. And Cloud in the beginning of FF7 acted the way he was because that was his fake SOLDIER persona. Maybe he was always a little 'emo' (think when he was a kid and had no friends). And in an interview with (I think) Tetsuya Nomura, he said that Zidane was a change from the somber characters Final Fantasy (not just VII) had. This was before the compilation.

BUT Cloud was supposed to have gotten over it by the end of Advent Children, so why is he "emo" in Dissidia? All of the characters are kind of 'emo' in that game, which sucks. In Ehrgeiz, I think that's before the 'emo' cloud. He looks pretty tough to me.
So I do think it's a shame that a lot of people refer to Cloud as 'emo'.

I wish they made Cloud look as muscular as he is in BloodShot's picture.

but really, the only character in FFVII that can be considered emo is Vincent, but who would honestly say that to his face?

And that's why Vincent is not 'emo'.

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread

« on: 2012-07-19 14:48:49 »

I forget where I read it but Square confirmed that there will be no Microtransactions in FF7 including the Character Booster...it's not going to cost money.

http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-vii-pc-will-not-have-microtransactions/

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy VII Rerelease thread

« on: 2012-07-17 01:06:16 »

what is the character booster? a way to sell stats to people for easy cash?

"With the Character Booster you can increase your HP, MP and Gil levels to their maximum,"

It's an official way of cheating.

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Releases / Re: [REL] Omzy's FFVII Field Pack (dramatically improved backgrounds!)

« on: 2012-07-17 01:00:37 »

*You will still see the message "GLITCH: missed palette write to external texture" but that doesn't mean that the textures are broken, it just means that that message is annoying. There is no fix that I know of for that at the moment. The .bat fix removes all of the lighting, so you have to choose between lighting and error messages, it seems, until someone finds a way to suppress those pesky messages.

You can put "disable_popup = yes" in your custom driver to get rid of those messages.

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General Discussion / Re: Any High Res Vincent Models Available for Download?

« on: 2011-08-19 01:52:16 »

Timu made a model but AFAIK is not textured and wasn't even released.
TA is on hold atm i guess.

wat's AFAIK?

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General Discussion / Re: Any High Res Vincent Models Available for Download?

« on: 2011-08-19 01:51:07 »

anything for red xiii?

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General Discussion / Re: Any High Res Vincent Models Available for Download?

« on: 2011-08-18 17:03:03 »

Are the only hi res battle models Cloud and Barret? thats all i saw

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General Discussion / Any High Res Vincent Models Available for Download?

« on: 2011-08-18 04:30:02 »

Are there any High res Vincent battle models available for download (his original look). How bout Cid?